Amahubo 58
1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Itshuni ethi, “Ungabhidlizi.” ElikaDavida. Imikithamu. Lina babusi, kambe likhuluma okuqondileyo na? Lahlulela ngobuqotho yini ebantwini?
Do all of you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do all of you judge uprightly, O all of you sons of men?
2 Hatshi, ezinhliziyweni zenu lakha amacebo okubusa kubi, lezandla zenu zijezisa ngochuku emhlabeni.
Yea, in heart all of you work wickedness; all of you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 Kwasekuzalweni ababi bayaphumputheka; kwasekuzalweni baxhwalile, beqamba amanga.
The wicked are cut off from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be 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 that stops her ear;
5 elingananzi lomculo wombumbi, loba lowombumbi eligabazi elinganani.
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
6 Khumula amazinyo emilonyeni yazo, awu Nkulunkulu; zikhumule, Oh Thixo, izingavula zezilwane!
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
7 Yekela zinyamalale njengamanzi agelezayo; zithi lapho zinweba idandili, kayithundubale imitshoko yazo.
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
8 Njengomnenke uncibilika uphele ulokhu uhamba, njengomphunzo, kabangaliboni ilanga.
As a snail which melts, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
9 Imbiza zakho zingakaqalisi ukutshisa ngomlilo wenkuni zameva loba ngezimanzi kumbe ngezomileyo ababi bazakhukhulelwa khatshana.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
10 Abalungileyo bazajabula nxa sebephindiselelwa, nxa sebegeza inyawo zabo egazini lababi.
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Lapho-ke abantu bazakuthi, “Ngempela abalungileyo bajinge bathole umvuzo; ngempela ukhona uNkulunkulu owahlulela umhlaba.”
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judges in the earth.
