اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 49
| لِإِمَامِ ٱلْمُغَنِّينَ. لِبَنِي قُورَحَ. مَزْمُورٌ اِسْمَعُوا هَذَا يَا جَمِيعَ ٱلشُّعُوبِ. أَصْغُوا يَا جَمِيعَ سُكَّانِ ٱلدُّنْيَا، | ١ 1 |
You people of all ethnic groups, listen! You people all over the world,
| عَالٍ وَدُونٍ، أَغْنِيَاءَ وَفُقَرَاءَ، سَوَاءً. | ٢ 2 |
important people and unimportant people, rich people and poor people, everyone, [listen to what I am saying],
| فَمِي يَتَكَلَّمُ بِٱلْحِكَمِ، وَلَهَجُ قَلْبِي فَهْمٌ. | ٣ 3 |
[because] what I am thinking is very sensible, and what I say will enable you to become wise!
| أُمِيلُ أُذُنِي إِلَى مَثَلٍ، وَأُوضِّحُ بِعُودٍ لُغْزِي. | ٤ 4 |
I think about [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings), and while I play my harp, I explain what they mean.
| لِمَاذَا أَخَافُ فِي أَيَّامِ ٱلشَّرِّ عِنْدَمَا يُحِيطُ بِي إِثْمُ مُتَعَقِّبِيَّ؟ | ٥ 5 |
I am not [RHQ] afraid when I am in trouble/danger, when I am surrounded by my enemies,
| ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّكِلُونَ عَلَى ثَرْوَتِهِمْ، وَبِكَثْرَةِ غِنَاهُمْ يَفْتَخِرُونَ. | ٦ 6 |
by evil men who trust that [things will always go well for them because] they are wealthy, and who boast about being very rich.
| ٱلْأَخُ لَنْ يَفْدِيَ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ فِدَاءً، وَلَا يُعْطِيَ ٱللهَ كَفَّارَةً عَنْهُ. | ٧ 7 |
[They may be rich], but no one can pay money with the result that he would live forever! No one can pay God enough so that God will allow him [to continue] to live,
| وَكَرِيمَةٌ هِيَ فِدْيَةُ نُفُوسِهِمْ، فَغَلِقَتْ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ. | ٨ 8 |
because that cost is too great, and he will never be able to pay enough
| حَتَّى يَحْيَا إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ فَلَا يَرَى ٱلْقَبْرَ. | ٩ 9 |
with the result that he will live forever and never [die and] be buried!
| بَلْ يَرَاهُ! ٱلْحُكَمَاءُ يَمُوتُونَ. كَذَلِكَ ٱلْجَاهِلُ وَٱلْبَلِيدُ يَهْلِكَانِ، وَيَتْرُكَانِ ثَرْوَتَهُمَا لِآخَرِينَ. | ١٠ 10 |
We see that foolish and stupid people die, but we see that wise people also die; they all leave their wealth, and others inherit it.
| بَاطِنُهُمْ أَنَّ بُيُوتَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، مَسَاكِنَهُمْ إِلَى دَوْرٍ فَدَوْرٍ. يُنَادُونَ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ فِي ٱلْأَرَاضِي. | ١١ 11 |
Those wise people once had [houses on] land that they owned, [but now] their graves are their homes forever, the place where they will stay for all time!
| وَٱلْإِنْسَانُ فِي كَرَامَةٍ لَا يَبِيتُ. يُشْبِهُ ٱلْبَهَائِمَ ٱلَّتِي تُبَادُ. | ١٢ 12 |
Even if people are great, that cannot prevent them from dying; all people die, the same as animals do.
| هَذَا طَرِيقُهُمُ ٱعْتِمَادُهُمْ، وَخُلَفَاؤُهُمْ يَرْتَضُونَ بِأَقْوَالِهِمْ. سِلَاهْ. | ١٣ 13 |
That is what happens to those who foolishly trust [in what they have accomplished], to those who are delighted in [all] that they possess.
| مِثْلَ ٱلْغَنَمِ لِلْهَاوِيَةِ يُسَاقُونَ. ٱلْمَوْتُ يَرْعَاهُمْ، وَيَسُودُهُمُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمُونَ. غَدَاةً وَصُورَتُهُمْ تَبْلَى. ٱلْهَاوِيَةُ مَسْكَنٌ لَهُمْ. (Sheol h7585) | ١٤ 14 |
They are certain to die just like sheep, when a shepherd leads them away to be slaughtered. [PRS, MET] In the morning righteous people will rule over them, and then [those wealthy people will die and] their bodies will quickly decay in their graves; they will be where dead people are, far from their homes. (Sheol h7585)
| إِنَّمَا ٱللهُ يَفْدِي نَفْسِي مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ لِأَنَّهُ يَأْخُذُنِي. سِلَاهْ. (Sheol h7585) | ١٥ 15 |
But it is certain that God will rescue me so that I am not kept in the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
| لَا تَخْشَ إِذَا ٱسْتَغْنَى إِنْسَانٌ، إِذَا زَادَ مَجْدُ بَيْتِهِ. | ١٦ 16 |
[So], do not be dismayed when someone becomes rich and the houses where they live become more and more luxurious,
| لِأَنَّهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ كُلَّهُ لَا يَأْخُذُ. لَا يَنْزِلُ وَرَاءَهُ مَجْدُهُ. | ١٧ 17 |
because when he dies, he will take nothing with him; his wealth will not go with him.
| لِأَنَّهُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ يُبَارِكُ نَفْسَهُ، وَيَحْمَدُونَكَ إِذَا أَحْسَنْتَ إِلَى نَفْسِكَ. | ١٨ 18 |
While [a rich person] is alive, he congratulates himself, and people praise him for being successful,
| تَدْخُلُ إِلَى جِيلِ آبَائِهِ، ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُعَايِنُونَ ٱلنُّورَ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. | ١٩ 19 |
but he will [die], joining his ancestors, who will never see daylight again.
| إِنْسَانٌ فِي كَرَامَةٍ وَلَا يَفْهَمُ يُشْبِهُ ٱلْبَهَائِمَ ٱلَّتِي تُبَادُ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Even if someone is great, that cannot prevent him from dying; he will die, the same as animals do.
