Mapisarema 58
1 Kumutungamiri wokuimba namaimbiro okuti, “Musaparadza.” Pisarema raDhavhidhi. Rwiyo rweMikitami. Ko, imi vatongi munotaura mukururama here? Munotonga pakati pavanhu nokururamisira here?
For the music director. According to “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm (miktam) of David. You leaders, do you really say what is right? Do you judge people fairly?
2 Kwete, munofunga kusaruramisira mumwoyo menyu, uye maoko enyu anomanikidza panyika.
No, for in your minds you plan evil. You cause violence everywhere!
3 Kunyange kubvira pakuberekwa, vakaipa vanofamba mukutsauka; kubva mudumbu ramai, vakaipa uye vanoreva nhema.
The wicked are sinners from birth; from the moment they're born they tell lies.
4 Uturu hwavo hwakaita souturu hwenyoka, vakafanana nemhakure yadzivira nzeve dzayo,
They have venom like that of a poisonous snake, and just like a cobra they stop listening,
5 isingateereri maimbiro enʼanga kunyange zvazvo achiimba nouchenjeri hukuru.
refusing to hear the voice of the snake charmers or the spellbinders.
6 Vhunai mazino mumiromo yavo, imi Mwari; bvisai, imi Jehovha, mazino marefu eshumba!
God, break their teeth, and smash the jaws of these lions, Lord.
7 Ngavatsakatike semvura yapera kuerera; pavanowembura uta, miseve yavo ngaigomare.
May they vanish like water that flows away; when they shoot their arrows may they miss their mark.
8 Vafanane nehozhwa inonyakatika painofamba, kufanana negavamwedzi, ngavarege kuona zuva.
May they be like the slime of snails that dissolves away, like a stillborn child that never saw the light of day.
9 Hari dzenyu dzisati dzanzwa kupisa kweminzwa pamoto, ingava minyoro kana yakaoma, vakaipa vachakukurwa.
Before the cooking pot is hot from burning thorns, whether fresh or dry, God will blow them away.
10 Vakarurama vachafara pavachatsivirwa, pavachashambidza tsoka dzavo muropa ravakaipa.
Those who live right will be happy when they see there is punishment; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Ipapo vanhu vachati, “Zvirokwazvo vakarurama vachiri kungowana mubayiro; zvirokwazvo Mwari ariko anotonga nyika.”
They will say, “There is definitely a reward for those who live right; there is certainly a God who judges fairly on earth.”
