Mapisarema 1

1 Akaropafadzwa munhu asingafambi panorangana vakaipa, asingamiri panzira yavatadzi, asingagari pachigaro chavadadi.

BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2 Asi anofarira murayiro waJehovha, uye anofungisisa murayiro wake masikati nousiku.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

3 Akafanana nomuti wakasimwa pahova dzemvura, unobereka michero yawo nenguva yawo, uye mashizha awo haasvavi. Chinhu chipi nechipi chaanoita chinoendeka.

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 Vakaipa havana kudaro! Vakafanana nehundi inopepereswa nemhepo.

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5 Naizvozvo vakaipa havangamiri pakutongwa, kana vatadzi paungano yavakarurama.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 Nokuti Jehovha anotarira nzira yavakarurama, asi nzira yavakaipa ichaparadzwa.

For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.