< Psalms 1 >
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers.
Ubusisiwe umuntu ongahambi ngezeluleko zababi; ongemiyo endleleni yezoni; ongahlaliyo esihlalweni sabaklolodayo.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Kodwa ukuthokoza kwakhe kusemthethweni kaThixo, futhi unakana ngomthetho wakhe imini lobusuku.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he doeth shall prosper.
Unjengesihlahla esihlanyelwe emifuleni yamanzi, esithela izithelo zaso ngesikhathi saso, ohlamvu laso kalibuni. Konke akwenzayo kuyaphumelela.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Ababi kabanjalo! Banjengamakhoba aphetshulwa ngumoya.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Ngakho ababi kabayikuma ekwahlulelweni, noma izoni enkundleni yabalungileyo.
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Ngoba uThixo uyayilinda indlela yabalungileyo, kodwa indlela yababi iya ekubhujisweni.