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可拉后裔的诗。交给圣咏团长。

恃财之愚

49 1-2 万民哪,你们都当听这话!
    世上所有的居民,
    无论贵贱贫富,
    都当侧耳而听!
我口要说智慧的言语,
    我心思想通达的道理。
我要侧耳听比喻,
    用琴解谜语。

在患难的日子,追逼我的人的奸恶[a]环绕我,
    我何必惧怕?
他们那些倚靠财货,
    自夸钱财多的人,
没有一个能赎自己的弟兄[b]
    能将赎价给 神,
8-9 让他长远活着,不见地府[c]
    因为赎生命的价值极贵,
    只可永远罢休。

10 他要见智慧人死,
    愚昧人和畜牲一般的人一同灭亡,
    把他们的财货留给别人。
11 他们虽以自己的名叫自己的地,
    坟墓却作他们永远的家,
    作他们世世代代的居所。[d]
12 人居尊贵中不能长久,
    如同死亡的畜类一样。

13 他们所行之道本为自己的愚昧,
    后来的人却还佩服他们的话语。(细拉)
14 他们如同羊群注定要下阴间,
    死亡必作他们的牧者;
到了早晨,正直人必管辖他们。
    他们的形像必被阴间所灭,无处可容身。
15 然而 神必救赎我的命脱离阴间的掌控,
    因他必收纳我。(细拉)

16 见人发财、家室日益显赫的时候,
    你不要惧怕;
17 因为他死的时候什么也不能带去,
    他的荣耀不能随他下去。
18 他活着的时候,虽然自夸为有福
    —你若自己行得好,人必夸奖你—
19 他仍必与历代的祖宗一样同归死亡,
    永不见光。
20 人在尊贵中而不醒悟,
    就如死亡的畜类一样。

Footnotes

  1. 49.5 “追逼我的人的奸恶”:七十士译本是“奸恶随我脚跟”。
  2. 49.7 “没有…弟兄”或译“哀哉,没有一个能赎回自己”。
  3. 49.8–9 “地府”:七十士译本是“朽坏”。
  4. 49.11 本节根据七十士译本;原文是“他们心里思想:他们的家室必永存,住宅必留到万代;他们就以自己的名称自己的地。”

財富的虛幻

可拉後裔的詩,交給樂長。

49 萬民啊,你們要聽!
世人啊,
不論貴賤貧富,都要留心聽!
因為我口出智慧,心思明智。
我要側耳聽箴言,
彈琴解釋人生之謎。

危難來臨,四面被奸詐之徒包圍時,我何必懼怕?
他們倚靠金錢、誇耀財富,
卻不能救贖自己的生命,
也無法向上帝付生命的贖價。
因為生命的贖價高昂,
無人付得起,
以致可以永遠活著,不進墳墓。
10 眾所周知,即使智者也要死去,
愚人和庸者也要滅亡,
將他們的財富留給別人。
11 儘管他們用自己的名字來為產業命名,
墳墓卻是他們永遠的歸宿,
世代的住處。
12 人不能長享富貴,
終必死去,與獸無異。
13 這就是愚昧人及其追隨者的下場!(細拉)
14 他們註定要死,與羊無異,
死亡是他們的牧者;
到了早晨,
他們必被正直人管轄,
他們的軀體必朽爛在墳墓裡,
遠離自己的豪宅。
15 但上帝必救贖我的生命脫離死亡的權勢,
接我到祂身邊。(細拉)

16 因此,見他人財富增多,
日益奢華,
不要害怕。
17 因為他們死後什麼也帶不走,
再不能擁有榮華富貴。
18 他們活著時自以為有福,
人們都讚揚他們的成就,
19 到頭來他們還是要歸到祖先那裡,
再也看不見光明。
20 人有財富,卻無明智的心,
無異於必死的獸類。

Psalm 49[a]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

Hear(A) this, all you peoples;(B)
    listen, all who live in this world,(C)
both low and high,(D)
    rich and poor alike:
My mouth will speak words of wisdom;(E)
    the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.(F)
I will turn my ear to a proverb;(G)
    with the harp(H) I will expound my riddle:(I)

Why should I fear(J) when evil days come,
    when wicked deceivers surround me—
those who trust in their wealth(K)
    and boast(L) of their great riches?(M)
No one can redeem the life of another
    or give to God a ransom for them—
the ransom(N) for a life is costly,
    no payment is ever enough—(O)
so that they should live on(P) forever
    and not see decay.(Q)
10 For all can see that the wise die,(R)
    that the foolish and the senseless(S) also perish,
    leaving their wealth(T) to others.(U)
11 Their tombs(V) will remain their houses[b] forever,
    their dwellings for endless generations,(W)
    though they had[c] named(X) lands after themselves.

12 People, despite their wealth, do not endure;(Y)
    they are like the beasts that perish.(Z)

13 This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,(AA)
    and of their followers, who approve their sayings.[d]
14 They are like sheep and are destined(AB) to die;(AC)
    death will be their shepherd
    (but the upright will prevail(AD) over them in the morning).
Their forms will decay in the grave,
    far from their princely mansions.
15 But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;(AE)
    he will surely take me to himself.(AF)
16 Do not be overawed when others grow rich,
    when the splendor of their houses increases;
17 for they will take nothing(AG) with them when they die,
    their splendor will not descend with them.(AH)
18 Though while they live they count themselves blessed—(AI)
    and people praise you when you prosper—
19 they will join those who have gone before them,(AJ)
    who will never again see the light(AK) of life.

20 People who have wealth but lack understanding(AL)
    are like the beasts that perish.(AM)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:1 In Hebrew texts 49:1-20 is numbered 49:2-21.
  2. Psalm 49:11 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew In their thoughts their houses will remain
  3. Psalm 49:11 Or generations, / for they have
  4. Psalm 49:13 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 15.

49 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.