Mapisarema 82

1 Pisarema raAsafi. Mwari anogara paungano huru; anotonga pakati pa“vamwari” achiti,

A Melody of Asaph. God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge.

2 “Muchasvika riniko muchirwira vasakarurama uye muchisanangura vanhu vakaipa? Sera

How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? (Selah)

3 Tongai mhaka dzavasina simba nenherera; chengetedzai kodzero dzavarombo navakadzvinyirirwa.

Vindicate the weak and the fatherless, The oppressed and the poor, see righted;

4 Nunurai vasina simba navanoshayiwa; varwirei paruoko rwowakaipa.

Deliver the weak and the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue.

5 “Havana chavanoziva, havana chavanonzwisisa. Vanongofamba-famba murima; nheyo dzose dzenyika dzinozungunuswa.

They know not, neither can they perceive, In darkness, they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake.

6 “Ndakati, ‘Muri vamwari; imi mose muri vanakomana veWokumusoro-soro.’

I, said, Gods, ye are, Yea, sons of the Highest, are ye all;

7 Asi muchafa savanhuwo zvavo; muchawa savatongi vose.”

But indeed, like the earth-born, shall ye die! And, like one of the princes, shall ye fall!

8 Simukai, imi Mwari, mutonge nyika, nokuti ndudzi dzose inhaka yenyu.

Arise! O God, judge thou the earth, For, thou, wilt inherit all the nations.