Psalms 1

1 Ìbùkún ni fún ọkùnrin náà, tí kò rìn ní ìmọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn búburú, ti kò dúró ní ọ̀nà àwọn ẹlẹ́ṣẹ̀, tàbí tí kò sì jókòó ní ibùjókòó àwọn ẹlẹ́gàn.

Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.

2 Ṣùgbọ́n ayọ̀ inú rẹ̀ wà nínú òfin Olúwa àti nínú òfin rẹ̀ ni ó ń ṣe àṣàrò ní ọ̀sán àti òru.

But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night.

3 Ó dàbí igi tí a gbìn sí etí odò tí ń sàn, tí ń so èso rẹ̀ jáde ní àkókò rẹ̀ tí ewé rẹ̀ kì yóò rẹ̀. Ohunkóhun tí ó dáwọ́lé, ni yóò máa yọrí sí rere.

And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.

4 Kò le rí bẹ́ẹ̀ fún àwọn ènìyàn búburú! Wọn yóò dàbí ìyàngbò ọkà tí afẹ́fẹ́ ń fẹ́ dànù.

Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.

5 Nítorí náà àwọn ènìyàn búburú kì yóò le è dìde dúró ní ìdájọ́, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn ẹlẹ́ṣẹ̀ kì yóò le è dúró ní àwùjọ àwọn olódodo.

Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the just.

6 Nítorí Olúwa ń ṣọ́ ọ̀nà àwọn olódodo, ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀nà àwọn ènìyàn búburú ni yóò ṣègbé.

For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.