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:
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 both the sons of mean men, and sons of [great] men; the rich and poor [man] together.
E nga tangata iti, koutou ko nga tangata rahi, e te tangata taonga korua ko te rawakore.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall bring [forth] understanding.
Ka whakapuakina he matauranga e toku mangai: a he ata ngarahu te whakaaro o toku ngakau.
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my riddle on the harp.
Ka titaha toku taringa ki te kupu whakarite; ka puaki taku pepeha i runga i te hapa.
5 Therefore should I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall compass me.
Kia wehi ahau ki te aha i nga ra o te kino, ina karapotia ahau e te kino kei oku rekereke?
6 They that trust in their strength, and boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth—
Ko te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki o ratou taonga, e whakamanamana ana ki te nui o o ratou rawa;
7 A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? he shall not give to God a ransom for himself,
E kore tetahi o ratou e ahei te hoko i tona teina, te hoatu ranei i tetahi utu mona ki te Atua;
8 or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labor for ever,
He nui hoki te utu mo to ratou wairua, a me whakarere atu ake ake;
9 and live to the end, [so] that he should not see corruption.
Kia ora tonu ai ia ake ake: kia kaua e kite i te pirau.
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.
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 And their sepulchres are their houses for ever, [even] their tabernacles to all generations: they have called their lands after their own names.
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 And man being in honor, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like to them.
Heoi kahore te tangata e noho tonu i roto i te honore: ko tona rite kei nga kararehe ka moti nei.
13 This their way is an offense to them: yet afterwards men will commend their sayings. (Pause)
Ko to ratou ara tenei, ara ko to ratou poauau: heoi e whakapai ana to ratou uri ki a ratou korero. (Hera)
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)
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 God shall deliver my soul from the power of Hades, when he shall receive me. (Pause) (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 Fear not when a man is enriched, and when the glory of his house is increased.
Kaua e wehi ua whai taonga te tangata, ina nui haere te kororia o tona whare;
17 For he shall take nothing when he dies; neither shall his glory descend with him.
Kahore hoki ana mea e mau atu ai ia ina mate; e kore tona kororia e tuku iho i muri i a ia.
18 For his soul shall be blessed in his life: he shall give thanks to you when you do well to him.
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 [Yet] he shall go in to the generation of his fathers; he shall never see light.
Ka haere ia ki te whakatupuranga o ona tupuna: e kore rawa ratou e kite i te marama.
20 Man that is in honor, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like them.
Ko te tangata e whakahonoretia ana, a kahore e whai whakaaro, kei nga kararehe ka moti nei tona rite.
