< Amahubo 1 >
1 Ubusisiwe umuntu ongahambi ngeseluleko sababi, ongemi endleleni yezoni, ongahlali esihlalweni sabagconayo;
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of mockers.
2 kodwa intokozo yakhe isemlayweni weNkosi, uzindla ngomlayo wayo emini lebusuku.
But his delight is in the law of Yahweh, and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 Njalo uzakuba njengesihlahla esihlanyelwe emifuleni yamanzi, esithela isithelo saso ngesikhathi saso, ohlamvu laso kaliyikubuna; lakho konke akwenzayo kuzaphumelela.
He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaves do not wither; whatever he does will prosper.
4 Ababi kabanjalo, kodwa banjengamakhoba umoya owaphephulayo.
The wicked are not so, but are instead like the chaff that the wind drives away.
5 Ngakho ababi kabayikuma ekwahlulelweni, lezoni enhlanganweni yabalungileyo.
So the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 Ngoba iNkosi iyayazi indlela yabalungileyo, kodwa indlela yababi izabhubha.
For Yahweh approves of the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.