Mapisarema 1

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

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

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

But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will 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 as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatsoever he shall do shall be prospered.

4 Vakaipa havana kudaro! Vakafanana nehundi inopepereswa nemhepo.

Not so the ungodly; —not so: but rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth.

5 Naizvozvo vakaipa havangamiri pakutongwa, kana vatadzi paungano yavakarurama.

Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the just.

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

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.