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 LOTETE
Eendjila mbali
1 Omulumenhu omunelao ou, iha ende
pamhangela yovahenakalunga,
ndele iha lyata mondjila yovalunde,
ndele iha kala omutumba mongudu yovasheki;
2 ndelenee ha hokwa omhango yOmwene
noku i diladila omutenya noufiku.
3 Ndele ye ota ka kala ngaashi omuti,
ou wa twikwa pomatondokelo omeva
ndele tau imifa oiimati yao pefimbo lao,
nomafo ao ihaa lembe.
Naashishe eshi ta ningi, osha fewa.
4 Ava vehe na Kalunga hasho ve li ngaho,
ndelenee vo va fa oshipepwalungu, tashi i omhepo.
5 Onghee ovahenakalunga metokolo itava ka kanghama mo,
novalunde itava kala mo meongalo lovayuki.
6 Osheshi ondjila yovayuki Omwene oku i shii;
ndelenee ondjila yovahenakalunga otai hanauka.
