Mga Awit 1

1 Mapalad ang taong hindi lumalakad sa payo ng masama, o tumatayo sa daanan kasama ang mga makasalanan, o umuupo sa kapulungan ng mga nangungutya.

[God] is pleased with those who do not do what [MET] wicked people advise them to do, and who do not imitate the behavior of [MET] sinful people, and who do not join in with people who (ridicule/sneer at) [God].

2 Pero ang kaniyang kagalakan ay nasa batas ni Yahweh, at sa kaniyang batas, nagbubulay-bulay siya araw at gabi.

Those whom God is pleased with delight in doing the things that he has instructed/taught us to do. They read and think about Yahweh’s requirements, day and night.

3 Siya ay matutulad sa isang puno na nakatanim malapit sa mga batis ng tubig na namumunga sa panahon nito, na ang mga dahon ay hindi nalalanta; anuman ang kaniyang gawin ay sasagana.

They [constantly produce/do things that please God] just like fruit trees that have been planted along the banks of a stream produce fruit at the right time every year. [Like] trees that never wither, they succeed in everything that they do.

4 Ang mga masasama ay hindi katulad nito, sa halip (sila) ay katulad ng ipa na tinatangay ng hangin.

But wicked people are not like that! Wicked people are [as worthless as] chaff that is blown away by the wind.

5 Kaya ang masama ay hindi makatatayo sa paghahatol, maging ang mga makasalanan sa kapulungan ng matuwid.

Therefore, wicked people (will not be acquitted/will be condemned) [LIT] when [God] judges people, and furthermore, sinful people will not even be present when [God] gathers righteous people together,

6 Dahil sinasang-ayunan ni Yahweh ang daanan ng matuwid, pero ang daanan ng masama ay mapupuksa.

because he guides and protects righteous people, but the path that the wicked walk on leads them to where they will be destroyed/punished [by God forever].