Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

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

2 but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

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

3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

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

4 The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

Ababi kabanjalo! Banjengamakhoba aphetshulwa ngumoya.

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

Ngakho ababi kabayikuma ekwahlulelweni, noma izoni enkundleni yabalungileyo.

6 For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

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