Waiata 49

1 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.

For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core. Hear these words, all you nations, listen, all you that dwell upon the earth:

2 E nga tangata iti, koutou ko nga tangata rahi, e te tangata taonga korua ko te rawakore.

both the sons of mean men, and sons of [great] men; the rich and poor [man] together.

3 Ka whakapuakina he matauranga e toku mangai: a he ata ngarahu te whakaaro o toku ngakau.

My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall bring [forth] understanding.

4 Ka titaha toku taringa ki te kupu whakarite; ka puaki taku pepeha i runga i te hapa.

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my riddle on the harp.

5 Kia wehi ahau ki te aha i nga ra o te kino, ina karapotia ahau e te kino kei oku rekereke?

Therefore should I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall compass me.

6 Ko te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki o ratou taonga, e whakamanamana ana ki te nui o o ratou rawa;

They that trust in their strength, and boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth—

7 E kore tetahi o ratou e ahei te hoko i tona teina, te hoatu ranei i tetahi utu mona ki te Atua;

A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? he shall not give to God a ransom for himself,

8 He nui hoki te utu mo to ratou wairua, a me whakarere atu ake ake;

or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labor for ever,

9 Kia ora tonu ai ia ake ake: kia kaua e kite i te pirau.

and live to the end, [so] that he should not see corruption.

10 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.

When he shall see wise men dying, the fool and the senseless one shall perish together; and they shall leave their wealth to strangers.

11 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.

And their sepulchres are their houses for ever, [even] their tabernacles to all generations: they have called their lands after their own names.

12 Heoi kahore te tangata e noho tonu i roto i te honore: ko tona rite kei nga kararehe ka moti nei.

And man being in honor, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like to them.

13 Ko to ratou ara tenei, ara ko to ratou poauau: heoi e whakapai ana to ratou uri ki a ratou korero. (Hera)

This their way is an offense to them: yet afterwards men will commend their sayings. (Pause)

14 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)

They have laid [them] as sheep in Hades; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their help shall fail in Hades from their glory. (Sheol h7585)

15 Ma te Atua ia toku wairua e hoko mai i te reinga: ko ia hoki hei tukunga atu moku. (Hera) (Sheol h7585)

But God shall deliver my soul from the power of Hades, when he shall receive me. (Pause) (Sheol h7585)

16 Kaua e wehi ua whai taonga te tangata, ina nui haere te kororia o tona whare;

Fear not when a man is enriched, and when the glory of his house is increased.

17 Kahore hoki ana mea e mau atu ai ia ina mate; e kore tona kororia e tuku iho i muri i a ia.

For he shall take nothing when he dies; neither shall his glory descend with him.

18 Whakapai noa ia i tona wairua i a ia e ora ana; a ka whakamoemititia koe ua pai au mahi ki a koe ano.

For his soul shall be blessed in his life: he shall give thanks to you when you do well to him.

19 Ka haere ia ki te whakatupuranga o ona tupuna: e kore rawa ratou e kite i te marama.

[Yet] he shall go in to the generation of his fathers; he shall never see light.

20 Ko te tangata e whakahonoretia ana, a kahore e whai whakaaro, kei nga kararehe ka moti nei tona rite.

Man that is in honor, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like them.