Psalms 1

1 How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless, —and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat;

Ubusisiwe umuntu ongahambi ngezeluleko zababi; ongemiyo endleleni yezoni; ongahlaliyo esihlalweni sabaklolodayo.

2 But, in the law of Yahweh, is his delight, —and, in his law, doth he talk with himself day and night.

Kodwa ukuthokoza kwakhe kusemthethweni kaThixo, futhi unakana ngomthetho wakhe imini lobusuku.

3 So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters, —that yieldeth, its fruit, in its season, whose leaf, also doth not wither, and, whatsoever he doeth, prospereth.

Unjengesihlahla esihlanyelwe emifuleni yamanzi, esithela izithelo zaso ngesikhathi saso, ohlamvu laso kalibuni. Konke akwenzayo kuyaphumelela.

4 Not so, the lawless, —but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:

Ababi kabanjalo! Banjengamakhoba aphetshulwa ngumoya.

5 For this cause, shall the lawless not stand in the judgment, —nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

Ngakho ababi kabayikuma ekwahlulelweni, noma izoni enkundleni yabalungileyo.

6 For Yahweh doth acknowledge the way of the righteous; but, the way of the lawless, shall vanish.

Ngoba uThixo uyayilinda indlela yabalungileyo, kodwa indlela yababi iya ekubhujisweni.