Psalms 49

1 “To the chief musician, by the sons of Korach, a psalm.” Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the perishable world:

Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene ma nga tama a Koraha. Whakarongo ki tenei, e nga iwi katoa: tahuri mai o koutou taringa, e nga tangata katoa o te ao.

2 Both the sons of the low and the sons of the high, rich and needy, altogether.

E nga tangata iti, koutou ko nga tangata rahi, e te tangata taonga korua ko te rawakore.

3 My mouth shall speak wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

Ka whakapuakina he matauranga e toku mangai: a he ata ngarahu te whakaaro o toku ngakau.

4 I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open with the harp my riddle.

Ka titaha toku taringa ki te kupu whakarite; ka puaki taku pepeha i runga i te hapa.

5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my oppressors encompasseth me?—

Kia wehi ahau ki te aha i nga ra o te kino, ina karapotia ahau e te kino kei oku rekereke?

6 Of those that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves of the multitude of their riches?

Ko te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki o ratou taonga, e whakamanamana ana ki te nui o o ratou rawa;

7 No one can in any wise redeem his brother, nor can he give to God redemption money for himself;

E kore tetahi o ratou e ahei te hoko i tona teina, te hoatu ranei i tetahi utu mona ki te Atua;

8 For the ransom of their soul is too costly, and it is omitted for ever.

He nui hoki te utu mo to ratou wairua, a me whakarere atu ake ake;

9 And should he still live for ever? not see the pit?

Kia ora tonu ai ia ake ake: kia kaua e kite i te pirau.

10 For he must see that wise men die, that together the fool and the brutish person perish and leave to others their wealth.

E kite ana hoki ia e matemate ana nga tangata whakaaro nui, e ngaro ngatahi ana te poauau me te whakaarokore, a mahue iho o ratou taonga ki etahi atu.

11 Their inward thought is, that their houses are to be for ever, their dwelling-places, from generation to generation; they call them by their own names in [various] countries.

Ki to ratou whakaaro puku, tera e pumau tonu o ratou whare me o ratou nohoanga, ki nga whakatupuranga katoa: huaina iho o ratou whenua ki o ratou ingoa.

12 Nevertheless man in [his] splendor endureth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.

Heoi kahore te tangata e noho tonu i roto i te honore: ko tona rite kei nga kararehe ka moti nei.

13 This is their way, their folly: yet their posterity will take pleasure in their sayings. (Selah)

Ko to ratou ara tenei, ara ko to ratou poauau: heoi e whakapai ana to ratou uri ki a ratou korero. (Hera)

14 Like flocks are they thrust into the nether world; death will feed them; but the upright shall have dominion over them in that morning, and their form wasteth away in the nether world, [taken away] from their own dwelling. (Sheol h7585)

Kei te hipi te rite: ko te wahi mo ratou ko te reinga; ko te mate hei hepara mo ratou, hei rangatira ano te hunga tika mo ratou i te ata; ko to ratou ataahua ma te reinga e whakamoti, kia kore ai he whare mona. (Sheol h7585)

15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the nether world; for he will take me away. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

Ma te Atua ia toku wairua e hoko mai i te reinga: ko ia hoki hei tukunga atu moku. (Hera) (Sheol h7585)

16 Be not thou afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

Kaua e wehi ua whai taonga te tangata, ina nui haere te kororia o tona whare;

17 For when he dieth he can take nothing away; his glory will not descend after him.

Kahore hoki ana mea e mau atu ai ia ina mate; e kore tona kororia e tuku iho i muri i a ia.

18 For though he bless his soul during his life, and men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself:

Whakapai noa ia i tona wairua i a ia e ora ana; a ka whakamoemititia koe ua pai au mahi ki a koe ano.

19 She shall go to the generation of his fathers, unto eternity will these never see light.

Ka haere ia ki te whakatupuranga o ona tupuna: e kore rawa ratou e kite i te marama.

20 Man, though in splendor, who understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. °

Ko te tangata e whakahonoretia ana, a kahore e whai whakaaro, kei nga kararehe ka moti nei tona rite.