Zaburi 58
1 Je, ninyi watawala mnaongea haki? Mnahukumu kwa haki, ninyi watu?
To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not.' — A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?
2 Hapana, mnafanya uovu mioyoni mwenu; munaeneza vurugu nchi yote kwa mikono yenu.
Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.
3 Waovu huenenda katika upotovu hata walipokuwa tumboni; wao wanaenenda katika upotovu tangu kuzaliwa, wakiongea uongo.
The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
4 Sumu yao ni kama sumu ya nyoka; wako kama fira kiziwi azibaye masikio yake,
Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
5 ambaye hasikilizi sauti ya waganga, haijalishi ustadi walio nao.
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.
6 Vunja meno yao midomoni mwao, Mungu; uyatoe meno ya mwana simba, Yahwe.
O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.
7 Wayeyuke kama maporomoko ya maji; wafyatuapo mishale yao, iwe kama haina ncha.
They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.
8 Wawe kama konokono ambaye huyeyuka na kutoweka, kama mtoto aliye zaliwa kabla ya wakati ambaye hakuona jua.
As a snail that melteth he goeth on, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have 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 pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.
10 Mwenye haki atafurahia atakapoona kisasi cha Mungu; ataiosha miguu yake kwenye damu ya waovu,
The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.
11 hivyo watu watasema, “Hakika kuna tuzo kwa ajili ya mtu wenye haki; hakika kuna Mungu ahukumuye ulimwengu.”
And man saith: 'Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'
