Amahubo 58

1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Itshuni ethi, “Ungabhidlizi.” ElikaDavida. Imikithamu. Lina babusi, kambe likhuluma okuqondileyo na? Lahlulela ngobuqotho yini ebantwini?

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

2 Hatshi, ezinhliziyweni zenu lakha amacebo okubusa kubi, lezandla zenu zijezisa ngochuku emhlabeni.

Yes, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

3 Kwasekuzalweni ababi bayaphumputheka; kwasekuzalweni baxhwalile, beqamba amanga.

The wicked are estranged from their birth: they go astray 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 [that] stoppeth 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 bendeth [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] melteth, 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 seeth 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 judgeth in the earth.