1 D o you speak what is right and good, O you powerful ones? Are you always right in how you judge, O sons of men?

لِماذا تَصْمِتُونَ عَنِ العَدلِ أيُّها القادَةُ العِظامُ؟ أتَقضُونَ بِالعَدلِ بَينَ النّاسِ؟

2 N o, in your heart you do what is wrong. You use your hands to hurt and destroy in the land.

بَلْ قُلُوبُكُمْ مَلأى بِالشَّرِّ فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ، وَبِأيدِيكُمْ عُنفٌ وَجَرِيمَةٌ.

3 T he sinful go wrong as soon as they are born. Those who speak lies go the wrong way from birth.

هَؤُلاءِ الأشرارُ ضَلُّوا مُنذُ مَولِدِهِمْ. وَمُنذُ طُفُولَتِهِمْ كاذِبُونَ.

4 T heir poison is like the poison of a snake. They are like a cobra that cannot or will not listen.

غَضَبُهُمْ كَسُمِّ الأفعَى. وَلا يَسمَعُونَ صَوتَ الحَقِّ،

5 I t does not hear the voice of the man who has power over it, even if the man is very good in his work.

كَما لا تَسمَعُ الأفعَى السّامَّةُ صَوتَ الحاوِي. بِمَهارَةٍ يُعِدُّونَ مَكائِدَهُمْ.

6 O God, break the teeth in their mouth. Break out the teeth of the young lions, O Lord.

كَسِّرْ أسنانَهُمْ فِي أفواهِهِمْ يا اللهُ! وَاقلَعْ أنيابَ الأُسُودِ مِنها.

7 L et them flow away like water that pours. When he uses his arrows, let them have no heads.

لِتَذُبْ قُوَّتُهُمْ كَالماءِ الَّذِي يَمضِي فِي طَرِيقِهِ. وَلْيُداسُوا كَعُشبٍ ذابِلٍ.

8 L et them be like a snail that melts away as it goes. Like a baby born dead, may they never see the sun.

لَيتَهُمْ يَختَفُونَ كَحَلَزَونٍ يَذُوبُ كُلَّما تَحَرَّكَ حَتَّى يَختَفِيَ. لَيتَهُمْ كَجَنِينٍ مَيِّتٍ لَمْ يَرَ ضَوْءَ الشَّمسِ.

9 B efore your pots can feel the fire of thorns, He will blow them away with a storm, both the green and the burning ones.

لَيتَهُمْ يَصِيرُونَ كَالأشواكِ. بَعضُها يَحتَرِقُ، وَبَعضُها يَنتَظِرُ. تُطَيِّرُها الرِّيحُ قَبلَ أنْ تَلمِسَ النّارَ.

10 T he one who is right and good will be full of joy when he sees the sinful punished. He will wash his feet in their blood.

لَيتَ الصّالِحِينَ يَفرَحُونَ، إذْ يَرَونَ مُكافأتَهُمْ. لَيتَهُمْ يَدُوسُونَ الأشرارَ.

11 A nd men will say, “For sure there is pay for those who are right and good. For sure there is a God Who says who is guilty or not on the earth.”

وَلَيتَ النّاسَ يَقُولُونَ: «حَقّاً إنَّ الصّالِحِينَ يُكافَأُونَ. حَقّاً يُوجَدُ إلَهٌ يَحكُمُ هَذا الكَونَ.»