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