Psalms 49
1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. Hear this, all you peoples, Give ear, all you inhabitants 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 Both low and high, together rich and needy.
E nga tangata iti, koutou ko nga tangata rahi, e te tangata taonga korua ko te rawakore.
3 My mouth speaks wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.
Ka whakapuakina he matauranga e toku mangai: a he ata ngarahu te whakaaro o toku ngakau.
4 I incline my ear to an allegory, I open my riddle with a harp:
Ka titaha toku taringa ki te kupu whakarite; ka puaki taku pepeha i runga i te hapa.
5 Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters surrounds me.
Kia wehi ahau ki te aha i nga ra o te kino, ina karapotia ahau e te kino kei oku rekereke?
6 Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Show themselves foolish.
Ko te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki o ratou taonga, e whakamanamana ana ki te nui o o ratou rawa;
7 A brother ransoms no one at all, He does not give to God his atonement.
E kore tetahi o ratou e ahei te hoko i tona teina, te hoatu ranei i tetahi utu mona ki te Atua;
8 And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, And it has ceased for all time.
He nui hoki te utu mo to ratou wairua, a me whakarere atu ake ake;
9 And still he lives forever, He does not see the pit.
Kia ora tonu ai ia ake ake: kia kaua e kite i te pirau.
10 For he sees wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left their wealth to others.
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 Their heart [is that] their houses [are] for all time, Their dwelling places from generation to generation. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
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 does not remain in honor, He has been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
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] folly for them, And their posterity are pleased with their sayings. (Selah)
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 set themselves as sheep for Sheol, Death afflicts them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him. (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)
Ma te Atua ia toku wairua e hoko mai i te reinga: ko ia hoki hei tukunga atu moku. (Hera) (Sheol h7585)
16 Do not fear when one makes wealth, When the glory of his house is abundant,
Kaua e wehi ua whai taonga te tangata, ina nui haere te kororia o tona whare;
17 For at his death he receives nothing, His glory does not go down after 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 he blesses his soul in his life (And they praise you when you do well for yourself).
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 It comes to the generation of his fathers, They do not see the light forever.
Ka haere ia ki te whakatupuranga o ona tupuna: e kore rawa ratou e kite i te marama.
20 Man in honor, who does not understand, Has been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
Ko te tangata e whakahonoretia ana, a kahore e whai whakaaro, kei nga kararehe ka moti nei tona rite.
