Zaburi 58
1 Je, ninyi watawala mnaongea haki? Mnahukumu kwa haki, ninyi watu?
For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm of David. A michtam. Do you rulers speak righteousness? Do you judge uprightly, you people?
2 Hapana, mnafanya uovu mioyoni mwenu; munaeneza vurugu nchi yote kwa mikono yenu.
No, you commit wickedness in your heart; you distribute violence throughout the land with your hands.
3 Waovu huenenda katika upotovu hata walipokuwa tumboni; wao wanaenenda katika upotovu tangu kuzaliwa, wakiongea uongo.
The wicked go astray even when they are in the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
4 Sumu yao ni kama sumu ya nyoka; wako kama fira kiziwi azibaye masikio yake,
Their poison is like a snake's poison; they are like a deaf adder that stops up its ears,
5 ambaye hasikilizi sauti ya waganga, haijalishi ustadi walio nao.
that pays no attention to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful they are.
6 Vunja meno yao midomoni mwao, Mungu; uyatoe meno ya mwana simba, Yahwe.
Break their teeth in their mouths, God; break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
7 Wayeyuke kama maporomoko ya maji; wafyatuapo mishale yao, iwe kama haina ncha.
Let them melt away as water that runs off; when they shoot their arrows, let them be as though they had no points.
8 Wawe kama konokono ambaye huyeyuka na kutoweka, kama mtoto aliye zaliwa kabla ya wakati ambaye hakuona jua.
Let them be like a snail that melts and passes away, like the untimely-born child of a woman that never sees the sunlight.
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 pots can feel the thorn's burning heat, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green thorns and the burning thorns alike.
10 Mwenye haki atafurahia atakapoona kisasi cha Mungu; ataiosha miguu yake kwenye damu ya waovu,
The righteous will rejoice when he sees God's vengeance; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11 hivyo watu watasema, “Hakika kuna tuzo kwa ajili ya mtu wenye haki; hakika kuna Mungu ahukumuye ulimwengu.”
so that men will say, “Truly, there is a reward for the righteous person; truly there is a God who judges the earth.”
