简体中文
(可拉后裔的诗,交与伶长。)
1 万民哪,你们都当听这话,世上一切的居民,
2 无论上流下流,富足贫穷,都当留心听。
3 我口要说智慧的言语。我心要想通达的道理。
4 我要侧耳听比喻,用琴解谜语。
5 在患难的日子,奸恶随我脚跟,四面环绕我,我何必惧怕?
6 那些倚仗财货自夸钱财多的人,
7 一个也无法赎自己的弟兄,也不能替他将赎价给神,
8 叫他长远活着,不见朽坏。因为赎他生命的价值极贵,只可永远罢休。
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10 他必见智慧人死,
又见愚顽人和畜类人一同灭亡,将他们的财货留给别人。
11 他们心里思想,他们的家室必永存,住宅必留到万代。他们以自己的名称自己的地。
12 但人居尊贵中不能长久,如同死亡的畜类一样。
13 他们行的这道,本为自己的愚昧。但他们以后的人,还佩服他们的话语。(细拉)
14 他们如同羊群派定下阴间。死亡必作他们的牧者。到了早晨,正直人必管辖他们。他们的美容,必被阴间所灭,以致无处可存。
15 只是神必救赎我的灵魂,脱离阴间的权柄,因他必收纳我。(细拉)
16 见人发财家室增荣的时候,你不要惧怕。
17 因为他死的时候,什么也不能带去。他的荣耀不能随他下去。
18 他活着的时候,虽然自夸为有福,(你若利己,人必夸奖你)。
19 他仍必归到他历代的祖宗那里,永不见光。
20 人在尊贵中而不醒悟,就如死亡的畜类一样。
King James Version
Chapter 49
49:1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
49:7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
49:8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
49:9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
49:10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
49:11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
49:12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
49:13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
49:14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
49:16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
49:17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
49:19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
49:20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
LYDIA ENOCH HOMESCHOOL UNION