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Thơ Con Cháu Cô-rê Làm

49 Hỡi các dân, hãy nghe điều này,
    Hỡi toàn thể dân cư trên thế giới, hãy lắng tai nghe.
Cả người bình dân[a] hay quyền thế.[b]
    Cả người giàu sang lẫn nghèo hèn.
Miệng tôi sẽ nói những lời khôn ngoan.[c]
    Sự suy tư trong lòng tôi là những điều thông sáng.[d]
Tôi sẽ lắng tai nghe lời châm ngôn,
    Tôi sẽ giải câu đố với đàn hạc phụ họa.
Tại sao tôi phải sợ trong ngày tai họa?
    Khi kẻ thù gian ác[e] bao vây tôi?
Là những kẻ tin cậy nơi tiền của mình,
    Khoe khoang về giàu sang dư dật của họ.
Không ai có thể chuộc mạng cho anh em mình,[f]
    Cũng không thể đóng tiền chuộc nơi Đức Chúa Trời cho người.
Vì giá cứu chuộc mạng sống họ quá mắc,
    Người sẽ chẳng bao giờ trả nổi,[g]
Để được sự sống đời đời,
    Không phải thấy vực sâu.[h]
10 Vì người thấy kẻ khôn ngoan chết,
    Người khờ dại cùng kẻ ngu ngốc cũng bị diệt vong,
    Để lại tiền của cho kẻ khác.
11 Chúng thầm nghĩ rằng: nhà mình sẽ còn mãi mãi.
    Chỗ ở mình sẽ tồn tại từ đời nọ sang đời kia.
    Chúng lấy tên mình đặt tên cho ruộng đất mình.
12 Loài người dù giàu sang cũng không còn mãi.[i]
    Nó giống như loài thú phải diệt vong.
13 Đây là con đường của những kẻ tin vào ngu dại,
    Cùng những kẻ theo sau cũng tin môi miệng chúng. Sê-la
14 Chúng nó như đàn chiên bị định xuống Âm Phủ,
    Sự chết sẽ chăn giữ chúng nó.
Ban mai người ngay thẳng sẽ cai trị chúng nó.
    Hình thể chúng nó sẽ bị tiêu diệt nơi Âm Phủ,
    Xa cách nơi mình ở.
15 Nhưng Đức Chúa Trời sẽ chuộc linh hồn tôi, cứu tôi khỏi móng vuốt[j] Âm Phủ.
    Vì Ngài sẽ tiếp nhận tôi. Sê-la
16 Đừng sợ khi một người trở nên giàu có,
    Hoặc khi nhà người ấy sang trọng hơn.
17 Vì khi chết người không mang được gì cả,
    Sự sang trọng cũng không xuống Âm Phủ theo người.
18 Dù khi còn sống người được kể là hạnh phúc.[k]
    Và người ta ca ngợi vì sự thành công của người.
19 Người sẽ trở về thế hệ tổ tiên mình,
    Họ sẽ không bao giờ thấy ánh sáng nữa.
20 Loài người dù giàu sang nhưng không hiểu biết,
    Nó giống như loài thú phải diệt vong.

Footnotes

  1. 49:2 Nt: con trai A-đam
  2. 49:2 Nt: con trai con người
  3. 49:3 Ctd: một lời rất khôn ngoan
  4. 49:3 Ctd: một điều thông hiểu lớn
  5. 49:5 Nt: gian ác của gót tôi
  6. 49:7 Ctd: một người không thể chuộc mạng mình
  7. 49:8 Nt: người chấm dứt đời đời
  8. 49:9 Nt: hố sâu
  9. 49:12 Nt: qua đêm
  10. 49:15 Nt: cánh tay
  11. 49:18 Nt: người chúc phước cho linh hồn mình

The Confidence of the Foolish

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

49 Hear this, all peoples;
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
Both low and high,
Rich and poor together.
My mouth shall speak wisdom,
And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.
I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will disclose my [a]dark saying on the harp.

Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
Those who (A)trust in their wealth
And boast in the multitude of their riches,
None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
Nor (B)give to God a ransom for him—
For (C)the redemption of their souls is costly,
And it shall cease forever—
That he should continue to live eternally,
And (D)not [b]see the Pit.

10 For he sees wise men die;
Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish,
And leave their wealth to others.
11 [c]Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever,
Their dwelling places to all generations;
They (E)call their lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not [d]remain;
He is like the beasts that perish.

13 This is the way of those who are (F)foolish,
And of their posterity who approve their sayings. Selah
14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave;
Death shall feed on them;
(G)The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
(H)And their beauty shall be consumed in [e]the grave, far from their dwelling.
15 But God (I)will redeem my soul from the power of [f]the grave,
For He shall (J)receive me. Selah

16 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,
When the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away;
His glory shall not descend after him.
18 Though while he lives (K)he blesses himself
(For men will praise you when you do well for yourself),
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They shall never see (L)light.[g]
20 A man who is in honor, yet does not understand,
(M)Is like the beasts that perish.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:4 riddle
  2. Psalm 49:9 experience corruption
  3. Psalm 49:11 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Their graves shall be their houses forever
  4. Psalm 49:12 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. understand (cf. v. 20)
  5. Psalm 49:14 Or Sheol
  6. Psalm 49:15 Or Sheol
  7. Psalm 49:19 The light of life

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.

Why Should I Fear in Times of Trouble?

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of (A)the Sons of Korah.

49 (B)Hear this, all peoples!
    Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
(C)both low and high,
    rich and poor together!
My mouth shall speak (D)wisdom;
    the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
I will incline my ear to (E)a proverb;
    I will solve my (F)riddle to the music of the lyre.

(G)Why should I fear in (H)times of trouble,
    when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,
those who (I)trust in their wealth
    and boast of the abundance of their riches?
Truly no man (J)can ransom another,
    or (K)give to God (L)the price of his life,
for (M)the ransom of their life is costly
    and can never suffice,
that he should live on forever
    and (N)never see the pit.

10 For he sees (O)that even the wise die;
    (P)the fool and the stupid alike must perish
    and (Q)leave their wealth to others.
11 Their (R)graves are their homes forever,[a]
    their dwelling places (S)to all generations,
    though they (T)called lands by their own names.
12 Man in his pomp (U)will not remain;
    (V)he is like the beasts that perish.

13 This is the path of those who have (W)foolish confidence;
    yet after them people approve of their boasts.[b] Selah
14 Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
    death shall be their shepherd,
and the upright (X)shall rule over them in the morning.
    (Y)Their form shall be consumed (Z)in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
15 But God will (AA)ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
    for he will (AB)receive me. Selah

16 Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,
    when the glory of his house increases.
17 (AC)For when he dies he will (AD)carry nothing away;
    his glory will not go down after him.
18 For though, while he lives, he counts himself (AE)blessed—
    and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—
19 his soul will (AF)go to the generation of his fathers,
    who will never again (AG)see light.
20 (AH)Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:11 Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Their inward thought was that their homes were forever
  2. Psalm 49:13 Or and of those after them who approve of their boasts