Zaburi 82

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

— A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.

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

Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? (Selah)

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

Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

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

Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

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

They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

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

I — I have said, 'Gods ye [are], And sons of the Most High — all of you,

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

But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,

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

Rise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!