Psalms 49
1 For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core. Hear these words, all you nations, listen, all you that dwell upon the earth:
Aka mawt ham Korah ca rhoek kah tingtoenglung Pilnam boeih loh hekah he ya uh lah. Khosaknah dongkah khosa boeih loh hnatun uh.
2 both the sons of mean men, and sons of [great] men; the rich and poor [man] together.
Hlang capa rhoek long khaw, hlang tongpa rhoek long khaw, hlanglen neh khodaeng long khaw thikat la hnatunuh.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall bring [forth] understanding.
Ka ka loh cueihnah a thui vetih ka lungbuei poeknah loh a lungcuei om bitni.
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my riddle on the harp.
Ka hna he taengla ka kaeng vetih, ka olkael he rhotoeng neh ka thuicaih ni.
5 Therefore should I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall compass me.
Yoethaenah hnin ah ka khodil kathaesainah loh kai m'vael dae ba ham lae ka rhih eh?
6 They that trust in their strength, and boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth—
A thadueng dongah pangtung uh tih a khuehtawn a yet neh thangthen uh dae,
7 A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? he shall not give to God a ransom for himself,
hlang loh a manuca te a lat khaw a lat thai moenih. A tlansum te Pathen taengah a paek thai moenih.
8 or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labour for ever,
A hinglu kah tlansum tah kuelka tih kumhal a toeng.
9 and live to the end, [so] that he should not see corruption.
Te koihnih a yoeyah la hing pueng sui tih hlan khaw hmuh pawt sue.
10 When he shall see wise men dying, the fool and the senseless one shall perish together; and they shall leave their wealth to strangers.
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 And their sepulchres are their houses for ever, [even] their tabernacles to all generations: they have called their lands after their own names.
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 And man being in honour, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like to them.
Tedae hlang he umponah khaw a rhaehrhong moenih, rhamsa banglam ni a thuidoek tih a hmata.
13 This their way is an offence to them: yet afterwards men will commend their sayings. (Pause)
Tetl a amamih khosing tea uepnah tih amih kah olthui te a hnukbang rhoek loh a pom uh. (Selah)
14 They have laid [them] as sheep in Hades; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their help shall fail in Hades from their glory. (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 shall deliver my soul from the power of Hades, when he shall receive me. (Pause) (Sheol h7585)
Tedae Pathen loh ka hinglu he saelkhui kut lamkah n'lat dongah kai he n'loh bit ni. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
16 Fear not when a man is enriched, and when the glory of his house is increased.
Hlang pakhat loh boei tih a im kah thangpomnah loh pungtai cakhaw rhih boeh.
17 For he shall take nothing when he dies; neither shall his glory descend with him.
A duek vaengah pakhat khaw khuen mahpawh. A thangpomnah loh anih te suntlak puei mahpawh.
18 For his soul shall be blessed in his life: he shall give thanks to you when you do well to him.
A hing vaengah a hinglu te yoethen a paek tih namah te na hoeikhang vaengah nang uem uh dae,
19 [Yet] he shall go in to the generation of his fathers; he shall never see light.
A napa rhoek kah cadilcahma la cet vetih yoeyah la vangnah hmu uh mahpawh.
20 Man that is in honour, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like them.
Hlang he umponah neh om dae a yakming pawt atah rhamsa aka hmata rhoek bangla om.
