Psalms 49
1 For the music director. A psalm of the sons of Korah. Listen to this, everyone! Pay attention, people of the world—
Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene ma nga tama a Koraha. Whakarongo ki tenei, e nga iwi katoa: tahuri mai o koutou taringa, e nga tangata katoa o te ao.
2 whether you are highborn or lowborn, rich or poor!
E nga tangata iti, koutou ko nga tangata rahi, e te tangata taonga korua ko te rawakore.
3 For what I say is wise, and my thinking is perceptive.
Ka whakapuakina he matauranga e toku mangai: a he ata ngarahu te whakaaro o toku ngakau.
4 I pay attention to wise sayings; I answer hard questions to a tune on the harp.
Ka titaha toku taringa ki te kupu whakarite; ka puaki taku pepeha i runga i te hapa.
5 Why should I be afraid when trouble comes, when evil enemies surround me?
Kia wehi ahau ki te aha i nga ra o te kino, ina karapotia ahau e te kino kei oku rekereke?
6 They trust in their wealth; they boast about their riches,
Ko te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki o ratou taonga, e whakamanamana ana ki te nui o o ratou rawa;
7 but no one can pay to rescue another from death; no one can pay a ransom to God.
E kore tetahi o ratou e ahei te hoko i tona teina, te hoatu ranei i tetahi utu mona ki te Atua;
8 Redemption is beyond price; no one could ever pay enough
He nui hoki te utu mo to ratou wairua, a me whakarere atu ake ake;
9 that they could live forever and not face the grave.
Kia ora tonu ai ia ake ake: kia kaua e kite i te pirau.
10 Everyone knows that the wise die, those who are foolish and stupid too, leaving what they have to the next generation.
E kite ana hoki ia e matemate ana nga tangata whakaaro nui, e ngaro ngatahi ana te poauau me te whakaarokore, a mahue iho o ratou taonga ki etahi atu.
11 They think their homes will last forever, that where they live will continue for all generations.
Ki to ratou whakaaro puku, tera e pumau tonu o ratou whare me o ratou nohoanga, ki nga whakatupuranga katoa: huaina iho o ratou whenua ki o ratou ingoa.
12 But human beings, for all their fame, don't understand. They die, just like the animals.
Heoi kahore te tangata e noho tonu i roto i te honore: ko tona rite kei nga kararehe ka moti nei.
13 This is the way of foolish people, yet those who come after them think they were clever! (Selah)
Ko to ratou ara tenei, ara ko to ratou poauau: heoi e whakapai ana to ratou uri ki a ratou korero. (Hera)
14 Like sheep they are destined for the grave. Death will be their shepherd. Those who live right will rule over them in the morning. Their bodies will decay in the grave, far from their homes. (Sheol h7585)
Kei te hipi te rite: ko te wahi mo ratou ko te reinga; ko te mate hei hepara mo ratou, hei rangatira ano te hunga tika mo ratou i te ata; ko to ratou ataahua ma te reinga e whakamoti, kia kore ai he whare mona. (Sheol h7585)
15 But surely God will rescue me from the power of the grave; he will grab me back. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
Ma te Atua ia toku wairua e hoko mai i te reinga: ko ia hoki hei tukunga atu moku. (Hera) (Sheol h7585)
16 Don't be disturbed when people become rich, filling their houses with possessions.
Kaua e wehi ua whai taonga te tangata, ina nui haere te kororia o tona whare;
17 For they won't take anything with them when they die; their wealth will not go down into the grave with them.
Kahore hoki ana mea e mau atu ai ia ina mate; e kore tona kororia e tuku iho i muri i a ia.
18 They congratulate themselves for all they possess—people always praise you when you do well—
Whakapai noa ia i tona wairua i a ia e ora ana; a ka whakamoemititia koe ua pai au mahi ki a koe ano.
19 but their destiny is the same as their forefathers: they will never again see the light of day.
Ka haere ia ki te whakatupuranga o ona tupuna: e kore rawa ratou e kite i te marama.
20 Human beings, for all their fame, don't understand, and they die, just like the animals.
Ko te tangata e whakahonoretia ana, a kahore e whai whakaaro, kei nga kararehe ka moti nei tona rite.
