Psalms 49
1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
Nkunga bana ba babakala ba Kole kuidi pfumu minyimbidi. Luwa diambu diadi beno batu boso: Ludimba beno batu boso lunzinganga va nza yayi,
2 both low and high, rich and poor alike.
batu baphamba ayi batu banneni, zimvuama ayi minsukami.
3 My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.
Munuꞌama wela tuba mambu ma nduenga, mamo mantotukila mu ntimꞌama mela vana tsudukulu.
4 I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
Ndiela balula dikutu diama mu diambu di wa zingana, mu ngitala, ndiela sudikisila nongoꞌama.
5 Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
Bila mbi mfueti monina tsisi bilumbu bi mbimbi bu bizidi, mu thangu mambimbi ma bobo beti vuna batu manzungididi e?
6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
Bantulanga diana diawu mu bima biawu ayi beti kukiniemisa mu kimvuama kiawu kiwombo.
7 No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
Mutu kalendi baka bu kuidila ko, luzingu lu mutu wunkaka, voti futa thalu yi khudulu andi kuidi Nzambi.
8 For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
Thalu yi khudulu yi luzingu yibeki luvalu lunneni, kuisi ko kadi mfutu wulenda dedakana,
9 that he should live on forever and not see decay.
mu diambu kazinga mu zithangu zioso ayi kabika bola.
10 For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
Bila babo beti mona ti bankua nduenga balembo fua; bivungisi ayi bivulu balembo fua mamvawu, ayi balembo biki bima biawu kuidi batu bankaka.
11 Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
Biziami biawu biela banga zinzo ziawu mu zithangu zioso; bibuangu biawu biobi beta vuanda mu tsungi ka tsungi. Beti vana mazina mawu mu mintoto miawu bu bafuidi.
12 But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
Vayi mutu, ka diambu ko beki kimvuama kazinganga buwombo ko. Dedikini banga bibulu bieti fua.
13 This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings.
Mawu mama mambu meti buila batu bobo beti tula diana mu bawu veka ayi bobo beti kuba landakana, bobo beti kikina mambu beti tuba.
14 Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode. (Sheol h7585)
Banga nkangu wu mamemi, bakubuku mu diambu di tsi bafua; lufua luela kuba dia. Mutu widi ntima wululama wela kuba yadila va nsuka buphila buawu buela bola ku tsi bafua, thama ayi zinzo ziawu zi kipfumu. (Sheol h7585)
Vayi Nzambi wela kula luzingu luama mu lulendo lu tsi bafua, bukiedika wela kuthambula mu diambu diandi veka. (Sheol h7585)
16 Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
Kadi mona tsisi mutu bu kalembo baki kimvuama kiezila ki nzo andi bu kilembo buelama.
17 For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.
Bila kalendi nata kadi kima ko mu thangu kela fua. Kiezila kiandi kilendi kuluka yandi ko.
18 Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul— and men praise you when you prosper—
Bu kabedi moyo wukimona mutu wu lusakumunu ayi batu beti kuzitisa bu weti mona lusakumunu bu kabedi monanga mamboti.
19 he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
Wela kuenda bata tsungi yi madise mandi; bobo balendi buela mona kiezila ko ki luzingu.
20 A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
Mutu widi kimvuama ayi kambulu diela widi banga bulu kieti fua.
