< Amahubo 1 >
1 Ubusisiwe umuntu ongahambi ngeseluleko sababi, ongemi endleleni yezoni, ongahlali esihlalweni sabagconayo;
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 kodwa intokozo yakhe isemlayweni weNkosi, uzindla ngomlayo wayo emini lebusuku.
But his delight is in the law of YHWH; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 Njalo uzakuba njengesihlahla esihlanyelwe emifuleni yamanzi, esithela isithelo saso ngesikhathi saso, ohlamvu laso kaliyikubuna; lakho konke akwenzayo kuzaphumelela.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 Ababi kabanjalo, kodwa banjengamakhoba umoya owaphephulayo.
The wicked are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Ngakho ababi kabayikuma ekwahlulelweni, lezoni enhlanganweni yabalungileyo.
Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 Ngoba iNkosi iyayazi indlela yabalungileyo, kodwa indlela yababi izabhubha.
For YHWH knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the wicked shall perish.