Amahubo 1

1 Ubusisiwe umuntu ongahambi ngeseluleko sababi, ongemi endleleni yezoni, ongahlali esihlalweni sabagconayo;

Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.

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

But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night.

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

And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.

4 Ababi kabanjalo, kodwa banjengamakhoba umoya owaphephulayo.

Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.

5 Ngakho ababi kabayikuma ekwahlulelweni, lezoni enhlanganweni yabalungileyo.

Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the just.

6 Ngoba iNkosi iyayazi indlela yabalungileyo, kodwa indlela yababi izabhubha.

For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.