Psalms 1

1 BOOK FIRST: Happy is the man who walketh not in the council 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 whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who doth meditate in his law by day and night.

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

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by rivulets of water, that yieldeth its fruit in its season, and the leaf of which doth not wither; and all that he may do shall prosper.

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 Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

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

5 Therefore shall the wicked not be able to stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

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

6 For the Lord regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked leadeth to perdition.

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