Mapisarema 1

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

BOOK I HAPPY IS the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat 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 streams of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf doth not wither; and in whatsoever he doeth he shall prosper.

4 Vakaipa havana kudaro! Vakafanana nehundi inopepereswa nemhepo.

Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5 Naizvozvo vakaipa havangamiri pakutongwa, kana vatadzi paungano yavakarurama.

Therefore the wicked 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 regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.