1 H appy is the man who does not walk in the way sinful men tell him to, or stand in the path of sinners, or sit with those who laugh at the truth.

هَنِيئاً لِلإنسانِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَمشِ حَسَبَ نَصِيحَةِ الأشْرارِ، وَعَلَى طَرِيقِ الخُطاةِ لَمْ يَقِفْ، وَلَمْ يُخالِطِ المُستَهزِئِينَ.

2 B ut he finds joy in the Law of the Lord and thinks about His Law day and night.

لَكِنَّهُ يُحِبُّ شَرِيعَةَ اللهِ. وَيَتَأمَّلُ تَعالِيمَهُ لَيلَ نَهارٍ.

3 T his man is like a tree planted by rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time and its leaf never dries up. Whatever he does will work out well for him.

فَهُوَ كَشَجَرَةٍ مَغْرُوسَةٍ قُرْبَ جَداوِلِ المِياهِ، تُنتِجُ ثَمَرَها فِي وَقْتِهِ، وَأوْراقُها لا تَذْبُلُ أبَداً، وَيَنْجَحُ كُلُّ ما يَفْعَلُهُ.

4 S inful men are not like this. They are like straw blown away by the wind.

أمّا الأشْرارُ فَلَيْسُوا كَذَلِكَ، بَلْ هُمْ كَبَقايا التِّبْنِ تُطَيِّرُهُ الرِّيحُ.

5 S o the sinful will not stand. They will be told they are guilty and have to suffer for it. Sinners will not stand with those who are right with God.

لِهَذا لا يُبَرّأُ الأشْرارُ عِنْدَ المُحاكَمَةِ. وَلا يُحْسَبُ الخُطاةُ بَينَ جَماعَةِ الأبْرارِ.

6 F or the Lord knows the way of those who are right with Him. But the way of the sinful will be lost from God forever.

لِأنَّ اللهَ يُرْشِدُ المُستَقِيمِينَ وَيَحْمِيهِمْ، أمّا الأشْرارُ فَيَهلِكُونَ.