Salmos 1

Ngā Ara e Rua

1 Ka hari te tangata kāhore nei,

e haere i te whakaaro o te tangata kino,

ā, kāhore e tū i te ara o te hunga hara,

kāhore anō e noho i te nohoanga o te hunga whakahī.

2 Engari ko te Ture a Ihowā tāna e whakaahuareka ai;

kei tōna ture ōna whakaaro i te ao, i te pō.

3 E rite hoki ia ki te rākau

i whakatōkia ki te taha o ngā awa wai,

e whai hua nei i te pō e hua ai;

e kore tōna rau e memenge;

ā, ka pono āna mea katoa e mea ai ia.

4 E kore e pērā ngā tāngata kino;

engari, ka rite ki te pāpapa e āia ana e te hau.

5 Āe rā, e kore e tū te hunga kino i te whakawākanga,

me te hunga hara i te whakaminenga o te hunga tika.

6 E mātau ana hoki a Ihowā ki te ara o te hunga tika;

ko te ara ia o te hunga kino e ngaro.

1 Blessed 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:

2 But his delight is in the law of Jehovah;

And on his law doth he meditate day and night.

3 And 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.

4 The wicked are not so,

But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment,

Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous;

But the way of the wicked shall perish.