اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 49

١ 1 لِإِمَامِ ٱلْمُغَنِّينَ. لِبَنِي قُورَحَ. مَزْمُورٌ اِسْمَعُوا هَذَا يَا جَمِيعَ ٱلشُّعُوبِ. أَصْغُوا يَا جَمِيعَ سُكَّانِ ٱلدُّنْيَا،

For the Chief Musician; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

٢ 2 عَالٍ وَدُونٍ، أَغْنِيَاءَ وَفُقَرَاءَ، سَوَاءً.

Both low and high, rich and poor together.

٣ 3 فَمِي يَتَكَلَّمُ بِٱلْحِكَمِ، وَلَهَجُ قَلْبِي فَهْمٌ.

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

٤ 4 أُمِيلُ أُذُنِي إِلَى مَثَلٍ، وَأُوضِّحُ بِعُودٍ لُغْزِي.

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

٥ 5 لِمَاذَا أَخَافُ فِي أَيَّامِ ٱلشَّرِّ عِنْدَمَا يُحِيطُ بِي إِثْمُ مُتَعَقِّبِيَّ؟

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?

٦ 6 ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّكِلُونَ عَلَى ثَرْوَتِهِمْ، وَبِكَثْرَةِ غِنَاهُمْ يَفْتَخِرُونَ.

They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

٧ 7 ٱلْأَخُ لَنْ يَفْدِيَ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ فِدَاءً، وَلَا يُعْطِيَ ٱللهَ كَفَّارَةً عَنْهُ.

None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

٨ 8 وَكَرِيمَةٌ هِيَ فِدْيَةُ نُفُوسِهِمْ، فَغَلِقَتْ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ.

(For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be let alone for ever: )

٩ 9 حَتَّى يَحْيَا إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ فَلَا يَرَى ٱلْقَبْرَ.

That he should still live alway, that he should not see corruption.

١٠ 10 بَلْ يَرَاهُ! ٱلْحُكَمَاءُ يَمُوتُونَ. كَذَلِكَ ٱلْجَاهِلُ وَٱلْبَلِيدُ يَهْلِكَانِ، وَيَتْرُكَانِ ثَرْوَتَهُمَا لِآخَرِينَ.

For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.

١١ 11 بَاطِنُهُمْ أَنَّ بُيُوتَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، مَسَاكِنَهُمْ إِلَى دَوْرٍ فَدَوْرٍ. يُنَادُونَ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ فِي ٱلْأَرَاضِي.

Their inward thought is, [that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [and] their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

١٢ 12 وَٱلْإِنْسَانُ فِي كَرَامَةٍ لَا يَبِيتُ. يُشْبِهُ ٱلْبَهَائِمَ ٱلَّتِي تُبَادُ.

But man abideth not in honour: he is like the beasts that perish.

١٣ 13 هَذَا طَرِيقُهُمُ ٱعْتِمَادُهُمْ، وَخُلَفَاؤُهُمْ يَرْتَضُونَ بِأَقْوَالِهِمْ. سِلَاهْ.

This their way is their folly: yet after them men approve their sayings. (Selah)

١٤ 14 مِثْلَ ٱلْغَنَمِ لِلْهَاوِيَةِ يُسَاقُونَ. ٱلْمَوْتُ يَرْعَاهُمْ، وَيَسُودُهُمُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمُونَ. غَدَاةً وَصُورَتُهُمْ تَبْلَى. ٱلْهَاوِيَةُ مَسْكَنٌ لَهُمْ. (Sheol h7585)

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd: and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it. (Sheol h7585)

١٥ 15 إِنَّمَا ٱللهُ يَفْدِي نَفْسِي مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ لِأَنَّهُ يَأْخُذُنِي. سِلَاهْ. (Sheol h7585)

But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol: for he shall receive me. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

١٦ 16 لَا تَخْشَ إِذَا ٱسْتَغْنَى إِنْسَانٌ، إِذَا زَادَ مَجْدُ بَيْتِهِ.

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased:

١٧ 17 لِأَنَّهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ كُلَّهُ لَا يَأْخُذُ. لَا يَنْزِلُ وَرَاءَهُ مَجْدُهُ.

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.

١٨ 18 لِأَنَّهُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ يُبَارِكُ نَفْسَهُ، وَيَحْمَدُونَكَ إِذَا أَحْسَنْتَ إِلَى نَفْسِكَ.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul, and men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,

١٩ 19 تَدْخُلُ إِلَى جِيلِ آبَائِهِ، ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُعَايِنُونَ ٱلنُّورَ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.

٢٠ 20 إِنْسَانٌ فِي كَرَامَةٍ وَلَا يَفْهَمُ يُشْبِهُ ٱلْبَهَائِمَ ٱلَّتِي تُبَادُ.

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.