Zaburi 58
1 Je, ninyi watawala mnaongea haki? Mnahukumu kwa haki, ninyi watu?
To the Chief Musician. "Do not Destroy." A precious Psalm, of David. Are ye, indeed, silent [when] righteousness, ye should speak? When, with equity, ye should judge, O ye sons of men?
2 Hapana, mnafanya uovu mioyoni mwenu; munaeneza vurugu nchi yote kwa mikono yenu.
Aye! ye all do work, perversity, —Throughout the land, your hands, weigh out, violence!
3 Waovu huenenda katika upotovu hata walipokuwa tumboni; wao wanaenenda katika upotovu tangu kuzaliwa, wakiongea uongo.
Lawless men have been estranged from birth, They have gone astray from their nativity, speaking falsehood;
4 Sumu yao ni kama sumu ya nyoka; wako kama fira kiziwi azibaye masikio yake,
Their poison, is like unto the poison of a serpent, Like the deaf adder, that stoppeth his ear;
5 ambaye hasikilizi sauti ya waganga, haijalishi ustadi walio nao.
That will not hearken to the voice of whisperers, Though the wise one try to bind him with spells.
6 Vunja meno yao midomoni mwao, Mungu; uyatoe meno ya mwana simba, Yahwe.
O God! break away their teeth in their mouth, The biters of the young lions, knock thou out, O Yahweh!
7 Wayeyuke kama maporomoko ya maji; wafyatuapo mishale yao, iwe kama haina ncha.
Let such men flow away like waters that disperse themselves: He prepareth his arrow, Like [grass] let them be cut down:
8 Wawe kama konokono ambaye huyeyuka na kutoweka, kama mtoto aliye zaliwa kabla ya wakati ambaye hakuona jua.
Like a snail, which melteth away as it goeth, An untimely birth of a woman, which hath not seen the sun:
9 Kabla ya vyungu vyenu kupata joto la kuungua kwa miiba, yeye ataviondosha kwa upepo mkali, miiba ya kijani yote na ile inayoungua.
Before your kettles can perceive the [kindled] bramble, Be he green or be he withered, he shall be swept away.
10 Mwenye haki atafurahia atakapoona kisasi cha Mungu; ataiosha miguu yake kwenye damu ya waovu,
The righteous man will rejoice when he hath seen an avenging, His feet, will he bathe in the blood of the lawless one: —
11 hivyo watu watasema, “Hakika kuna tuzo kwa ajili ya mtu wenye haki; hakika kuna Mungu ahukumuye ulimwengu.”
So that a son of earth may say—Surely there is fruit for the righteous man! Surely there are gods who judge in the earth!
