To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David.
1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?
Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Ni kweli, enyi wakuu, mnanena haki? Enyi wanadamu, mnahukumu kwa adili?
2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness;
Ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
Sivyo! Mioyoni mwenu mnatenda maovu; Katika nchi mnapima udhalimu wa mikono yenu.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb:
They go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Wasio haki wamejitenga tangu kuzaliwa kwao; Tangu tumboni wamepotea, wakisema uongo.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent:
They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Sumu yao, mfano wake ni sumu ya nyoka; Mfano wao ni fira kiziwi azibaye sikio lake.
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers,
Charming never so wisely.
Asiyeisikiliza sauti ya waganga, Ijapo wanafanya uganga kwa ustadi.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Ee Mungu, uyavunje meno yao vinywani mwao; Ee Bwana, uyavunje magego ya wana-simba.
7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
Na watoweke kama maji yapitayo kwa kasi; Akiielekeza mishale yake, iwe imetiwa ubutu.
8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: Like the untimely birth of a woman,
That they may not see the sun.
Kama konokono ayeyukaye na kutoweka, Kama mimba iliyoharibika, isiyoliona jua,
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns,
He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
Kabla ya masufuria yenu kupata moto wa miiba, Ataipeperusha kama chamchela, Iliyo mibichi na iliyo moto.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance:
He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Mwenye haki atafurahi akionapo kisasi; Ataiosha miguu yake katika damu ya wasio haki.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous:
Verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Na mwanadamu atasema, Hakika iko thawabu yake mwenye haki. Hakika yuko Mungu Anayehukumu katika dunia.
