< 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.
Ka hari te tangata kahore nei e haere i te whakaaro o te tangata kino, a kahore e tu i te ara o te hunga hara, kahore ano e noho i te nohoanga o te hunga whakahi.
2 But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Engari ko te ture a Ihowa tana e whakaahuareka ai; kei tona ture ona whakaaro i te ao, i te po.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in season; its leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he doeth shall prosper.
E rite hoki ia ki te rakau i whakatokia ki te taha o nga awa wai, e whai hua nei i te po e hua ai: e kore tona rau e memenga; a ka pono ana mea katoa e mea ai ia.
4 The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
E kore e pera nga tangata kino; engari ka rite ki te papapa e aia ana e te hau.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Ae ra, e kore e tu te hunga kino i te whakawakanga, me te hunga hara i te whakaminenga o te hunga tika.
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
E matau ana hoki a Ihowa ki te ara o te hunga tika: ko te ara ia o te hunga kino e ngaro.