Mapisarema 1

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

Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, 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 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 the rivers of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in season; its leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he doeth shall prosper.

4 Vakaipa havana kudaro! Vakafanana nehundi inopepereswa nemhepo.

The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5 Naizvozvo vakaipa havangamiri pakutongwa, kana vatadzi paungano yavakarurama.

Therefore the ungodly 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 knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.