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?
For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam. Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 La, mioyoni mwenu mnatunga udhalimu, na mikono yenu hupima jeuri duniani.
Nay, 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: [They are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
5 ambaye hatasikia sauti ya kutumbuiza ya mwaguzi, hata kama mganga angecheza kwa ustadi kiasi gani.
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never 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 runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
8 Kama konokono ayeyukavyo akitembea, kama mtoto aliyezaliwa akiwa mfu, wasilione jua.
[Let them be] as a snail which melteth and passeth away, [Like] the untimely birth of a woman, that hath 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.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth 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, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
