Psalms 1

1 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.

Ubusisiwe umuntu ongahambi ngeseluleko sababi, ongemi endleleni yezoni, ongahlali esihlalweni sabagconayo;

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

kodwa intokozo yakhe isemlayweni weNkosi, uzindla ngomlayo wayo emini lebusuku.

3 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.

Njalo uzakuba njengesihlahla esihlanyelwe emifuleni yamanzi, esithela isithelo saso ngesikhathi saso, ohlamvu laso kaliyikubuna; lakho konke akwenzayo kuzaphumelela.

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

Ababi kabanjalo, kodwa banjengamakhoba umoya owaphephulayo.

5 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,

Ngakho ababi kabayikuma ekwahlulelweni, lezoni enhlanganweni yabalungileyo.

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

Ngoba iNkosi iyayazi indlela yabalungileyo, kodwa indlela yababi izabhubha.