Psalms 58
1 Nkunga Davidi kuidi pfumu minyimbidi “kadi vonda”. A buevi, beno bapfumu, mu busonga lueti yolukilanga e? Mu bufuana lueti sambisilanga batu e?
For the music director. According to “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm (miktam) of David. You leaders, do you really say what is right? Do you judge people fairly?
2 Nana! Mu mintima mieno, lueti yindula makambulu masonga ayi mioko mieno milembo muangisa makhemi va ntoto.
No, for in your minds you plan evil. You cause violence everywhere!
3 Tona mu mbutukulu, batu bambimbi beti zimbala; tona mu vumu, ntu ngolo badi ayi bantubanga luvunu.
The wicked are sinners from birth; from the moment they're born they tell lies.
4 Mitsa miawu midi banga mitsa mi nioka, banga kusa kizibikidi matu mandi
They have venom like that of a poisonous snake, and just like a cobra they stop listening,
5 kinkambu wa mbembo yi batu bansakisanga zinioka; mbembo yi ndoki yiyenda tsangu.
refusing to hear the voice of the snake charmers or the spellbinders.
6 Kola meno mu miunu miawu, a Nzambi; vuza, a Yave, meno ma zikhosi.
God, break their teeth, and smash the jaws of these lions, Lord.
7 Bika balalakana banga maza ma nkumba! Mu thangu bambansula mimbasa miawu, bika madionga mawu maba makambu tsongi
May they vanish like water that flows away; when they shoot their arrows may they miss their mark.
8 banga khodi yinsiuta bu yilembo diati; banga muana wusuluka bika kabika mona thangu.
May they be like the slime of snails that dissolves away, like a stillborn child that never saw the light of day.
9 Tuamina zinzungu zieno zimona diamu di zitsendi ziba zinlangu voti ziyuma, batu bambimbi bela kombulu.
Before the cooking pot is hot from burning thorns, whether fresh or dry, God will blow them away.
10 Basonga bela mona khini bu bela mona landi kioki bela kuba vutudila; bela sukula malu mawu mu menga ma batu bambimbi.
Those who live right will be happy when they see there is punishment; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Batu bela tuba: “Bukiedika; basonga bantambulanga mfutu mu kadika thangu. Bukiedika vadi Nzambi weti sambisa va ntoto.”
They will say, “There is definitely a reward for those who live right; there is certainly a God who judges fairly on earth.”
