BOOK ONE
(Psalms 1–41)
True Happiness
1 Happy are those
who reject the advice of evil people,
who do not follow the example of sinners
or join those who have no use for God.
2 Instead, they find joy in obeying the Law of the Lord,
and they study it day and night.
3 They are like trees that grow beside a stream,
that bear fruit at the right time,
and whose leaves do not dry up.
They succeed in everything they do.
4 But evil people are not like this at all;
they are like straw that the wind blows away.
5 Sinners will be condemned by God
and kept apart from God's own people.
6 The righteous are guided and protected by the Lord,
but the evil are on the way to their doom.
EMBO ETENGA ROMAPSALME
Ondaya ya tjiri
1 Omuṋingandu omundu
ngu ha kongorere omapopa wovanauvi,
ngu ha hupu otja ovarunde,
ngu hi nahore novayamburure va Ndjambi.
2 Nungwari, ngu muna ondjoroka
mokuṱakamisa Omatwako wa Muhona,
nu ngu rizemburuka na
wo omutenya nouṱuku.
3 Eye u ri otja omuti mbwa
hapa meṋe yomipupo vyomeva,
mbu twako ovihape
moruveze rwawo orusemba,
womaso nge ha kukuta.
Omundu ngwi u ṋingapara
mu avihe mbye tjita.
4 Nungwari imba ovanauvi kave ri nao.
Owo ve ri otja oviyaya,
mbi piziwa i ombepo.
5 Owo kamaave riyeura meyuva
rombanguriro ya Ndjambi,
nu kamaave yakurwa
mombongo ya Ndjambi.
6 Tjiri, ovasemba mave hongorerwa
nu ave yamwa i Muhona;
nungwari ovanauvi mave i kombandjarero.
