Mapisarema 1

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

BOOK FIRST: Happy is the man who walketh not in the council of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

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

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who doth meditate in his law by 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 rivulets of water, that yieldeth its fruit in its season, and the leaf of which doth not wither; and all that he may do 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 shall the wicked not be able to 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 leadeth to perdition.