¹{Načelniku godbe. Sinov Korahovih psalm.} Čujte to, vsa ljudstva, poslušajte, vsi sveta prebivalci,

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

²nizki in visoki, bogatini in ubožci vsi skupaj!

²both low and high, rich and poor together.

³Usta moja bodo govorila modrost in srca mojega premišljevanje bo razumnost.

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

⁴Uho svoje nagnem h govoru v prilikah, na strune igraje, bom razodeval uganko svojo.

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

⁵Kaj bi se bal v dnevih nesreče, kadar me obdaja krivičnost tistih, ki mi so za petami,

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

⁶njih, ki zaupajo v premoženje svoje in se ponašajo v obilosti bogastva svojega?

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

⁷Brata nikakor ne more odkupiti nihče, ne more dati Bogu zanj spravnega denarja

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

⁸(predrag namreč je njih duše odkup, zato ga ne zmore vekomaj),

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

⁹da bi živel za večno, ne moral videti jame.

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

¹⁰Saj vidi bogatin: mrjó modri, enako ginevajo nespametni in neumni in drugim puščajo bogastvo svoje.

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

¹¹Menijo, da njih hiše bodo trajale za veke, njih prebivališča za vse rodove; zato imenujejo dežele s svojimi imeni.

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

¹²In vendar človek v veličju nima obstanka, podoben je živalim, ki poginejo.

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

¹³To je usoda njih, ki tako v sebe zaupajo; vendar njih nasledniki odobravajo njih govorjenje. (Sela.)

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

¹⁴Kakor ovce bodo razpostavljeni v šeolu, smrt jim bo pastir; in pravični jim bodo gospodovali tisto jutro, in njih obliko [Ali: lepoto.] pokonča šeol, da ji ne bo več bivališča.

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.

¹⁵Ali dušo mojo reši Bog iz oblasti šeola, ker me vzame k sebi. (Sela.)

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

¹⁶Ne boj se, ko kdo zabogati, ko se pomnoži slava hiše njegove.

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

¹⁷Ker ob smrti ne vzame nič tega s seboj, za njim ne pojde slava njegova.

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

¹⁸Čeprav blagruje dušo svojo v življenju svojem – i tebe hvalijo, ko si privoščiš –,

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

¹⁹vendar pride k rodu očetov svojih, ki vekomaj ne bodo uživali luči.Človek, ki je v veličju, a ni razumen, je podoben živini, ki pogine.

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

²⁰Človek, ki je v veličju, a ni razumen, je podoben živini, ki pogine.

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