Sòm 58

1 Pou chèf sanba yo. Se pou yo chante sou lè chante ki di: Pa detwi. Se yon chante David. Nou menm ki reprezante Bondye, èske nou rann jistis la tout bon vre? Nou menm lèzòm, èske nou jije san patipri?

For the leader. Al tashheth. Of David. A michtam. Do you speak what is right, you gods? With equity judge you your people?

2 Non! Okontrè! Se move lide ase ki nan kè nou. N'ap plede fè mechanste nan tout peyi a.

In the land you practise iniquity – all of you; violence do you dispense with your hands.

3 Malveyan yo pèvèti depi nan vant manman yo. Moun k'ap bay manti yo gen madichon depi yo fèt.

The wicked go astray from the womb liars take the wrong path from their birth.

4 Yo gen yon pwazon nan bouch yo, tankou pwazon sèpan. Yo pa pran priyè, yo tankou sèpan aspik,

Venom have they like the venom of snakes, they are like the deaf adder that stops her ears,

5 ki fèmen zòrèy yo pou yo pa tande vwa moun k'ap chante pou fè yo dòmi, menm lè moun yo gen bèl bèl vwa.

and refuses to listen to the voice of the charmer, or binder of spells, no matter how cunning.

6 Bondye, tanpri, kase dan nan bouch yo! Kase kwòk dan jenn lyon yo, Seyè!

O God, break to pieces the teeth in their mouth, tear out the great teeth of the young lions, Lord.

7 Se pou yo disparèt tankou dlo lavalas k'ap koule desann. Se pou moun kraze yo anba pye tankou zèb sou granchemen.

May they melt away like running water! Like tender grass, cut down may they be!

8 Se pou yo fonn tankou mantèg nan solèy. Se pou yo pa janm wè solèy tankou tibebe ki fèt tou mouri.

Like the snail that dissolves on its crawling path, like the birth untimely which sees not the sunlight.

9 Anvan menm yo konnen sa k'ap rive yo, se pou yo boule tankou raje. Bondye ap fè kòlè, l'ap rache yo pandan yo tou vivan.

Faster than a thorn-fire heats your pots, he will come with his tempest and sweep them away.

10 Moun ki mache dwat devan Bondye gen pou yo kontan lè yo wè jan yo pini mechan yo. Y'a lave pye yo nan san mechan yo.

The sight of such vengeance will gladden the righteous; their feet they will wash in the blood of the wicked.

11 Lè sa a, moun va di: -Wi, sa vo lapenn pou moun mache dwat devan Bondye. Wi, gen yon Bondye k'ap jije moun sou latè.

People will say, ‘Yes, the just are rewarded: yes, on the earth is a God who is Judge.’