1 T o the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

اسْمَعُوا هَذا يا كُلَّ الأُمَمِ. أصغُوا يا كُلَّ سُكّانِ العالَمِ.

2 B oth low and high, together rich and needy.

يا كُلَّ البَشَرِ بُسَطاءَ وَعُظَماءَ، فُقَراءَ وَأغنِياءَ،

3 M y mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart things of understanding.

يَتَحَدَّثُ فَمِي بِتَعالِيمَ حِكمَةٍ وَفَهمٍ كُنتُ قَدْ تَأمَّلْتُها.

4 I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

أفتَحُ أُذُنَيَّ لِهَذِهِ الأمثالِ، وَأعزِفُ عَلَى قَيثارَتِي.

5 W hy do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.

لِمَ أقلَقُ فِي أزمِنَةِ الضِّيقِ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يُلاحِقُونَنِي وَيُحاصِرُونَنِي.

6 T hose trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

لَنْ أخشَى الَّذِينَ عَلَى قُوَّتِهِمْ يَتَّكِلُونَ، وَبِثَروَتِهِمْ يَفتَخِرُونَ.

7 A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

لا يَقدِرُ أخٌ إنسانٌ مِثلُكَ أنْ يَفدِيكَ. لا يَسْتَطِيعُ أحَدٌ أنْ يَدْفَعَ للهِ ما يَكْفِي!

8 A nd precious the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age.

لا يَقدِرُ أحَدٌ أنْ يَدفَعَ ما يَكفِي لِتَخلِيصِ حَياتِهِ.

9 A nd still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

أوْ أنْ يَشتَرِيَ حَقَّ الحَياةِ إلَى الأبَدِ، فَيُنقِذَ جَسَدَهُ مِنَ القَبرِ.

10 F or he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

انظُرُوا، فَالحُكَماءُ يَمُوتُونَ وَيَتَعَفَّنُونَ، تَماماً كَالجُهّالِ وَالحَمقَى. هُمْ أيضاً يَمُوتُونَ وَيَترُكُونَ لِلآخَرِينَ ثَروَتَهُمْ.

11 T heir heart: Their houses to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

القَبرُ إلَى الأبَدِ بَيتُهُمْ، وَمَسكَنُهُمْ جِيلاً بَعدَ جِيلٍ، مَعَ أنَّهُمْ امْتَلَكُوا أرْضاً كَثِيرَةً.

12 A nd man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

قَدْ يَكُونُ إنسانٌ غَنِيّاً، لَكِنَّهُ لا يَبقَى هُنا إلَى الأبَدِ. بَلْ يَمُوتُ كَما الحَيوانُ،

13 T his their way folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

هَذِهِ هِيَ نِهايَةُ الحَمْقَى، وَنِهايَةُ الَّذِينَ يَتَعَلَّمُونَ مِنْهُمْ. سِلاهْ

14 A s sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form for consumption. Sheol a dwelling for him.

كَالغَنَمِ سَيَمُوتُونَ، فَيُصبِحُ القَبرُ حَظِيرَتَهُمْ وَالمَوتُ راعِيَهُمْ. ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّى المُستَقِيمُونَ أجسادَهُمْ. يَحمِلُونَها وَيَضَعُونَها فِي القَبرِ،

15 O nly, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.

لَكِنَّ اللهَ سَيَفدِينِي مِنَ المَوتِ، وَسَيَأخُذُنِي لأكُونَ مَعَهُ. سِلاهْ

16 F ear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,

لا تَخْشَ إنساناً بِسَبَبِ غِناهُ وَجَمالِ مَساكِنِهِ.

17 F or at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

لأنَّ الَّذِينَ يَمُوتُونَ وَيَهبِطُونَ إلَى القَبرِ، لا يَأخُذُونَ شَيئاً مِنْ ثَروَتِهِمْ مَعَهُمْ.

18 F or his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)

يَعتَبِرُ الغَنِيُّ نَفسَهُ مَحظُوظاً فِي الحَياةِ، وَيَمدَحُهُ النّاسُ عَلَى ما فَعَلَ لِنَفسِهِ.

19 I t cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

لَكِنْ يَأتِي وَقتٌ يَذهَبُ فِيهِ لِيَكُونَ مَعَ آبائِهِ، حَيثُ لا يَرَى نُوراً إلَى الأبَدِ.

20 M an in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

إنسانٌ غَنِيٌّ وَلا يَفهَمُ أشبَهُ بِالحَيواناتِ الَّتِي تَبِيدُ.