Amahubo 1

1 Ubusisiwe umuntu ongahambi ngezeluleko zababi; ongemiyo endleleni yezoni; ongahlaliyo esihlalweni sabaklolodayo.

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 Kodwa ukuthokoza kwakhe kusemthethweni kaThixo, futhi unakana ngomthetho wakhe imini lobusuku.

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

3 Unjengesihlahla esihlanyelwe emifuleni yamanzi, esithela izithelo zaso ngesikhathi saso, ohlamvu laso kalibuni. Konke akwenzayo kuyaphumelela.

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 Ababi kabanjalo! Banjengamakhoba aphetshulwa ngumoya.

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

5 Ngakho ababi kabayikuma ekwahlulelweni, noma izoni enkundleni yabalungileyo.

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

6 Ngoba uThixo uyayilinda indlela yabalungileyo, kodwa indlela yababi iya ekubhujisweni.

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