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 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.