Psalms 82

1 A Melody of Asaph. God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge.

Ihubo lika-Asafi UNkulunkulu usesihlalweni emhlanganweni omkhulu; nguye owahlulelayo phakathi kwabo “nkulunkulu”:

2 How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? (Selah)

“Koze kube nini livikela ababi na libonakala lithanda izigangi?

3 Vindicate the weak and the fatherless, The oppressed and the poor, see righted;

Lamlelani ababuthakathaka lezintandane; melani amalungelo abayanga labahlukuluzwayo.

4 Deliver the weak and the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue.

Lamlelani ababuthakathaka labaswelayo; bephuleni esandleni sababi.

5 They know not, neither can they perceive, In darkness, they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake.

Onkulunkulu kabazi lutho, kabazwisisi lutho. Bayantula emnyameni; zonke izisekelo zomhlaba zixukuxiwe.

6 I, said, Gods, ye are, Yea, sons of the Highest, are ye all;

Ngathi, ‘Lingo “nkulunkulu”; lonke lingamadodana akhe oPhezukonke.’

7 But indeed, like the earth-born, shall ye die! And, like one of the princes, shall ye fall!

Kodwa lizakufa lingabantu nje; lizakuwa njengamanye amakhosi wonke.”

8 Arise! O God, judge thou the earth, For, thou, wilt inherit all the nations.

Phakama, Oh Nkulunkulu, yahlulela umhlaba, ngoba zonke izizwe ziyilifa lakho.