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 ngeseluleko sababi, ongemi endleleni yezoni, ongahlali esihlalweni sabagconayo;

2 But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

kodwa intokozo yakhe isemlayweni weNkosi, uzindla ngomlayo wayo emini lebusuku.

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.

Njalo uzakuba njengesihlahla esihlanyelwe emifuleni yamanzi, esithela isithelo saso ngesikhathi saso, ohlamvu laso kaliyikubuna; lakho konke akwenzayo kuzaphumelela.

4 The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Ababi kabanjalo, kodwa banjengamakhoba umoya owaphephulayo.

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Ngakho ababi kabayikuma ekwahlulelweni, lezoni enhlanganweni yabalungileyo.

6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Ngoba iNkosi iyayazi indlela yabalungileyo, kodwa indlela yababi izabhubha.