Halelu 49
1 E HOOLOHE mai i keia, e na kanaka a pau: E haliu maikai i ka pepeiao, e ka poe a pau e noho ana ma ke ao nei:
“To the chief musician, by the sons of Korach, a psalm.” Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the perishable world:
2 Na mea haahaa a me na mea kiekie, Pau pu hoi ka poe waiwai, a me ka poe waiwai ole.
Both the sons of the low and the sons of the high, rich and needy, altogether.
3 E olelo aku kuu waha i ke akamai; A ma ka naauao ka manao ana o ko'u naau.
My mouth shall speak wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4 E haliu aku au i kuu pepeiao i ka olelo nane; E hoomaka au i kuu mele ma ka lira.
I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open with the harp my riddle.
5 O ke aha kuu mea e makau ai, i na la ino, E hoopuni mai ai ka poe ku e malu mai ia'u?
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my oppressors encompasseth me?—
6 O ka poe hilinai i ko lakou ikaika iho, A i hoomaikai ia lakou iho no ka nui o ko lakou waiwai;
Of those that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves of the multitude of their riches?
7 Aohe mea o lakou e hiki ia ia ke hoopakele i kona hoahanau; Aole hoi e haawi i ka uku hoola i ke Akua nona;
No one can in any wise redeem his brother, nor can he give to God redemption money for himself;
8 (No ka mea, o ka hoola ana i ko lakou uhane, he nui ke kumukuai; A ua oki mau loa no ia; )
For the ransom of their soul is too costly, and it is omitted for ever.
9 I ola mau loa oia, a i ole hoi e ike i ka palaho.
And should he still live for ever? not see the pit?
10 No ka mea, ua ike no ia ua make na kanaka naauao, Pela hoi ua make ka mea naaupo a me ka mea manao ole, A waiho hoi lakou i ko lakou waiwai no na mea e.
For he must see that wise men die, that together the fool and the brutish person perish and leave to others their wealth.
11 O ko lakou manao oloko e mau loa ko lakou mau hale, A me ko lakou mau wahi e noho ai ia hanauna aku ia hanauna aku: Mamuli o ko lakou inoa iho i kapa ai lakou i ko lakou mau aina.
Their inward thought is, that their houses are to be for ever, their dwelling-places, from generation to generation; they call them by their own names in [various] countries.
12 Aka, o ke kanaka iloko o ka hanohano, aole i mau; Ua like ia me na holoholona i hoopauia.
Nevertheless man in [his] splendor endureth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.
13 O keia aoao o lakou o ko lakou lapuwale no ia: Aka, ua hoopono ko lakou mau hope i ko lakou mau olelo. (Sila)
This is their way, their folly: yet their posterity will take pleasure in their sayings. (Selah)
14 Me he mau hipa la ua waihoia lakou i ka luakupapau: E ai no ka make ia lakou; E lanakila ka poe pono maluna o lakou i ke kakahiaka; A e pau e ko lakou nani iloko o ka luakupapau, mai kona wahi i noho ai. (Sheol h7585)
Like flocks are they thrust into the nether world; death will feed them; but the upright shall have dominion over them in that morning, and their form wasteth away in the nether world, [taken away] from their own dwelling. (Sheol h7585)
15 Aka, e hoopakele ke Akua i kuu uhane i ka lima o ka malu o ka make; No ka mea, e hookipa no oia ia'u. (Sila) (Sheol h7585)
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the nether world; for he will take me away. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
16 Mai makau oe i ka waiwai nui ana o kekahi, I ka wa e mahuahua ai ka nani o kona hale;
Be not thou afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
17 No ka mea, i kona make ana, aohe mea kana e lawe pu ai; Aole e iho kona nani mamuli ona.
For when he dieth he can take nothing away; his glory will not descend after him.
18 Aka hoi, i kona ola ana, ua hoomaikai oia i kona uhane; A e mahalo ae na kanaka ia oe i kou wa e hana maikai ai ia oe iho.
For though he bless his soul during his life, and men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself:
19 E hele no oia i ka hanauna o kona mau makua; Aole lakou e ike i ka malamalama.
She shall go to the generation of his fathers, unto eternity will these never see light.
20 O ke kanaka iloko o ka hanohano, me ka naauao ole, Ua like ia me na holoholona i hookiia.
Man, though in splendor, who understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. °
