Psalms 49
1 For the chief musician. A psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world,
Katoeng kruek zaehoikung hanah, Korah caanawk ih Saam laa. Nangcae boih, hae hae tahngai oh; long ah khosah kaminawk:
2 both low and high, rich and poor together.
kahnaem kasang, angraeng hoi kamtang kaminawk boih, nawnto tahngai oh.
3 My mouth will speak wisdom and the meditation of my heart will be of understanding.
Kai ih pakha loe palunghahaih lok to thui ueloe, ka palungthin mah panoek thaihaih to poek tih.
4 I will incline my ear to a parable; I will begin my parable with the harp.
Patahhaih lok bangah naa ka patueng moe, kathuk ruici lok to katoeng kruekhaih hoiah kamnoek ah ka thuih han.
5 Why should I fear the days of evil, when iniquity surrounds me at my heels?
Tipongah maw kasae aninawk to angzoh moe, kai aling koeh kaminawk ih zaehaih mah ang takui khoep naah ka zii tih?
6 Why should I fear those who trust in their wealth and boast about the amount of their riches?
Nihcae loe angmacae ih hmuenmae to oep o moe, angraenghaih pongah amoek o cadoeh;
7 It is certain that no one can redeem his brother or give God a ransom for him,
angmacae nawkamyanawk to mi mah doeh akrang o thai ai, anih han Sithaw khaeah akranghaih hmuen doeh paek o thai ai:
8 For the redemption of one's life is costly, and no one can pay what we owe.
nihcae hinghaih akrang hanah paroeai atho nat, to pongah dungzan khoek to sung tih boeh:
9 No one can live forever so that his body should not decay.
akrang nahaeloe kami loe qong ai ah, dungzan khoek to hing han oh.
10 For he will see decay. Wise men die; the fool and the brute alike perish and leave their wealth to others.
Palungha kaminawk duekhaih loe kami boih mah hnuk; nihcae loe kamthu kami hoi tidoeh panoek ai kami baktiah ni anghmat o moe, minawk hanah ni a tawnh o ih hmuennawk to caeh o taak.
11 Their inner thought is that their families will continue forever, and the places where they live, to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
A tawnh o ih imnawk loe dungzan khoek to cak tih, a oh o haih ahmuennawk doeh a caanawk dung khoek to cak poe tih, tiah a poek o pongah, longnawk to angmacae ih ahmin hoiah suek o.
12 But man, having wealth, does not remain alive; he is like the beasts that perish.
Toe kami loe lensawk cadoeh cak poe ai: kanghmaa kangtaa taw ih moi hoiah ni anghmong.
13 This, their way, is their folly; yet after them, men approve of their sayings. (Selah)
Nihcae amthuhaih loklam loe to tiah oh: nihcae mah thuih o ih loknawk to a caanawk mah tahngai pae o. (Selah)
14 Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol, and death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule over them in the morning, and their bodies will be consumed in Sheol, with no place for them to live. (Sheol h7585)
Nihcae loe tuu baktiah taprong ah angsong o, duekhaih mah nihcae to pacah tih; akhawnbang ah nihcae to katoeng kaminawk mah uk tih; nihcae ih krang loe taprong ah qong tih, taprong loe nihcae ohhaih ahmuen ah oh. (Sheol h7585)
Toe ka pakhra loe taprong thacakhaih thung hoiah Sithaw mah akrang ueloe, angmah khaeah na caeh haih tih. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
16 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich, and the glory of his house increases.
Kami loe angraeng moe, a im lensawkhaih hoiah qoeng tahang naah, zii hmah;
17 For when he dies he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
A duek naah loe tita doeh sin mak ai, a lensawkhaih mah anih to patom tathuk mak ai.
18 He blessed his soul while he lived— and men praise you when you live for yourself—
Anih hing naah loe, angmah hoi angmah to tahamhoih koek ah a poek: nang raeng naah loe, kaminawk mah nang to ang pakoeh o.
19 he will go to the generation of his fathers and they will never see the light again.
Toe anih loe ampanawk ih acaeng ohhaih ahmuen ah caeh tih; nihcae loe hinghaih to natuek naah doeh hnu o mak ai boeh.
20 One who has wealth but no understanding is like the beasts, which perish.
Hmuenmae angraenghaih hoi koi, panoekhaih tawn ai kami loe, anghma angtaa taw ih moi hoiah ni anghmong.
