Masalimo 49
1 Kwa mtsogoleri wa mayimbidwe. Salimo la ana a Kora. Imvani izi anthu a mitundu yonse; mvetserani, nonse amene mumakhala pa dziko lonse,
Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core. Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
2 anthu wamba pamodzi ndi anthu odziwika, olemera pamodzinso ndi osauka:
All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: both rich and poor together.
3 Pakamwa panga padzayankhula mawu anzeru; mawu ochokera mu mtima mwanga adzapereka nzeru.
My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.
4 Ndidzatchera khutu langa ku mwambo, ndi pangwe ndidzafotokoza momveka mwambi wanga.
I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.
5 Ine ndichitirenji mantha pamene masiku oyipa afika, pamene achinyengo oyipa andizungulira.
Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.
6 Iwo amene adalira kulemera kwawo ndi kutamandira kuchuluka kwa chuma chawo?
They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,
7 Palibe munthu amene angawombole moyo wa mnzake kapena kuperekera mnzake dipo kwa Mulungu.
No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not give to God his ransom,
8 Dipo la moyo ndi la mtengowapatali, palibe malipiro amene angakwanire,
Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labour for ever,
9 kuti iye akhale ndi moyo mpaka muyaya ndi kusapita ku manda.
And shall still live unto the end.
10 Pakuti onse amaona kuti anthu anzeru amamwalira; opusa ndi opanda nzeru chimodzimodzinso amawonongeka ndipo amasiyira chuma chawo anthu ena.
He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave their riches to strangers:
11 Manda awo adzakhala nyumba zawo mpaka muyaya, malo awo okhalako kwa nthawi yonse ya mibado yawo, ngakhale anatchula malo mayina awo.
And their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever. Their dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by their names.
12 Ngakhale munthu akhale wachuma chotani, adzafa ngati nyama.
And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.
13 Izi ndi zimene zimachitikira iwo amene amadzidalira okha, ndi owatsatira awo amene amavomereza zimene amayankhula. (Sela)
This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.
14 Monga nkhosa iwo ayenera kupita ku manda, ndipo imfa idzawadya. Olungama adzawalamulira mmawa; matupi awo adzavunda mʼmanda, kutali ndi nyumba zawo zaufumu. (Sheol h7585)
They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon them. And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their help shall decay in hell from their glory. (Sheol h7585)
15 Koma Mulungu adzawombola moyo wanga kuchoka ku manda; ndithu Iye adzanditengera kwa Iye mwini. (Sheol h7585)
But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hell, when he shall receive me. (Sheol h7585)
16 Usavutike mu mtima pamene munthu akulemera, pamene ulemerero wa nyumba yake ukuchulukirachulukira;
Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased.
17 Pakuti sadzatenga kanthu pamodzi naye pamene wamwalira, ulemerero wake sudzapita pamodzi naye.
For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him.
18 Ngakhale pamene munthuyo ali moyo amadziyesa wodala, ndipo ngakhale atamandidwe pamene zinthu zikumuyendera bwino,
For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.
19 iyeyo adzakakhala pamodzi ndi mʼbado wa makolo ake, amene sadzaonanso kuwala.
He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: and he shall never see light.
20 Munthu amene ali ndi chuma koma wopanda nzeru adzafa ngati nyama yakuthengo.
Man when he was in honour did not understand: he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.
