Amahubo 58
1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Itshuni ethi, “Ungabhidlizi.” ElikaDavida. Imikithamu. Lina babusi, kambe likhuluma okuqondileyo na? Lahlulela ngobuqotho yini ebantwini?
To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam. Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?
2 Hatshi, ezinhliziyweni zenu lakha amacebo okubusa kubi, lezandla zenu zijezisa ngochuku emhlabeni.
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 Kwasekuzalweni ababi bayaphumputheka; kwasekuzalweni baxhwalile, beqamba amanga.
The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 Itshefu yabo ifana letshefu yenyoka, ifana leyebululu elingezwa umsindo,
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;
5 elingananzi lomculo wombumbi, loba lowombumbi eligabazi elinganani.
Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.
6 Khumula amazinyo emilonyeni yazo, awu Nkulunkulu; zikhumule, Oh Thixo, izingavula zezilwane!
O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
7 Yekela zinyamalale njengamanzi agelezayo; zithi lapho zinweba idandili, kayithundubale imitshoko yazo.
Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:
8 Njengomnenke uncibilika uphele ulokhu uhamba, njengomphunzo, kabangaliboni ilanga.
Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; [like] the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.
9 Imbiza zakho zingakaqalisi ukutshisa ngomlilo wenkuni zameva loba ngezimanzi kumbe ngezomileyo ababi bazakhukhulelwa khatshana.
Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, — they shall be whirled away.
10 Abalungileyo bazajabula nxa sebephindiselelwa, nxa sebegeza inyawo zabo egazini lababi.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:
11 Lapho-ke abantu bazakuthi, “Ngempela abalungileyo bajinge bathole umvuzo; ngempela ukhona uNkulunkulu owahlulela umhlaba.”
And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
