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 LYOTANGO
(Omapisalomi 1-41)
Uunelagolela
1 Aanelago oomboka ihaaya landula oondunge dhaagoyoki,
ihaa holele iilonga yaalunde
yo ihaa kala pamwe naashekedhi.
2 Ndele ohaa nyanyukilwa okuvulika kompango yOmuwa
nohaye yi ilongo omutenya nuusiku.
3 Oyo ya fa omiti dha mena mooha dhomatondokelo gomeya,
hadhi imi pethimbo lyu uthwa,
nomafo gadho ihaga ganya.
Ashihe shoka taye shi longo otashi eta eyambeko.
4 Aakolokoshi hasho ye li ngeyi;
oya fa etutu tali falafalwa kombepo.
5 Aalunde otaa ka tsakaneka epangulo lyaKalunga
e taa ka yoololwa mo maantu yaKalunga.
6 Aayuuki otaa wilikwa notaa gamenwa kOmuwa,
ihe ondjila yaagoyoki oyu uka mekano.
