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.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, 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 his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate 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.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

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

The wicked are not so, But are like the 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 the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

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

For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.