Zaburi 82

1 Zaburi ya Asafu. Mungu anaongoza kusanyiko kuu, anatoa hukumu miongoni mwa “miungu”:

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

2 “Hata lini utaendelea kuwatetea wasio haki na kuonyesha upendeleo kwa waovu?

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

3 Teteeni wanyonge na yatima, tunzeni haki za maskini na walioonewa.

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

4 Mwokoeni mnyonge na mhitaji, wakomboeni kutoka mkononi mwa mwovu.

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

5 “Hawajui lolote, hawaelewi lolote. Wanatembea gizani; misingi yote ya dunia imetikisika.

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

6 “Nilisema, ‘Ninyi ni “miungu”; ninyi nyote ni wana wa Aliye Juu Sana.’

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

7 Lakini mtakufa kama wanadamu wa kawaida; mtaanguka kama mtawala mwingine yeyote.”

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

8 Ee Mungu, inuka uihukumu nchi, kwa kuwa mataifa yote ni urithi wako.

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