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 FIRST: Happy is the man who walketh not in the council of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

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 doth meditate in his law by 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 rivulets of water, that yieldeth its fruit in its season, and the leaf of which doth not wither; and all that he may do shall prosper.

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

Not so the wicked; but they 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 shall the wicked not be able to 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 the Lord regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked leadeth to perdition.