BOOK I
The Way to Happiness
1 God blesses those people
who refuse evil advice
and won't follow sinners
or join in sneering at God.
2 Instead, they find happiness
in the Teaching of the Lord,
and they think about it
day and night.
3 They are like trees
growing beside a stream,
trees that produce
fruit in season
and always have leaves.
Those people succeed
in everything they do.
4 That isn't true of those
who are evil—
they are like straw
blown by the wind.
5 Sinners won't have an excuse
on the day of judgment,
and they won't have a place
with the people of God.
6 The Lord protects everyone
who follows him,
but the wicked follow a road
that leads to ruin.
Talaadaa Foloo
Sila Fula
1 Barakoo be moo le ye
meŋ buka taama niŋ moo kuruŋolu la yaamaroo la,
waraŋ ka bula junubelaalu la siloo nooma,
waraŋ ka tara siiriŋ ñaawalilaalu kono.
2 Bari a ye Yaawe* la karandiroo kanu le,
aduŋ a ka i miira a la le suutoo niŋ tiloo.
3 Ate ka munta le ko,
yiroo meŋ tututa woyoo daala.
A ka diŋ a diŋ waatoo la le,
aduŋ a jamboolu buka jaa.
Ate ye meŋ-wo-meŋ ke,
a ka ñaatotaa soto jee le.
4 Bari moo kuruŋolu maŋ tara wo ñaama.
Ì ka munta le ko fuufulewo, foñoo ka meŋ tindi.
5 Wo kamma la, junubelaalu te boloo la kiitiyo to,
sako ì si tara Alla la moolu la kafoo kono.
6 Kaatu Yaawe ka moo tilindiŋolu la siloo kanta le,
bari moo kuruŋolu la siloo be kasaara la le.
