المَزامِير 49
| لِقَائِدِ الْمُنْشِدِينَ. مَزْمُورٌ لِبَنِي قُورَحَ اسْمَعُوا هَذَا يَا جَمِيعَ الشُّعُوبِ، أَصْغُوا يَا جَمِيعَ سُكَّانِ الْعَالَمِ. | ١ 1 |
Sh'ma ·Hear obey·, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
| (اسْمَعُوا) إِلَيَّ أَيُّهَا الْعُظَمَاءُ، الأَغْنِيَاءُ وَالْفُقَرَاءُ عَلَى السَّوَاءِ. | ٢ 2 |
both low and high, rich and poor together.
| يَنْطِقُ فَمِي بِالْحِكْمَةِ، وَخَوَاطِرُ قَلْبِي بِالْفَهْمِ. | ٣ 3 |
My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.
| أُعِيرُ أُذُنِي لأَسْمَعَ مَثَلاً، وَعَلَى عَزْفِ الْعُودِ أَشْرَحُ لُغْزِي. | ٤ 4 |
I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
| لِمَاذَا أَخَافُ فِي أَيَّامِ الْخَطَرِ عِنْدَمَا يُحِيطُ بِي شَرُّ مُطَارِدِيَّ؟ | ٥ 5 |
Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
| أُولَئِكَ الْمُتَّكِلُونَ عَلَى ثَرْوَتِهِمْ، وَبِوَفْرَةِ غِنَاهُمْ يَفْتَخِرُونَ. | ٦ 6 |
Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—
| لَا يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ أَبَداً أَنْ يَفْتَدِيَ أَخَاهُ أَوْ يُقَدِّمَ لِلهِ كَفَّارَةً عَنْهُ. | ٧ 7 |
none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
| لأَنَّ فِدْيَةَ النُّفُوسِ بَاهِظَةٌ يَتَعَذَّرُ دَفْعُهَا مَدَى الْحَيَاةِ | ٨ 8 |
For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,
| طَلَباً لِلْخُلُودِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَتَفَادِياً لِرُؤْيَةِ الْقَبْرِ. | ٩ 9 |
That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
| لَكِنَّ الْحُكَمَاءَ يَمُوتُونَ كَمَا يَمُوتُ الْجَاهِلُ وَالْغَبِيُّ، تَارِكِينَ ثَرْوَتَهُمْ لِغَيْرِهِمْ. | ١٠ 10 |
For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
| يَتَوَهَّمُونَ أَنَّ بُيُوتَهُمْ خَالِدَةٌ، وَأَنَّ مَسَاكِنَهُمْ بَاقِيَةٌ مِنْ جِيلٍ إِلَى جِيلٍ، فَأَطْلَقُوا أَسْمَاءَهُمْ عَلَى أَرَاضِيهِمْ (تَخْلِيداً لِذِكْرِهِمْ). | ١١ 11 |
Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
| وَلَكِنَّ الإِنْسَانَ لَا يَخْلُدُ فِي أُبَّهَتِهِ. إِنَّهُ يُمَاثِلُ الْبَهَائِمَ الَّتِي تُبَادُ. | ١٢ 12 |
But man, despite his riches, does not endure. He is like the animals that perish.
| هَذَا هُوَ مَصِيرُ الْجُهَّالِ الْوَاثِقِينَ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَمَصِيرُ أَعْقَابِهِمِ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَحْسِنُونَ أَقْوَالَهُمْ. | ١٣ 13 |
This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.
| يُسَاقُونَ لِلْمَوْتِ كَالأَغْنَامِ، وَيَكُونُ الْمَوْتُ رَاعِيَهُمْ وَيَسُودُ الْمُسْتَقِيمُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ. تَبْلَى صُورَتُهُمْ، وَتَصِيرُ الْهَاوِيَةُ مَسْكَنَهُمْ. (Sheol h7585) | ١٤ 14 |
They are appointed as a flock for Sheol ·Place of the dead·. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol ·Place of the dead·, far from their mansion. (Sheol h7585)
| إِنَّمَا اللهُ يَفْتَدِي نَفْسِي مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْهَاوِيَةِ إذْ يَأْخُذُنِي إِلَيْهِ. (Sheol h7585) | ١٥ 15 |
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol ·Place of the dead·, for he will receive me. (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·. (Sheol h7585)
| لَا تَخْشَ إِذَا اغْتَنَى إِنْسَانٌ، وَزَادَ مَجْدُ بَيْتِهِ. | ١٦ 16 |
Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.
| فَإِنَّهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ لَا يَأْخُذُ مَعَهُ شَيْئاً، وَلَا يَلْحَقُ بِهِ مَجْدُهُ إِلَى قَبْرِهِ. | ١٧ 17 |
For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.
| وَمَعَ أَنَّهُ يُنَعِّمُ نَفْسَهُ بِالْبَرَكَاتِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ حَيَاتِهِ وَيُطْرِيهِ النَّاسُ إذْ أَحْسَنَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ، | ١٨ 18 |
Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to you when you do well for yourself—
| إلّا أَنَّ نَفْسَهُ سَتَلْحَقُ بِآبَائِهِ، الَّذِينَ لَا يَرَوْنَ النُّورَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. | ١٩ 19 |
he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
| فَالإِنْسَانُ الْمُتَمَتِّعُ بِالْكَرَامَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ فَهْمٍ، يُمَاثِلُ الْبَهَائِمَ البَائِدَةَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.
