Zaburi 58
1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Mtindo wa “Usiharibu!” Utenzi wa Daudi. Enyi watawala, je, kweli mwanena kwa haki? Je, mnahukumu kwa unyofu miongoni mwa watu?
Do ye indeed speak righteousness in silence? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 La, mioyoni mwenu mnatunga udhalimu, na mikono yenu hupima jeuri duniani.
No! In heart ye work wickedness. Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 Waovu ni wapotovu tangu kuzaliwa kwao, toka tumboni mwa mama zao ni wakaidi na husema uongo.
The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 Sumu yao ni kama sumu ya nyoka, kama ile ya fira ambaye ameziba masikio yake,
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops her ear,
5 ambaye hatasikia sauti ya kutumbuiza ya mwaguzi, hata kama mganga angecheza kwa ustadi kiasi gani.
which hearkens not to the voice of charmers, charming ever so wisely.
6 Ee Mungu, yavunje meno katika vinywa vyao; Ee Bwana, vunja meno makali ya hao simba!
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
7 Na watoweke kama maji yapitayo kwa kasi, wavutapo pinde zao, mishale yao na iwe butu.
Let them melt away as water that runs with haste. When he aims his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off,
8 Kama konokono ayeyukavyo akitembea, kama mtoto aliyezaliwa akiwa mfu, wasilione jua.
as a snail which melts and passes away, as the untimely birth of a woman, that has not seen the sun.
9 Kabla vyungu vyenu havijapata moto wa kuni za miiba, zikiwa mbichi au kavu, waovu watakuwa wamefagiliwa mbali.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
10 Wenye haki watafurahi waonapo wakilipizwa kisasi, watakapochovya nyayo zao katika damu ya waovu.
A righteous man shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11 Ndipo wanadamu watasema, “Hakika utulivu wa wenye haki bado una thawabu, hakika kuna Mungu ahukumuye dunia.”
so that men shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous man. Truly there is a God who judges in the earth.
