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

¹¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene ma nga tama a Koraha. Whakarongo ki tenei, e nga iwi katoa: tahuri mai o koutou taringa, e nga tangata katoa o te ao.

²Both low and high, together rich and needy.

²E nga tangata iti, koutou ko nga tangata rahi, e te tangata taonga korua ko te rawakore.

³My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.

³Ka whakapuakina he matauranga e toku mangai: a he ata ngarahu te whakaaro o toku ngakau.

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

⁴Ka titaha toku taringa ki te kupu whakarite; ka puaki taku pepeha i runga i te hapa.

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

⁵Kia wehi ahau ki te aha i nga ra o te kino, ina karapotia ahau e te kino kei oku rekereke?

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

⁶¶ Ko te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki o ratou taonga, e whakamanamana ana ki te nui o o ratou rawa;

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

⁷E kore tetahi o ratou e ahei te hoko i tona teina, te hoatu ranei i tetahi utu mona ki te Atua;

⁸And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased — to the age.

⁸He nui hoki te utu mo to ratou wairua, a me whakarere atu ake ake;

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

⁹Kia ora tonu ai ia ake ake: kia kaua e kite i te pirau.

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

¹⁰E kite ana hoki ia e matemate ana nga tangata whakaaro nui, e ngaro ngatahi ana te poauau me te whakaarokore, a mahue iho o ratou taonga ki etahi atu.

¹¹Their heart [is]: Their houses [are] to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

¹¹Ki to ratou whakaaro puku, tera e pumau tonu o ratou whare me o ratou nohoanga, ki nga whakatupuranga katoa: huaina iho o ratou whenua ki o ratou ingoa.

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

¹²Heoi kahore te tangata e noho tonu i roto i te honore: ko tona rite kei nga kararehe ka moti nei.

¹³This their way [is] folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

¹³Ko to ratou ara tenei, ara ko to ratou poauau: heoi e whakapai ana to ratou uri ki a ratou korero. (Hera.

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

¹⁴Kei te hipi te rite: ko te wahi mo ratou ko te reinga; ko te mate hei hepara mo ratou, hei rangatira ano te hunga tika mo ratou i te ata; ko to ratou ataahua ma te reinga e whakamoti, kia kore ai he whare mona.

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

¹⁵¶ Ma te Atua ia toku wairua e hoko mai i te reinga: ko ia hoki hei tukunga atu moku. (Hera.

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

¹⁶Kaua e wehi ua whai taonga te tangata, ina nui haere te kororia o tona whare;

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

¹⁷Kahore hoki ana mea e mau atu ai ia ina mate; e kore tona kororia e tuku iho i muri i a ia.

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

¹⁸Whakapai noa ia i tona wairua i a ia e ora ana; a ka whakamoemititia koe ua pai au mahi ki a koe ano.

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

¹⁹Ka haere ia ki te whakatupuranga o ona tupuna: e kore rawa ratou e kite i te marama.

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

²⁰Ko te tangata e whakahonoretia ana, a kahore e whai whakaaro, kei nga kararehe ka moti nei tona rite.