Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

Ubusisiwe umuntu ongahambi ngeseluleko sababi, ongemi endleleni yezoni, ongahlali esihlalweni sabagconayo;

2 but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

kodwa intokozo yakhe isemlayweni weNkosi, uzindla ngomlayo wayo emini lebusuku.

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

Njalo uzakuba njengesihlahla esihlanyelwe emifuleni yamanzi, esithela isithelo saso ngesikhathi saso, ohlamvu laso kaliyikubuna; lakho konke akwenzayo kuzaphumelela.

4 The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

Ababi kabanjalo, kodwa banjengamakhoba umoya owaphephulayo.

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

Ngakho ababi kabayikuma ekwahlulelweni, lezoni enhlanganweni yabalungileyo.

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

Ngoba iNkosi iyayazi indlela yabalungileyo, kodwa indlela yababi izabhubha.