Zaburi 1

1 Heri mtu yule ambaye haendi katika shauri la watu waovu, wala hasimami katika njia ya wenye dhambi, au kuketi katika baraza la wenye mizaha.

Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

2 Bali huifurahia sheria ya Bwana, naye huitafakari hiyo sheria usiku na mchana.

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

3 Mtu huyo ni kama mti uliopandwa kando ya vijito vya maji, ambao huzaa matunda kwa majira yake na majani yake hayanyauki. Lolote afanyalo hufanikiwa.

He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

4 Sivyo walivyo waovu! Wao ni kama makapi yapeperushwayo na upepo.

The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

5 Kwa hiyo waovu hawatastahimili hukumu, wala wenye dhambi katika kusanyiko la wenye haki.

For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

6 Kwa maana Bwana huziangalia njia za mwenye haki, bali njia ya waovu itaangamia.

Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.