Psalms 82

1 — A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.

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

2 Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? (Selah)

“Koze kube nini livikela ababi na libonakala lithanda izigangi?

3 Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

Lamlelani ababuthakathaka lezintandane; melani amalungelo abayanga labahlukuluzwayo.

4 Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

Lamlelani ababuthakathaka labaswelayo; bephuleni esandleni sababi.

5 They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

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

6 I — I have said, 'Gods ye [are], And sons of the Most High — all of you,

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

7 But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,

Kodwa lizakufa lingabantu nje; lizakuwa njengamanye amakhosi wonke.”

8 Rise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!

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