Psalms 58
1 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?
Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Itshuni ethi, “Ungabhidlizi.” ElikaDavida. Imikithamu. Lina babusi, kambe likhuluma okuqondileyo na? Lahlulela ngobuqotho yini ebantwini?
2 No, for in your minds you plan evil. You cause violence everywhere!
Hatshi, ezinhliziyweni zenu lakha amacebo okubusa kubi, lezandla zenu zijezisa ngochuku emhlabeni.
3 The wicked are sinners from birth; from the moment they're born they tell lies.
Kwasekuzalweni ababi bayaphumputheka; kwasekuzalweni baxhwalile, beqamba amanga.
4 They have venom like that of a poisonous snake, and just like a cobra they stop listening,
Itshefu yabo ifana letshefu yenyoka, ifana leyebululu elingezwa umsindo,
5 refusing to hear the voice of the snake charmers or the spellbinders.
elingananzi lomculo wombumbi, loba lowombumbi eligabazi elinganani.
6 God, break their teeth, and smash the jaws of these lions, Lord.
Khumula amazinyo emilonyeni yazo, awu Nkulunkulu; zikhumule, Oh Thixo, izingavula zezilwane!
7 May they vanish like water that flows away; when they shoot their arrows may they miss their mark.
Yekela zinyamalale njengamanzi agelezayo; zithi lapho zinweba idandili, kayithundubale imitshoko yazo.
8 May they be like the slime of snails that dissolves away, like a stillborn child that never saw the light of day.
Njengomnenke uncibilika uphele ulokhu uhamba, njengomphunzo, kabangaliboni ilanga.
9 Before the cooking pot is hot from burning thorns, whether fresh or dry, God will blow them away.
Imbiza zakho zingakaqalisi ukutshisa ngomlilo wenkuni zameva loba ngezimanzi kumbe ngezomileyo ababi bazakhukhulelwa khatshana.
10 Those who live right will be happy when they see there is punishment; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
Abalungileyo bazajabula nxa sebephindiselelwa, nxa sebegeza inyawo zabo egazini lababi.
11 They will say, “There is definitely a reward for those who live right; there is certainly a God who judges fairly on earth.”
Lapho-ke abantu bazakuthi, “Ngempela abalungileyo bajinge bathole umvuzo; ngempela ukhona uNkulunkulu owahlulela umhlaba.”
