Psalms 49
1 Alamoth. To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world.
Aka mawt ham Korah ca rhoek kah tingtoenglung Pilnam boeih loh hekah he ya uh lah. Khosaknah dongkah khosa boeih loh hnatun uh.
2 High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.
Hlang capa rhoek long khaw, hlang tongpa rhoek long khaw, hlanglen neh khodaeng long khaw thikat la hnatunuh.
3 From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge.
Ka ka loh cueihnah a thui vetih ka lungbuei poeknah loh a lungcuei om bitni.
4 I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.
Ka hna he taengla ka kaeng vetih, ka olkael he rhotoeng neh ka thuicaih ni.
5 What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?
Yoethaenah hnin ah ka khodil kathaesainah loh kai m'vael dae ba ham lae ka rhih eh?
6 Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.
A thadueng dongah pangtung uh tih a khuehtawn a yet neh thangthen uh dae,
7 Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;
hlang loh a manuca te a lat khaw a lat thai moenih. A tlansum te Pathen taengah a paek thai moenih.
8 (Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)
A hinglu kah tlansum tah kuelka tih kumhal a toeng.
9 So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.
Te koihnih a yoeyah la hing pueng sui tih hlan khaw hmuh pawt sue.
10 For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.
Aka cueih rhoek long tah a duek te a hmuh. Aka ang neh kotalh khaw a milh vaengah a khuehtawn te hlang tloe ham a caehtak.
11 The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.
Amih kah poeknah nen tah a im te kumhal ah, a pohmuen te thawnpuei lamkah cadilcahma duela, om ni a ti uh tih tolhmuen te amih ming neh a khue uh.
12 But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
Tedae hlang he umponah khaw a rhaehrhong moenih, rhamsa banglam ni a thuidoek tih a hmata.
13 This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah)
Tetl a amamih khosing tea uepnah tih amih kah olthui te a hnukbang rhoek loh a pom uh. (Selah)
14 Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever. (Sheol h7585)
Amih te saelkhui kah boiva la tael uh vetih, dueknah loh a luem puei ni. Tedae mincang ah amih te aka thuem rhoek loh a taemrhai uh ni. A muei neh a lungpang a imhmuen lamloh saelkhui la hmawn ni. (Sheol h7585)
15 But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
Tedae Pathen loh ka hinglu he saelkhui kut lamkah n'lat dongah kai he n'loh bit ni. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
16 Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased;
Hlang pakhat loh boei tih a im kah thangpomnah loh pungtai cakhaw rhih boeh.
17 For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
A duek vaengah pakhat khaw khuen mahpawh. A thangpomnah loh anih te suntlak puei mahpawh.
18 Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,
A hing vaengah a hinglu te yoethen a paek tih namah te na hoeikhang vaengah nang uem uh dae,
19 He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.
A napa rhoek kah cadilcahma la cet vetih yoeyah la vangnah hmu uh mahpawh.
20 Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
Hlang he umponah neh om dae a yakming pawt atah rhamsa aka hmata rhoek bangla om.
