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.

Ka hari te tangata kahore nei e haere i te whakaaro o te tangata kino, a kahore e tu i te ara o te hunga hara, kahore ano e noho i te nohoanga o te hunga whakahi.

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

Engari ko te ture a Ihowa tana e whakaahuareka ai; kei tona ture ona whakaaro i te ao, i te po.

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.

E rite hoki ia ki te rakau i whakatokia ki te taha o nga awa wai, e whai hua nei i te po e hua ai: e kore tona rau e memenga; a ka pono ana mea katoa e mea ai ia.

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

E kore e pera nga tangata kino; engari ka rite ki te papapa e aia ana e te hau.

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.

Ae ra, e kore e tu te hunga kino i te whakawakanga, me te hunga hara i te whakaminenga o te hunga tika.

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.

E matau ana hoki a Ihowa ki te ara o te hunga tika: ko te ara ia o te hunga kino e ngaro.