Psalms 1

1 Happy are those who don't follow the advice of the wicked. They refuse to adopt the ways of sinful people, and they don't make fun of others.

Amebarikiwa mtu yule asiye enenda katika ushauri wa waovu, au kusimama katika njia ya wenye dhambi, au kukaa katika kusanyiko la wenye mizaha.

2 Instead they love to do what the law of the Lord says, and they think about it day and night.

Bali yeye huifurahia sheria ya Yahwe, na huitafakari sheria yake mchana na usiku.

3 They're like trees growing by flowing rivers, producing fruit every season. Their leaves never wither, and they are successful in all they do.

Atakuwa kama mti uliopandwa karibu na mkondo wa maji ambao huzaa matunda yake kwa majira yake, ambao majani yake hayakauki; lolote afanyalo litafanikiwa.

4 But it's not like that for the wicked! They are like chaff, blown away by the wind.

Waovu hawako hivyo, wao badala yake ni kama makapi yapeperushwayo na upepo.

5 For this reason the wicked will not survive the judgment—sinners have no place among those who live right.

Kwa hivyo waovu hawatasimama katika hukumu, wala wenye dhambi katika kusanyiko la wenye haki.

6 For the Lord watches over those who follow the right way, but the way of the wicked leads to death.

Kwa kuwa Yahweh huikubali njia ya wenye haki, njia ya waovu itaangamizwa.