Amahubo 49
1 Zwanini lokhu lonke bantu. Bekani indlebe lonke bakhileyo bomhlaba,
You people of all ethnic groups, listen! You people all over the world,
2 bonke abantukazana labaphakemeyo, abanothileyo labayanga, ndawonye.
important people and unimportant people, rich people and poor people, everyone, [listen to what I am saying],
3 Umlomo wami uzakhuluma izinhlakanipho, lokuzindla kwenhliziyo yami kuzakuba yikuqedisisa.
[because] what I am thinking is very sensible, and what I say will enable you to become wise!
4 Ngizabeka indlebe yami kuso isaga, ngizavula ilibho lami ngechacho.
I think about [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings), and while I play my harp, I explain what they mean.
5 Ngizakwesabelani ensukwini zobubi, nxa ububi babagwenxi bami buzangihanqa.
I am not [RHQ] afraid when I am in trouble/danger, when I am surrounded by my enemies,
6 Abathemba ingcebo yabo, abazincoma ngobunengi benotho yabo,
by evil men who trust that [things will always go well for them because] they are wealthy, and who boast about being very rich.
7 umuntu kasoze ahlenge lokuhlenga umfowabo, kasoze amnike uNkulunkulu inhlawulo yakhe,
[They may be rich], but no one can pay money with the result that he would live forever! No one can pay God enough so that God will allow him [to continue] to live,
8 (ngoba uhlengo lomphefumulo wabo luligugu, futhi luyaphela laphakade)
because that cost is too great, and he will never be able to pay enough
9 ukuze ahlale ephila phakade, angaboni ukubola.
with the result that he will live forever and never [die and] be buried!
10 Ngoba ubona ukuthi abahlakaniphileyo bayafa, lokuthi isithutha kanye lesiphukuphuku bayabhubha, batshiyele inotho yabo abanye.
We see that foolish and stupid people die, but we see that wise people also die; they all leave their wealth, and others inherit it.
11 Umcabango wabo wangaphakathi uyikuthi izindlu zabo zizakuba ngezaphakade, izindawo zabo zokuhlala zibe ngezezizukulwana, babize amazwe ngamabizo abo.
Those wise people once had [houses on] land that they owned, [but now] their graves are their homes forever, the place where they will stay for all time!
12 Kodwa umuntu elodumo kayikuma, uyafanana lenyamazana ezibhubhayo.
Even if people are great, that cannot prevent them from dying; all people die, the same as animals do.
13 Le indlela yabo iyibuthutha babo; kube kanti ababalandelayo bathokoza ngomlomo wabo. (Sela)
That is what happens to those who foolishly trust [in what they have accomplished], to those who are delighted in [all] that they possess.
14 Njengezimvu bamiselwe ingcwaba, ukufa kuzabelusa; labaqotho bazababusa ekuseni, isimo sabo ngesokuqedwa lingcwaba ukuze bangabi lendawo yokuhlala. (Sheol h7585)
They are certain to die just like sheep, when a shepherd leads them away to be slaughtered. [PRS, MET] In the morning righteous people will rule over them, and then [those wealthy people will die and] their bodies will quickly decay in their graves; they will be where dead people are, far from their homes. (Sheol h7585)
15 Kodwa uNkulunkulu uzahlenga umphefumulo wami emandleni engcwaba, ngoba uzangemukela. (Sela) (Sheol h7585)
But it is certain that God will rescue me so that I am not kept in the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
16 Ungesabi nxa umuntu enotha, nxa udumo lwendlu yakhe lusanda;
[So], do not be dismayed when someone becomes rich and the houses where they live become more and more luxurious,
17 ngoba ekufeni kwakhe kayikuthatha lutho, udumo lwakhe kaluyikwehla lumlandele.
because when he dies, he will take nothing with him; his wealth will not go with him.
18 Lanxa empilweni yakhe wabusisa umphefumulo wakhe, njalo bakudumisa nxa uzenzela okuhle,
While [a rich person] is alive, he congratulates himself, and people praise him for being successful,
19 uzakuya esizukulwaneni saboyise, kabayikubona ukukhanya kuze kube phakade.
but he will [die], joining his ancestors, who will never see daylight again.
20 Umuntu olodumo, engaqedisisi, unjengezinyamazana ezibhubhayo.
Even if someone is great, that cannot prevent him from dying; he will die, the same as animals do.
