Nnwom 1

1 Nhyira ne onipa a ontie amumɔyɛfo afotu na onni nnebɔneyɛfo nhwɛso akyi na ɔntena fɛwdifo tenabea.

Blessed is the one who doesn't follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path of sinners, or join in with scoffers.

2 Na mmom, Awurade mmara sɔ nʼani, na osusuw ho awia ne anadwo.

But his delight is in the law of YHWH, and on his law he meditates day and night.

3 Ɔte sɛ dua a wɔatɛw wɔ asuten ho, na ɛsow nʼaba ne bere mu a nʼahaban no nguan da. Nea ɔyɛ biara yɛ yiye.

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither, and whatever he does shall prosper.

4 Nanso nnebɔneyɛfo nte saa; wɔte sɛ ntɛtɛ a mframa bɔ gu.

Not so with the wicked; instead, they are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

5 Enti amumɔyɛfo rentumi nnyina atemmu no ano, na nnebɔneyɛfo nso rentena atreneefo asafo mu.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 Efisɛ Awurade kyerɛ ɔtreneeni kwan nanso amumɔyɛfo kwan de, ɛbɛyera.

For YHWH knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.