Psalms 58
1 To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not.' — A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?
Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Eyembamaki ndenge moko na « Kobebisa te. » Nzembo ya Davidi. Ezali solo ete bolobaka te tango bokataka makambo? Boni, bana na moto, bosambisaka na bosembo?
2 Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.
Te, ezala kati na mitema na bino, bosalaka mabongisi ezanga bosembo; botandaka kanza ya maboko na bino kati na mokili.
3 The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
Bato mabe babebaka wuta na mbotama na bango, bapengwaka mpe balobaka lokuta wuta na mabumu ya bamama na bango.
4 Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
Bazalaka na ngenge lokola ngenge ya nyoka, lokola ngenge ya etupa oyo eyokaka te, oyo ekangaka litoyi na yango,
5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.
oyo eyokaka te ata mingongo ya bato na soloka mpe ya moto ya maji oyo aleki na mayele.
6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.
Nzambe, buka minu na bango kati na minoko na bango; Yawe, buka bambanga ya bana ya bankosi.
7 They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.
Tika ete balimwa lokola mayi oyo ezali kotiola; Tika ete bambanzi na bango ebukana tango babetaka batolotolo.
8 As a snail that melteth he goeth on, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.
Tika ete balimwa lokola soyi ya mbembe, lokola mwana oyo akomona moyi te mpo ete abimi na zemi oyo esopani.
9 Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.
Liboso ete banzungu na bino ekutana na moto ya basende, ezala ya mayi to ya kokawuka, bato mabe akolimwa.
10 The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.
Moto ya sembo akosepela, pamba te akomona Nzambe kozongisela bato mabe, mabe na mabe, mpe akotambola kati na makila na bango.
11 And man saith: 'Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'
Mpe bato bakoloba: « Solo, ezali na lifuti mpo na moto ya sembo; solo, ezali na Nzambe oyo asambisaka mokili. »
