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?
When you mighty men speak, you never say what is right; you never decide things about people justly [RHQ]!
2 La, mioyoni mwenu mnatunga udhalimu, na mikono yenu hupima jeuri duniani.
No, in your inner beings you think only about doing what is wrong, and you commit violent crimes in this land [of Israel].
3 Waovu ni wapotovu tangu kuzaliwa kwao, toka tumboni mwa mama zao ni wakaidi na husema uongo.
Wicked people do wrong things and tell lies from the time that they are born [DOU].
4 Sumu yao ni kama sumu ya nyoka, kama ile ya fira ambaye ameziba masikio yake,
God, show in the heavens how great you are! And show your glory to people all over the earth! What wicked people say [injures people like] the venom of a snake [MET]; They refuse to listen to good advice, [as though they were] cobras that were deaf [MET]!
5 ambaye hatasikia sauti ya kutumbuiza ya mwaguzi, hata kama mganga angecheza kwa ustadi kiasi gani.
As a result, [like a snake that does not respond when] a charmer plays a flute or when someone sings magic songs, [they do not pay attention when others rebuke them].
6 Ee Mungu, yavunje meno katika vinywa vyao; Ee Bwana, vunja meno makali ya hao simba!
God, as for these enemies who [want to attack me like] young lions, break their teeth!
7 Na watoweke kama maji yapitayo kwa kasi, wavutapo pinde zao, mishale yao na iwe butu.
Cause them to disappear like water disappears [in dry ground]! Cause the arrows that they shoot to have no (heads/sharp points)!
8 Kama konokono ayeyukavyo akitembea, kama mtoto aliyezaliwa akiwa mfu, wasilione jua.
Cause them to become like snails that disappear in the slime; cause them to be like babies that are born dead!
9 Kabla vyungu vyenu havijapata moto wa kuni za miiba, zikiwa mbichi au kavu, waovu watakuwa wamefagiliwa mbali.
Get rid of them [as fast as] thornbushes are blown away [after they are cut] (OR, [as fast as] a fire heats a pot over burning thorns).
10 Wenye haki watafurahi waonapo wakilipizwa kisasi, watakapochovya nyayo zao katika damu ya waovu.
Righteous people will rejoice when they see wicked people being punished as they deserve; they will wash their feet in the blood of wicked people.
11 Ndipo wanadamu watasema, “Hakika utulivu wa wenye haki bado una thawabu, hakika kuna Mungu ahukumuye dunia.”
[Then] people will say, “It is true that there is a reward for righteous people; and there is indeed a God who judges people justly here on the earth!”
