Mapisarema 1

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

O the blessedness of that one, Who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, And has not stood in the way of sinners, And has not sat in the seat of scorners;

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

But his delight [is] in the Law of YHWH, And in His law he meditates by day and by night:

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

And he has been as a tree, Planted by streams of water, That gives its fruit in its season, And its leaf does not wither, And all that he does he causes to prosper.

4 Vakaipa havana kudaro! Vakafanana nehundi inopepereswa nemhepo.

Not so the wicked: But [they are] as chaff that wind drives away!

5 Naizvozvo vakaipa havangamiri pakutongwa, kana vatadzi paungano yavakarurama.

Therefore the wicked do not rise in judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous,

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

For YHWH is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!