Sam 49
1 Kathutkung: Korah capanaw Tamimaya hetheh thai awh haw. Talai van kaawm e pueng thai awh haw.
To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. A Melody. Hear ye, this all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of this passing world;
2 Ka rahnoum hoi ka rasang, ka tawnta hoi ka mathoe pueng cungtalah thai awh haw.
Both sons of the low, And sons of the high, —Together both rich and needy: —
3 Ka kâko ni lungangnae lawk a dei han. Hahoi, ka lungthin khopouknae ni panuethainae a poe han.
My mouth, shall speak forth Wisdom, And the soft utterance of my heart be 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 bend, to a by-word, mine ear, I will open, on the lyre, mine enigma.
5 Thoenae ni na kalup navah, bangkongmaw hnin kathout nah ka taki han.
Wherefore should I fear in the days of calamity, Though the iniquity of them who lie in wait for me should enclose me?
6 Ahnimouh teh amamae hnopai hah a kâuep awh teh, a tawnta awh e dawk ka kâoup awh nakunghai,
As for them who are trusting in their wealth, —And, in the abundance of their riches, do boast themselves,
7 amamae hmaunawngha apinihai ratang thai mahoeh. Ratangnae phu Cathut koe poe thai hoeh.
A brother, can none of them, redeem, he cannot give unto God a ransom for himself:
8 Ahnimae hringnae ratang nahane aphu apap poung. Hatdawkvah, nâtuek hai poe hane khout thai hoeh.
So costly, is the redemption of their soul, That it faileth unto times age-abiding;
9 Ratang pawiteh, a yungyoe a hring han doeh. Pawknae koe phat mahoeh.
That he should, yet, live on, continually, 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 it is seen that, the wise, die, Together with the dullard, and the brutish, do they perish, And leave, to others, their wealth:
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 for times age-abiding, Their habitations, for generation after generation, —They give their own names unto lands!
12 Hatei, tami heh bari lah ao eiteh, kangning hoeh. Kahmakatanae koe ka phat e saring patetlah doeh ao.
But, a son of earth, though wealthy, cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by-word—Beasts, they resemble:
13 Hethateh tamipathunaw e lamthung doeh. Hahoi, a catounnaw hai a dei awh e patetlah ao awh.
This, their way, is a folly to them, And yet, their followers, with their mouth, approve. (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)
Like sheep—into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them, —And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him. (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, out of the hand of hades, For he will take me. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
16 Tami buet touh a tawnta teh, a imthungkhu bawilennae hoi hoehoe a kâthap navah, taket hanh.
Do not fear, When a man becometh rich, When the glory of his house increaseth;
17 Bangkongtetpawiteh, a due toteh banghai sin thai kalawn mahoeh. A bawilennae ni hai kâbang sin kalawn mahoeh.
For, when he dieth, he shall take, nothing, his glory shall not descend after him;
18 A hring nathung yawhawi kacoepounge lah kâpouk nakunghai, na tawnta dawkvah tami ni ka pholen nakunghai,
For, though, his own self—while he lived, he used to bless, And they will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,
19 a napanaw ceinae koe a cei van vaiteh, nâtuek hai kho ang hmawt thai awh mahoeh toe.
He shall enter as far as the circle of his fathers, Nevermore, shall they see the light.
20 Tami ni bari e lah ao eiteh, panuethainae ka tawn hoeh e teh, saring kahmakata e patetlah doeh ao.
A son of earth though wealthy, who discerneth not, Hath made himself a by-word, Beasts, they resemble.
