Mapisarema 1

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

Happy are those who don't follow the advice of the wicked. They refuse to adopt the ways of sinful people, and they don't make fun of others.

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

Instead they love to do what the law of the Lord says, and they think about it day and night.

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

They're like trees growing by flowing rivers, producing fruit every season. Their leaves never wither, and they are successful in all they do.

4 Vakaipa havana kudaro! Vakafanana nehundi inopepereswa nemhepo.

But it's not like that for the wicked! They are like chaff, blown away by the wind.

5 Naizvozvo vakaipa havangamiri pakutongwa, kana vatadzi paungano yavakarurama.

For this reason the wicked will not survive the judgment—sinners have no place among those who live right.

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

For the Lord watches over those who follow the right way, but the way of the wicked leads to death.