Psalms 49
1 Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core. Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
Thaburi ya Ariũ a Kora Iguai ũhoro ũyũ, inyuĩ ndũrĩrĩ ciothe; thikĩrĩriai, inyuothe mũtũũraga gũkũ thĩ,
2 All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: both rich and poor together.
inyuĩ mũtarĩ igweta na arĩa mũrĩ igweta, inyuĩ itonga na athĩĩni mũigue hamwe:
3 My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.
Kanua gakwa nĩgekwaria ciugo cia ũũgĩ, mĩario ya ngoro yakwa ĩkorwo na ũtaũku.
4 I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.
Nĩngũtega gũtũ ndĩĩiguĩre thimo; njooke ndaũre ndaĩ ĩno ngĩhũũraga kĩnanda kĩa mũgeeto:
5 Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.
Nĩ kĩĩ kĩngĩtũma ndĩtigĩre hĩndĩ ya mathĩĩna, rĩrĩa andũ aaganu acio maheenanagia maathiũrũrũkĩirie,
6 They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,
o acio mehokaga ũtonga wao, na makeeraha nĩ ũingĩ wa indo ciao?
7 No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not give to God his ransom,
Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩhota gũkũũra muoyo wa mũndũ ũngĩ, kana arutĩre Ngai kĩndũ gĩa gũkũũra mũndũ ũcio,
8 Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labour for ever,
nĩgũkorwo ũkũũri wa muoyo nĩ ũndũ wa goro mũno, gũtirĩ irĩhi rĩngĩigana o na atĩa,
9 And shall still live unto the end.
atĩ nĩguo mũndũ atũũre muoyo nginya tene, na ndakanabuthe.
10 He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave their riches to strangers:
Nĩgũkorwo andũ othe nĩmonaga atĩ o na andũ arĩa oogĩ nĩmakuuaga; mũndũ mũkĩĩgu na mũndũ kĩrimũ o nao nĩmakuaga, magatigĩra andũ angĩ ũtonga wao.
11 And their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever. Their dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by their names.
Mbĩrĩra ciao igũtũũra irĩ nyũmba ciao nginya tene, ituĩke ciikaro ciao njiarwa na njiarwa, o na gũtuĩka maarĩ na mĩgũnda yao ene.
12 And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.
No mũndũ-rĩ, o na arĩ na indo nyingĩ, ndatũũraga; akuuaga o ta ũrĩa nyamũ ĩkuuaga ĩgathira.
13 This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.
Ũyũ nĩguo ũndũ ũrĩa wathĩrĩirio arĩa meĩhokaga o ene, na arũmĩrĩri ao, arĩa metĩkanagia na mĩario yao.
14 They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon them. And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their help shall decay in hell from their glory. (Sheol h7585)
Maathĩrĩirio mbĩrĩra o ta ngʼondu cia gũthĩnjwo, na gĩkuũ nĩkĩo gĩgaatũĩka mũrĩithi wao. Magaathagwo nĩ andũ arĩa arũngĩrĩru rũciinĩ; ciimba ciao ikaabuthĩra mbĩrĩra-inĩ, irĩ kũraihu na nyũmba ciao nene. (Sheol h7585)
No Ngai nĩagakũũra muoyo wakwa kuuma mbĩrĩra-inĩ; ti-itherũ nĩwe ũkaanyamũkĩra. (Sheol h7585)
16 Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased.
Ndũkanetigĩre mũndũ rĩrĩa aatuĩka gĩtonga, rĩrĩa riiri wa nyũmba yake wongerereka;
17 For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him.
nĩgũkorwo ndarĩ kĩndũ agaathiĩ nakĩo akua, riiri wake ndagaikũrũka naguo.
18 For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.
O na gũtuĩka rĩrĩa aarĩ muoyo eyoonaga arĩ mũrathime, nĩgũkorwo andũ nĩmagũkumagia rĩrĩa wagaacĩra,
19 He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: and he shall never see light.
agakua athiĩ kũrĩ maithe mao, acio matagacooka kuona ũtheri rĩngĩ.
20 Man when he was in honour did not understand: he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.
Mũndũ mũtongu ũtarĩ na ũmenyo atariĩ o ta nyamũ iria ikuuaga igathira.
