Amahubo 58
1 Isibili likhuluma okulungileyo yini, babusi? Lehlulela ngokuqonda yini, madodana abantu?
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
2 Yebo, enhliziyweni lenza okubi, lilinganisa udlakela lwezandla zenu emhlabeni.
No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
3 Ababi baba ngabemzini kusukela esiswini, bayaduha kusukela esizalweni, beqamba amanga.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
4 Ubuhlungu babo bunjengobuhlungu benyoka, banjengebululu elingezwayo, elivimba indlebe yalo,
Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
5 ukuze lingezwa ilizwi labalumbi abalumba amalumbo ngokuhlakanipha.
refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
6 Nkulunkulu, yephula amazinyo abo emlonyeni wabo, uphohloze amazinyo emihlathi yamabhongo ezilwane, Nkosi.
O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
7 Kabancibilike njengamanzi agelezayo; nxa egobisa idandili lakhe ukutshoka umtshoko wakhe, babe njengabaqunywe iziqa.
May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
8 Kahambe njengomnenke oncibilikayo; njengomphunzo owesifazana, kabangaliboni ilanga.
Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
9 Imbiza zenu zingakaluzwa ukhuni lwameva, uzabaphephula esiphephweni njengabaphilayo njengentukuthelweni.
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
10 Olungileyo uzathokoza lapho ebona impindiselo, uzageza inyawo zakhe egazini lomubi.
The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Ukuze umuntu athi: Impela ukhona umvuzo wolungileyo; impela ukhona uNkulunkulu owahlulela emhlabeni.
Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
