Psalms 1

1 Lusakumunu kuidi mutu wowo wunkambu landakananga zindongi zi batu bambimbi, wunkambu telamanga mu nzila yi minsumuki, ayi wunkambu vuandanga va kimosi ayi mimvuezi.

“BOOK I” Happy the man who walketh not in the counsel of the unrighteous, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers;

2 Vayi wummonanga khini mu mina mi Yave ayi wunyindulanga miawu muini ayi builu.

But whose delight is in the law of the LORD, And who meditateth on his precepts day and night.

3 Mutu beni widi banga nti wukunu va muenda nlangu; wowo wumbutanga makundi mu tsungi andi ayi meza mandi mayumanga ko; weti mona mamboti mu mamo keti vanganga.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaves also do not wither: All that he doeth shall prosper.

4 Vayi buawu ko buididi kuidi batu bambimbi, badi banga biti bivevumunu kuidi phemo.

Not so the unrighteous; They are like chaff, which the wind driveth away.

5 Diawu, batu bambimbi balendi telama ko mu lumbu ki tsambusu, voti bankua masumu mu lukutukunu lu batu basonga.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the just.

6 Bila Yave zebi nzila yi batu basonga, vayi nzila yi batu bambimbi yela biva.

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked leadeth to ruin.