< Mapisarema 1 >
1 Akaropafadzwa munhu asingafambi panorangana vakaipa, asingamiri panzira yavatadzi, asingagari pachigaro chavadadi.
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
2 Asi anofarira murayiro waJehovha, uye anofungisisa murayiro wake masikati nousiku.
But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
3 Akafanana nomuti wakasimwa pahova dzemvura, unobereka michero yawo nenguva yawo, uye mashizha awo haasvavi. Chinhu chipi nechipi chaanoita chinoendeka.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
4 Vakaipa havana kudaro! Vakafanana nehundi inopepereswa nemhepo.
Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
5 Naizvozvo vakaipa havangamiri pakutongwa, kana vatadzi paungano yavakarurama.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 Nokuti Jehovha anotarira nzira yavakarurama, asi nzira yavakaipa ichaparadzwa.
For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.