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,
Zwanini lokhu lonke bantu. Bekani indlebe lonke bakhileyo bomhlaba,
2 both low and high, rich and poor together.
bonke abantukazana labaphakemeyo, abanothileyo labayanga, ndawonye.
3 My mouth will speak wisdom and the meditation of my heart will be of understanding.
Umlomo wami uzakhuluma izinhlakanipho, lokuzindla kwenhliziyo yami kuzakuba yikuqedisisa.
4 I will incline my ear to a parable; I will begin my parable with the harp.
Ngizabeka indlebe yami kuso isaga, ngizavula ilibho lami ngechacho.
5 Why should I fear the days of evil, when iniquity surrounds me at my heels?
Ngizakwesabelani ensukwini zobubi, nxa ububi babagwenxi bami buzangihanqa.
6 Why should I fear those who trust in their wealth and boast about the amount of their riches?
Abathemba ingcebo yabo, abazincoma ngobunengi benotho yabo,
7 It is certain that no one can redeem his brother or give God a ransom for him,
umuntu kasoze ahlenge lokuhlenga umfowabo, kasoze amnike uNkulunkulu inhlawulo yakhe,
8 For the redemption of one's life is costly, and no one can pay what we owe.
(ngoba uhlengo lomphefumulo wabo luligugu, futhi luyaphela laphakade)
9 No one can live forever so that his body should not decay.
ukuze ahlale ephila phakade, angaboni ukubola.
10 For he will see decay. Wise men die; the fool and the brute alike perish and leave their wealth to others.
Ngoba ubona ukuthi abahlakaniphileyo bayafa, lokuthi isithutha kanye lesiphukuphuku bayabhubha, batshiyele inotho yabo abanye.
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.
Umcabango wabo wangaphakathi uyikuthi izindlu zabo zizakuba ngezaphakade, izindawo zabo zokuhlala zibe ngezezizukulwana, babize amazwe ngamabizo abo.
12 But man, having wealth, does not remain alive; he is like the beasts that perish.
Kodwa umuntu elodumo kayikuma, uyafanana lenyamazana ezibhubhayo.
13 This, their way, is their folly; yet after them, men approve of their sayings. (Selah)
Le indlela yabo iyibuthutha babo; kube kanti ababalandelayo bathokoza ngomlomo wabo. (Sela)
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)
Njengezimvu bamiselwe ingcwaba, ukufa kuzabelusa; labaqotho bazababusa ekuseni, isimo sabo ngesokuqedwa lingcwaba ukuze bangabi lendawo yokuhlala. (Sheol h7585)
Kodwa uNkulunkulu uzahlenga umphefumulo wami emandleni engcwaba, ngoba uzangemukela. (Sela) (Sheol h7585)
16 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich, and the glory of his house increases.
Ungesabi nxa umuntu enotha, nxa udumo lwendlu yakhe lusanda;
17 For when he dies he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
ngoba ekufeni kwakhe kayikuthatha lutho, udumo lwakhe kaluyikwehla lumlandele.
18 He blessed his soul while he lived— and men praise you when you live for yourself—
Lanxa empilweni yakhe wabusisa umphefumulo wakhe, njalo bakudumisa nxa uzenzela okuhle,
19 he will go to the generation of his fathers and they will never see the light again.
uzakuya esizukulwaneni saboyise, kabayikubona ukukhanya kuze kube phakade.
20 One who has wealth but no understanding is like the beasts, which perish.
Umuntu olodumo, engaqedisisi, unjengezinyamazana ezibhubhayo.
