Amahubo 1

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

Blessed is the one who doesn't follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path of sinners, or join in with scoffers.

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

But his delight is in the law of Jehovah, 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 brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither, and whatever he does shall prosper.

4 Ababi kabanjalo, kodwa banjengamakhoba umoya owaphephulayo.

Not so with the wicked; instead, they are like the chaff which the wind drives 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 Jehovah knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.