Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

1 Heri mtu yule ambaye haendi katika shauri la watu waovu, wala hasimami katika njia ya wenye dhambi, au kuketi katika baraza la wenye mizaha.

2 But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

2 Bali huifurahia sheria ya Bwana, naye huitafakari hiyo sheria usiku na mchana.

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

3 Mtu huyo ni kama mti uliopandwa kando ya vijito vya maji, ambao huzaa matunda kwa majira yake na majani yake hayanyauki. Lolote afanyalo hufanikiwa.

4 Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

4 Sivyo walivyo waovu! Wao ni kama makapi yapeperushwayo na upepo.

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

5 Kwa hiyo waovu hawatastahimili hukumu, wala wenye dhambi katika kusanyiko la wenye haki.

6 For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

6 Kwa maana Bwana huziangalia njia za mwenye haki, bali njia ya waovu itaangamia.