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1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of people who sin ·intentionally miss the mark goal·, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
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 Adonai’s Torah ·Teaching·. On his torot ·teachings· he meditates day and night.
Bali huifurahia sheria ya Bwana, naye huitafakari hiyo sheria usiku na mchana.
3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does 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 The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Sivyo walivyo waovu! Wao ni kama makapi yapeperushwayo na upepo.
5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor people who sin ·intentionally miss the mark goal· in the congregation of the upright.
Kwa hiyo waovu hawatastahimili hukumu, wala wenye dhambi katika kusanyiko la wenye haki.
6 For Adonai knows the way of the upright, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Kwa maana Bwana huziangalia njia za mwenye haki, bali njia ya waovu itaangamia.