Sam 49
1 Kathutkung: Korah capanaw Tamimaya hetheh thai awh haw. Talai van kaawm e pueng thai awh haw.
Hear this, all ye peoples. Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,
2 Ka rahnoum hoi ka rasang, ka tawnta hoi ka mathoe pueng cungtalah thai awh haw.
both low and high, rich and poor together.
3 Ka kâko ni lungangnae lawk a dei han. Hahoi, ka lungthin khopouknae ni panuethainae a poe han.
My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4 Cingthuilawk koe lah ka hnâ ka pakeng vaiteh, lawk ka ru ka dei e hah, ka ratoung hoi ka cai sak han.
I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5 Thoenae ni na kalup navah, bangkongmaw hnin kathout nah ka taki han.
Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels encompasses me about?
6 Ahnimouh teh amamae hnopai hah a kâuep awh teh, a tawnta awh e dawk ka kâoup awh nakunghai,
Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches,
7 amamae hmaunawngha apinihai ratang thai mahoeh. Ratangnae phu Cathut koe poe thai hoeh.
none can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him
8 Ahnimae hringnae ratang nahane aphu apap poung. Hatdawkvah, nâtuek hai poe hane khout thai hoeh.
(for the redemption of their life is costly, and it fails forever),
9 Ratang pawiteh, a yungyoe a hring han doeh. Pawknae koe phat mahoeh.
that he should still live always, that he should not see corruption.
10 Tamilungkaang hai a due. Hot patetvanlah, tamipathu hoi bangpuibangpa lah kaawm hoeh e hai a due van. Hahoi, hnopainaw hah ayânaw hanelah a ceitakhai awh tie hah a hmu awh.
For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11 A lungthung hoi teh amamae im hah a yungyoe kangning hanelah a pouk awh. A onae im hah se pueng dawk kangning hanelah a pouk awh. Amamae ram hah a min a phu sak awh.
Their inward thought is that their houses are forever, their dwelling-places to all generations. They call their lands after their own names.
12 Hatei, tami heh bari lah ao eiteh, kangning hoeh. Kahmakatanae koe ka phat e saring patetlah doeh ao.
Even a man in splendor does not abide. He is like the beasts that perish.
13 Hethateh tamipathunaw e lamthung doeh. Hahoi, a catounnaw hai a dei awh e patetlah ao awh.
This their way is their folly. Yet after them men approve their sayings. (Selah)
14 A duenae hmuen koelah ceikhai e tu patetlah ao awh. Duenae ni a ca awh han. Tamikalannaw ni khodai toteh a uk awh han. A onae hmuen koehoi ahlanae hmuen koe a takthai meihawinae naw teh, phuen vah koung a pawk han. (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)
15 Hatei, ka hringnae hateh, Cathut ni phuen thaonae koehoi a ratang han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ama ni na coe han. (Sheol h7585)
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
16 Tami buet touh a tawnta teh, a imthungkhu bawilennae hoi hoehoe a kâthap navah, taket hanh.
Be not thou afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.
17 Bangkongtetpawiteh, a due toteh banghai sin thai kalawn mahoeh. A bawilennae ni hai kâbang sin kalawn mahoeh.
For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.
18 A hring nathung yawhawi kacoepounge lah kâpouk nakunghai, na tawnta dawkvah tami ni ka pholen nakunghai,
Though while he lived he blessed his soul (and men praise thee, when thou do well for thyself),
19 a napanaw ceinae koe a cei van vaiteh, nâtuek hai kho ang hmawt thai awh mahoeh toe.
he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
20 Tami ni bari e lah ao eiteh, panuethainae ka tawn hoeh e teh, saring kahmakata e patetlah doeh ao.
A man who is in splendor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.
