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

¹可拉子孙的诗，交给诗班长。万民哪！你们要听这话；世上的居民哪！你们要留心听。

²both low and high, rich and poor together.

²不论地位高低，或贫或富，都要一同留心听。

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

³我的口要说出智慧的话；我的心要默想明智的事。

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

⁴我要留心聆听箴言；我要弹琴解开谜语。

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

⁵在患难的日子，暗中迫害我的恶人围绕我的时候，我何须惧怕呢？

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

⁶他们倚靠财富，自夸多财。

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

⁷但他们没有一个能把他的兄弟赎回，或把他的赎价交给　神，

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

⁸（因为他生命的赎价非常昂贵，只好永远放弃，）

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

⁹使他永远活着，不见朽坏。

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

¹⁰他看见智慧人死去，愚昧人和愚顽人一同灭亡，把他们的财产留给别人。

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

¹¹他们心里想，他们的家必永存，他们的住处必留到万代；他们以自己的名，称自己的地方。

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

¹²但是人不能长享富贵；他们就像要灭亡的牲畜一样。

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

¹³这就是愚昧人的道路；但在他们以后的人，还欣赏他们的话。（细拉）

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.

¹⁴他们好像羊群被派定下阴间；死亡必作他们的牧人。到了早晨，正直人要管辖他们；他们的形体必被阴间消灭，他们再没有住处。

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

¹⁵但　神必救赎我的灵魂脱离阴间的权势，因为他必把我接去。（细拉）

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

¹⁶别人发财，家室增荣的时候，你不要惧怕。

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

¹⁷因为他死的时候，什么也不能带走；他的荣华也不能随他下去。

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

¹⁸他在世的时候，虽然自称是有福的，并且说：“只要你丰足，人就称赞你。”

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

¹⁹他还要归到他历代的祖宗那里去，永不再见光明。

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

²⁰人享富贵而不聪明，就像要灭亡的牲畜一样。