詩篇 1

1 悪しき者のはかりごとに歩まず、罪びとの道に立たず、あざける者の座にすわらぬ人はさいわいである。

Happy are those who don't follow the advice of the wicked. They refuse to adopt the ways of sinful people, and they don't make fun of others.

2 このような人は主のおきてをよろこび、昼も夜もそのおきてを思う。

Instead they love to do what the law of the Lord says, and they think about it day and night.

3 このような人は流れのほとりに植えられた木の時が来ると実を結び、その葉もしぼまないように、そのなすところは皆栄える。

They're like trees growing by flowing rivers, producing fruit every season. Their leaves never wither, and they are successful in all they do.

4 悪しき者はそうでない、風の吹き去るもみがらのようだ。

But it's not like that for the wicked! They are like chaff, blown away by the wind.

5 それゆえ、悪しき者はさばきに耐えない。罪びとは正しい者のつどいに立つことができない。

For this reason the wicked will not survive the judgment—sinners have no place among those who live right.

6 主は正しい者の道を知られる。しかし、悪しき者の道は滅びる。

For the Lord watches over those who follow the right way, but the way of the wicked leads to death.