Mapisarema 1

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

“BOOK I” Happy the man who walketh not in the counsel of the unrighteous, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers;

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

But whose delight is in the law of the LORD, And who meditateth on his precepts 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, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaves also do not wither: All that he doeth shall prosper.

4 Vakaipa havana kudaro! Vakafanana nehundi inopepereswa nemhepo.

Not so the unrighteous; They are like chaff, which the wind driveth away.

5 Naizvozvo vakaipa havangamiri pakutongwa, kana vatadzi paungano yavakarurama.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the just.

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

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked leadeth to ruin.