Amahubo 82

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

A psalm of Asaph. God has taken his stand in the divine assembly: in the midst of the gods he holds judgment.

2 “Koze kube nini livikela ababi na libonakala lithanda izigangi?

‘How long will you crookedly judge, and favour the wicked? (Selah)

3 Lamlelani ababuthakathaka lezintandane; melani amalungelo abayanga labahlukuluzwayo.

Do right by the weak and the orphan, acquit the innocent poor.

4 Lamlelani ababuthakathaka labaswelayo; bephuleni esandleni sababi.

Rescue the weak and the needy, save them from the hand of the wicked.

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

‘They have neither knowledge nor insight, in darkness they walk to and fro, while the earth’s foundations totter.

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

It was I who appointed you gods, children of the Most High all of you.

7 Kodwa lizakufa lingabantu nje; lizakuwa njengamanye amakhosi wonke.”

Yet like mortals you will surely die, you will fall like any prince.’

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

Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all nations are yours by inheritance.