< 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?
Ali zares govorite pravičnost, oh skupnost? Ali sodite iskreno, oh vi človeški sinovi?
2 Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.
Da, v srcu počnete zlobnost, na zemlji presojate nasilje svojih rok.
3 The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
Zlobni so odtujeni od maternice. Proč odidejo takoj, ko so rojeni, govoreč laži.
4 Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
Njihov strup je podoben kačjemu strupu. Podobni so gluhemu gadu, ki si maši svoje uho,
5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.
ki ne bo prisluhnil glasu krotilcev, ki nikoli ne kroti tako oprezno.
6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.
Oh Bog, polomi jim njihove zobe v njihovih ustih. Mladim levom izruj velik zob, oh Gospod.
7 They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.
Naj se stopijo kakor vode, ki nenehno tečejo. Ko on napenja svoj lok, da izstreli svoje puščice, naj bodo kakor razrezani na koščke.
8 As a snail that melteth he goeth on, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.
Kakor polž, ki se stopi, naj premine vsak izmed njih. Kakor preran porod ženske, da oni ne morejo videti sonca.
9 Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.
Preden lahko vaši lonci začutijo trnje, jih bo odvedel proč kakor z vrtinčastim vetrom, tako žive kakor v svojem besu.
10 The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.
Pravični se bo veselil, ko vidi maščevanje. Svoja stopala si bo umil v krvi zlobnega.
11 And man saith: 'Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'
Tako da bo človek rekel: »Resnično je nagrada za pravičnega. Resnično, on je Bog, ki sodi na zemlji.«