Salamo 58

1 Ho an’ ny mpiventy hira. Al-tasheth. Miktama nataon’ i Davida. Moa ny tsi-fitenenana va ataonareo ho filazana ny marina? Mitsara mahitsy va ianareo, ry zanak’ olombelona?

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?

2 Tsy izany, fa ny fonareo no amoronanareo ny ratsy; mandanja ny fandozan’ ny tananareo etỳ an-tany ianareo.

No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

3 Mivily hatrany am-bohoka ny ratsy fanahy; mania hatrany an-kibo izy ka miteny lainga.

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

4 Misy poizina tahaka ny an’ ny menarana aminy; eny, tahaka ny vipera marenina izay manentsin-tadiny izy,

Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

5 Ka tsy mihaino ny feon’ ny mpanao ody, na dia izay mpahay ody indrindra aza.

which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

6 Andriamanitra ô, torotoroy ny nifiny eo am-bavany; omboty ny vazan’ ny liona tanora, Jehovah ô.

Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.

7 Aoka ho ritra tahaka ny ranotrambo izy; raha atraniny ny zana-tsipìkany, dia aoka ho tapa-doha ireny;

Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

8 Aoka ho tahaka ny lelosy izay mihalevona eny am-pandehanana izy; Aoka ho tahaka ny zaza-vakimanta izay tsy mahita masoandro izy.

Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

9 Dieny tsy mbola mafanan’ ny afon-tsilo ny vilaninareo, aoka ho entin’ ny tafio-drivotra ireny, na ny lena na ny maina.

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.

10 Hifaly ny marina, raha mahita ny famaliana; hanasa ny tongony amin’ ny ran’ ny ratsy fanahy izy;

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

11 Dia hiteny ny olona ka hanao hoe: misy valiny tokoa ho an’ ny marina; misy tokoa Andriamanitra Izay mitsara etỳ ambonin’ ny tany.

so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”