Psalms 58
1 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
Kwa mwimbishaji. Mtindo wa “Usiharibu!” Utenzi wa Daudi. Enyi watawala, je, kweli mwanena kwa haki? Je, mnahukumu kwa unyofu miongoni mwa watu?
2 No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
La, mioyoni mwenu mnatunga udhalimu, na mikono yenu hupima jeuri duniani.
3 The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Waovu ni wapotovu tangu kuzaliwa kwao, toka tumboni mwa mama zao ni wakaidi na husema uongo.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
Sumu yao ni kama sumu ya nyoka, kama ile ya fira ambaye ameziba masikio yake,
5 which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
ambaye hatasikia sauti ya kutumbuiza ya mwaguzi, hata kama mganga angecheza kwa ustadi kiasi gani.
6 Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
Ee Mungu, yavunje meno katika vinywa vyao; Ee Bwana, vunja meno makali ya hao simba!
7 Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
Na watoweke kama maji yapitayo kwa kasi, wavutapo pinde zao, mishale yao na iwe butu.
8 Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
Kama konokono ayeyukavyo akitembea, kama mtoto aliyezaliwa akiwa mfu, wasilione jua.
9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
Kabla vyungu vyenu havijapata moto wa kuni za miiba, zikiwa mbichi au kavu, waovu watakuwa wamefagiliwa mbali.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
Wenye haki watafurahi waonapo wakilipizwa kisasi, watakapochovya nyayo zao katika damu ya waovu.
11 so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
Ndipo wanadamu watasema, “Hakika utulivu wa wenye haki bado una thawabu, hakika kuna Mungu ahukumuye dunia.”
