Amahubo 58
1 Isibili likhuluma okulungileyo yini, babusi? Lehlulela ngokuqonda yini, madodana abantu?
For the Leader; Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David; Michtam. Do ye indeed speak as a righteous company? Do ye judge with equity the sons of men?
2 Yebo, enhliziyweni lenza okubi, lilinganisa udlakela lwezandla zenu emhlabeni.
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out in the earth the violence of your hands.
3 Ababi baba ngabemzini kusukela esiswini, bayaduha kusukela esizalweni, beqamba amanga.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.
4 Ubuhlungu babo bunjengobuhlungu benyoka, banjengebululu elingezwayo, elivimba indlebe yalo,
Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;
5 ukuze lingezwa ilizwi labalumbi abalumba amalumbo ngokuhlakanipha.
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.
6 Nkulunkulu, yephula amazinyo abo emlonyeni wabo, uphohloze amazinyo emihlathi yamabhongo ezilwane, Nkosi.
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
7 Kabancibilike njengamanzi agelezayo; nxa egobisa idandili lakhe ukutshoka umtshoko wakhe, babe njengabaqunywe iziqa.
Let them melt away as water that runneth apace; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
8 Kahambe njengomnenke oncibilikayo; njengomphunzo owesifazana, kabangaliboni ilanga.
Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away; like the untimely births of a woman, that have not seen the sun.
9 Imbiza zenu zingakaluzwa ukhuni lwameva, uzabaphephula esiphephweni njengabaphilayo njengentukuthelweni.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.
10 Olungileyo uzathokoza lapho ebona impindiselo, uzageza inyawo zakhe egazini lomubi.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Ukuze umuntu athi: Impela ukhona umvuzo wolungileyo; impela ukhona uNkulunkulu owahlulela emhlabeni.
And men shall say: 'Verily there is a reward for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.'
