Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

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

2 But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

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

3 And he [is] as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.

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

4 The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Ababi kabanjalo, kodwa banjengamakhoba umoya owaphephulayo.

5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

Ngakho ababi kabayikuma ekwahlulelweni, lezoni enhlanganweni yabalungileyo.

6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Ngoba iNkosi iyayazi indlela yabalungileyo, kodwa indlela yababi izabhubha.