Psalm 49
For the director of music. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.
1Hear this, all you nations.
Listen, all you who live in this world.
2Listen, people, whether you are ordinary or important.
Listen, people, whether you are rich or poor.
3My mouth will speak wise words.
What I think about in my heart will give you understanding.
4I will pay attention to a proverb.
I will explain my riddle as I play the harp.
5Why should I be afraid when trouble comes?
Why should I fear when sinners are all around me?
They are the kind of people who want to take advantage of me.
6They trust in their wealth.
They brag about how rich they are.
7No one can pay for the life of anyone else.
No one can give God what that would cost.
8The price for a life is very high.
No payment is ever enough.
9No one can pay enough to live forever
and not rot in the grave.
10Everyone can see that even wise people die.
People who are foolish and who have no sense also pass away.
All of them leave their wealth to others.
11Their tombs will remain their houses forever.
Their graves will be their homes for all time to come.
Naming lands after themselves won’t help either.
12Even though people may be very rich, they don’t live on and on.
They are like the animals. They die.
13That’s what happens to those who trust in themselves.
It also happens to their followers, who agree with what they say.
14They are like sheep and will end up in the grave.
Death will be their shepherd.
But when honest people come to power, a new day will dawn.
The bodies of sinners will waste away in the grave.
They will end up far away from their princely houses.
15But God will save me from the place of the dead.
He will certainly take me to himself.
16Don’t get too upset when other people become rich.
Don’t be troubled when they become more and more wealthy.
17They won’t take anything with them when they die.
Their riches won’t go down to the grave with them.
18While they lived, they believed they were blessed.
People praised them when things were going well for them.
19But they will die, like their people of long ago.
They will never again see the light of life.
20People who have riches but don’t understand
are like the animals. They die.
Zaburi 49
Upumbavu Wa Kutegemea Mali
Kwa mwimbishaji. Zaburi ya wana wa Kora.
149:1 Isa 1:2; Za 33:8; 78:1Sikieni haya, enyi mataifa yote,
sikilizeni, ninyi wote mkaao dunia hii.
249:2 Za 62:9Wakubwa kwa wadogo,
matajiri na maskini pamoja:
349:3 Za 37:30; 119:130Kinywa changu kitasema maneno ya hekima,
usemi wa moyo wangu utatoa ufahamu.
449:4 Za 33:2; 78:2; 1Sam 16:16; Mit 1:6; Eze 12:22; 16:44; 18:2, 3; Hes 12:8; Lk 4:23Nitatega sikio langu nisikilize mithali,
nitafafanua kitendawili kwa zeze:
549:5 Za 23:4; 27:1Kwa nini niogope siku mbaya zinapokuja,
wakati wadanganyifu waovu wanaponizunguka,
649:6 Yer 48:7; Za 10:3; 73:12; Ay 22:25; 36:19wale wanaotegemea mali zao
na kujivunia utajiri wao mwingi?
749:7 Mt 16:26Hakuna mwanadamu awaye yote
awezaye kuukomboa uhai wa mwingine,
au kumpa Mungu fidia kwa ajili yake.
849:8 Hes 35:31; Mt 16:26; Ay 36:18Fidia ya uhai ni gharama kubwa,
hakuna malipo yoyote yanayotosha,
949:9 Za 22:29; 89:48; 16:10; Ebr 9:27ili kwamba aishi milele
na asione uharibifu.
1049:10 Mhu 2:16, 18, 21; Za 92:6; 94:8; Ay 27:17; Lk 12:20Wote wanaona kwamba watu wenye hekima hufa;
wajinga na wapumbavu vivyo hivyo huangamia
na kuwaachia wengine mali zao.
1149:11 Mk 5:3; Lk 8:27; Za 106:31; Kum 3:14Makaburi yao yatabaki kuwa nyumba zao za milele,
makao yao vizazi vyote;
ingawa walikuwa na mashamba
na kuyaita kwa majina yao.
1249:12 Ay 14:2Lakini mwanadamu, licha ya utajiri wake, hadumu;
anafanana na mnyama aangamiaye.
1349:13 Lk 12:20Hii ndiyo hatima ya wale wanaojitumainia wenyewe,
pia ya wafuasi wao, waliothibitisha misemo yao.
1449:14 Yer 43:11; Isa 14:2; Hes 16:30; Eze 31:14; Mal 4:3; Ay 21:13; Ufu 2:26; 1Kor 6:2; Za 9:17; 55:15; Dan 7:18, 22; Lk 22:30; 2Tim 2:12Kama kondoo, wamewekewa kwenda kaburini,49:14 Kaburini hapa ina maana ya Sheol kwa Kiebrania, yaani Kuzimu.
nacho kifo kitawala.
Wanyofu watawatawala asubuhi,
maumbile yao yataozea kaburini,
mbali na majumba yao makubwa ya fahari.
1549:15 Za 56:13; Hos 13:14; Mwa 5:24Lakini Mungu atakomboa uhai49:15 Au: nafsi. wangu na kaburi,
hakika atanichukua kwake.
16Usitishwe mtu anapotajirika,
fahari ya nyumba yake inapoongezeka,
1749:17 1Tim 6:7; Za 17:14kwa maana hatachukua chochote atakapokufa,
fahari yake haitashuka pamoja naye.
1849:18 Za 10:6; Lk 12:19Ingawa alipokuwa akiishi alijihesabu kuwa heri,
na wanadamu wanakusifu unapofanikiwa,
1949:19 Mwa 15:15; Ay 33:30atajiunga na kizazi cha baba zake,
ambao hawataona kamwe nuru ya uzima.
2049:20 Mit 16:16; Mhu 3:19-21Mwanadamu mwenye utajiri bila ufahamu
ni kama wanyama waangamiao.
