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;

Heri mtu yule ambaye haendi katika shauri la watu waovu, wala hasimami katika njia ya wenye dhambi, au kuketi katika baraza la wenye mizaha.

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

Bali huifurahia sheria ya Bwana, naye huitafakari hiyo sheria usiku na mchana.

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.

Mtu huyo ni kama mti uliopandwa kando ya vijito vya maji, ambao huzaa matunda kwa majira yake na majani yake hayanyauki. Lolote afanyalo hufanikiwa.

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

Sivyo walivyo waovu! Wao ni kama makapi yapeperushwayo na upepo.

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

Kwa hiyo waovu hawatastahimili hukumu, wala wenye dhambi katika kusanyiko la wenye haki.

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

Kwa maana Bwana huziangalia njia za mwenye haki, bali njia ya waovu itaangamia.