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

¹Zborovođi. Sinova Korahovih. Psalam.

²both low and high, rich and poor together.

²Poslušajte ovo, svi narodi, čujte, svi stanovnici zemlje,

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

³vi, djeco puka, i vi, odličnici, bogati i siromašni zajedno!

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

⁴Moja će usta zboriti mudrost, i moje srce misli razumne.

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

⁵K poučnoj izreci priklonit ću uho, uz harfu ću izložit' svoju zagonetku.

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

⁶Što da se bojim u danima nesreće kad me opkoli zloba izdajica

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

⁷koji se u blago svoje uzdaju i silnim se hvale bogatstvom?

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

⁸TÓa nitko sebe ne može otkupit' ni za se dati Bogu otkupninu:

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

⁹životu je cijena previsoka, i nikada je neće platiti

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

¹⁰tko želi živjeti dovijeka i ne vidjeti jamu grobnu.

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

¹¹Jer, i mudri umiru, pogiba i luđak i bezumnik: bogatstvo svoje ostavlja drugima.

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

¹²Grobovi im kuće zasvagda, stanovi njihovi od koljena do koljena, sve ako se zemlje nazivale imenima njihovim.

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

¹³Čovjek koji nerazumno živi sličan je stoci koja ugiba.

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.

¹⁴Takav je put onih koji se ludo uzdaju, to je konac onih koji uživaju u sreći:

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

¹⁵Poput stada redaju se u Podzemlju, smrt im je pastir, a dobri njima vladaju. Njihova će lika brzo nestati, Podzemlje će im biti postojbina.

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

¹⁶A moju će dušu Bog ugrabiti Podzemlju iz pandža i milostivo me primiti.

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

¹⁷Ne boj se ako se tko obogati i ako se poveća blago doma njegova:

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

¹⁸kad umre, ništa neće ponijeti sa sobom, i blago njegovo neće s njime sići.

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

¹⁹Ako se u životu držao sretnim - "Govorit će se da ti je dobro bilo!" -

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

²⁰i on će doći u skup otaca svojih, gdje svjetlosti više vidjeti neće.

²¹Čovjek koji nerazumno živi sličan je stoci koja ugiba.