¹لامام المغنين. لبني قورح. مزمور‎. ‎اسمعوا هذا يا جميع الشعوب. اصغوا يا جميع سكان الدنيا

¹Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,

²عال ودون اغنياء وفقراء سواء‎.

²both low and high, rich and poor together.

³‎فمي يتكلم بالحكم ولهج قلبي فهم‎.

³My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.

⁴‎اميل اذني الى مثل واوضح بعود لغزي

⁴I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.

⁵لماذا اخاف في ايام الشر عندما يحيط بي اثم متعقّبيّ‎.

⁵Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

⁶‎الذين يتكلون على ثروتهم وبكثرة غناهم يفتخرون‎.

⁶Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—

⁷‎الاخ لن يفدي الانسان فداء ولا يعطي الله كفارة عنه‎.

⁷none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

⁸‎وكريمة هي فدية نفوسهم فغلقت الى الدهر‎.

⁸For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,

⁹‎حتى يحيا الى الابد فلا يرى القبر‎.

⁹That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.

¹⁰‎بل يراه. الحكماء يموتون. كذلك الجاهل والبليد يهلكان ويتركان ثروتهما لآخرين‎.

¹⁰For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

¹¹‎باطنهم ان بيوتهم الى الابد مساكنهم الى دور فدور. ينادون باسمائهم في الاراضي‎.

¹¹Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

¹²‎والانسان في كرامة لا يبيت. يشبه البهائم التي تباد‎.

¹²But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.

¹³‎هذا طريقهم اعتمادهم وخلفاؤهم يرتضون باقوالهم. سلاه‎.

¹³This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

¹⁴‎مثل الغنم للهاوية يساقون. الموت يرعاهم ويسودهم المستقيمون‎. ‎غداة وصورتهم تبلى. الهاوية مسكن لهم‎.

¹⁴They are appointed as a flock for Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. . Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , far from their mansion.

¹⁵‎انما الله يفدي نفسي من يد الهاوية لانه يأخذني. سلاه

¹⁵But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , for he will receive me. Selah.

¹⁶لا تخش اذا استغنى انسان اذا زاد مجد بيته‎.

¹⁶Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.

¹⁷‎لانه عند موته كله لا يأخذ. لا ينزل وراءه مجده‎.

¹⁷For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.

¹⁸‎لانه في حياته يبارك نفسه. ويحمدونك اذا احسنت الى نفسك‎.

¹⁸Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—

¹⁹‎تدخل الى جيل آبائه الذين لا يعاينون النور الى الابد‎.

¹⁹he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

²⁰‎انسان في كرامة ولا يفهم يشبه البهائم التي تباد

²⁰A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.