Psalmi 1

1 Blago čovjeku koji ne slijedi savjeta opakih, ne staje na putu grešničkom i ne sjeda u zbor podrugljivaca,

Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

2 već uživa u Zakonu Jahvinu, o Zakonu njegovu misli dan i noć.

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

3 On je k'o stablo zasađeno pokraj voda tekućica što u svoje vrijeme plod donosi; lišće mu nikad ne vene, sve što radi dobrim urodi.

He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

4 Nisu takvi opaki, ne, nisu takvi! Oni su k'o pljeva što je vjetar raznosi.

The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

5 Stoga se opaki neće održati na sudu, ni grešnici u zajednici pravednih.

For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

6 Jer Jahve zna put pravednih, a propast će put opakih.

Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.