Abụ Ọma 49
1 Abụ Ọma dịrị onyeisi abụ. Abụ ụmụ Kora. Abụ Ọma. Nụrụnụ nke a, unu mmadụ niile! Geenụ ntị, unu ndị niile bi nʼụwa,
For the leader. Of the Korahites. A psalm. Hear this, you peoples all; attend, all you who live in the world
2 ma ndị dị ala ma ndị dị elu, ma onye ọgaranya ma onye ogbenye.
people of low degree and high, the rich and the poor together.
3 Aga m ekwu okwu amamihe, ihe sị nʼobi m ga-enye nghọta.
My mouth shall utter wisdom, the thoughts of a seeing heart.
4 Aga m aṅa ntị nye ilu, aga m e ji ụbọ akwara kọwaa ilu m.
I incline my ear to a proverb, on the lyre I will open my riddle.
5 Nʼihi gịnị ka m ga-eji tụọ egwu mgbe ụbọchị ọjọọ bịara, mgbe ndị aghụghọ ọjọọ gbara m gburugburu,
Why should I be afraid in the days of misfortune, when circled by wicked and cunning foes,
6 ndị na-atụkwasị obi nʼakụnụba ha ma na-anyakwa isi nʼihi oke ụba ha.
who put their trust in their wealth, and boast of their boundless riches?
7 O nweghị onye pụrụ ịgbapụta ndụ onye ọzọ, maọbụ nye Chineke ụgwọ e ji agbara onye ahụ,
For assuredly no one can ransom themselves, or give to God the price of their life,
8 nʼihi na ụgwọ e ji agbara ndụ dị oke ọnụ, o nweghị ụgwọ a ga-akwụ nke ga-ezu,
for the ransom of a life is costly, no payment is ever enough,
9 nke ga-eme ka mmadụ dịrị ndụ ruo ebighị ebi, ma hapụ ịnwụ.
to keep them alive for ever and ever, so as never to see the pit at all.
10 Nʼihi na mmadụ niile na-ahụ na ndị amamihe na-anwụ, ndị nzuzu na ndị na-enweghị uche na-anwụkwa, si otu a hapụrụ ndị ọzọ akụnụba ha.
But see it they will. Even wise people die, the fool and the brutish perish alike, and abandon their wealth to others.
11 Ili ha na-aghọ ụlọ ha ruo ebighị ebi, ebe obibi ha ruo ọgbọ niile nʼagbanyeghị na ha gụrụ ọtụtụ ala aha ha.
The grave is their everlasting home, the place they shall live in for ever and ever, though after their own names they called whole lands.
12 Ma mmadụ, nʼagbanyeghị akụnụba ya, aghaghị ịnwụ, dịka anụ ọhịa, ọ ga-anwụkwa.
Despite their wealth, they perish like dumb animals.
13 Nke a bụ ihe na-adakwasị ndị na-atụkwasị obi nʼonwe ha, na ndị na-eso ụzọ ha, ndị na-akwado okwu ha. (Sela)
This is the fate of the confident fool, and the end of those who are pleased with their portion. (Selah)
14 Dịka atụrụ, ọ bụ ala mmụọ ka a kwadooro ha, ọnwụ ga-abụ onye na-azụ ha dịka atụrụ, ma ndị na-eme ihe ziri ezi ga-emeri ha nʼụtụtụ. Ozu ha ga-erekasị nʼime ili nʼebe dị anya site nʼụlọeze ha. (Sheol h7585)
Like sheep they descend to Sheol with Death for their shepherd; down they go straight to the grave, and their form wastes away in their home below. (Sheol h7585)
But God will assuredly ransom my life from the hand of Sheol; for he will receive me. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
16 Amala jijiji mgbe mmadụ na-aba oke ụba, mgbe ịdị ebube nke ụlọ ya na-amụba,
So be not afraid when someone grows rich, when the wealth of their house increases.
17 nʼihi na ọ ga-agba aka laa ma ọ nwụọ, ịdị ebube ya agaghị eso ya banye nʼili.
Not a shred of it all can they take when they die, wealth cannot follow them down.
18 Nʼagbanyeghị na ọ gụrụ onwe ya dịka onye a gọziri agọzi mgbe ọ dị ndụ, ọ bụ ezie na ndị mmadụ na-eto gị mgbe ị na-enwe ọganihu,
Though they count themselves happy, when they are alive, and win praise from many for faring so well,
19 ọ ga-eso ọgbọ ndị nna nna ya ndị na-agaghị ahụkwa ìhè ọzọ.
they must join their ancestors, who see the light nevermore.
20 Ndị bara ụba nke na-enweghị nghọta dịka anụ ọhịa nke ga-ala nʼiyi.
The wealthy are without understanding, they perish like dumb animals.
