1Akakomborerwa munhu asingafambi panorangana vakaipa, Asingamiri panzira yavatadzi, Asingagari panogara vadadi.
1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:
2Asi anofarira murayiro waJehovha; Anofungisisa murayiro wake masikati nousiku.
2But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.
3Achafanana nomuti wakasimwa pahova dzemvura, Unobereka michero yawo nenguva yawo, Shizha rawo harisvavi; Chinhu chipi nechipi chaanoita chichaendika.
3And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4Vakaipa havana kudaro; Asi vakafanana nehundi inopepereswa nemhepo.
4The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5Naizvozvo vakaipa havangamiri pakutongeswa, Navatadzi paungano yavakarurama.
5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6nekuti Jehovha anoziva nzira yavakarurama; Asi nzira yavakaipa ichaparadzwa.
6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.