Money No Fit Buy Your Road Go House
For di director of music. Na psalm of di sons of Korah.
Na riddle wey e throw give rich and poor together: nobody rich reach to buy im brother comot from death. The sharp person and the mumu leave dem money behind the same way. The psalmist hope dey somewhere else — our Papa go carry am go meet imself.
49 1Una all, hear dis; make una listen, all wey dey live for di world, 2small pesin and big pesin, rich and poor, all of una join. 3My mouth go talk wisdom; di tin wey my heart dey think go bring understanding. 4I go turn my ear give proverb; with di lyre I go open my riddle make e clear. 5Why I go dey fear wen bad days come, wen di wickedness of dem wey wan trip me down surround me— 6dem wey dey trust dia money and dey blow mouth about dia plenty riches? 7For true, no pesin fit redeem im brother or pay our Papa ransom for am— 8di ransom for one life cost well well; no payment go ever reach— 9so dat e go live forever and never see grave. 10Because e dey see sey even di wise pesin dey die; di foolish and di senseless pesin all dey perish, and dem leave dia money for oda people. 11Dia grave na dia house forever, di place wey dem go stay for all generations, even doh dem bin name land after dia own name. 12Man, even wit all im big-big shine, no dey last; e be like di animal wey dey perish. 13Na so di road be for dem wey get foolish confidence, and for dem wey come after wey dey gree wit dia words. Selah
14Like sheep, na for grave dem set, and death go shepherd dem. Di correct-and-holy people go rule over dem for morning; dia body go rotten for grave, far from dia high-high house. 15But our Papa go redeem my life from di power of di grave; for sure e go carry me come to imsef. Selah a a v15 Unlike di rich people wey no fit buy dia way comot for death, di psalmist trust sey our Papa imsef go rescue am from di grave and carry am come into im own presence.
16No dey fear wen pesin dey become rich, wen di fine-fine shine of im house dey grow, 17because e no go carry anytin comot wen e die; im shine no go follow am go down. 18Even doh wen e dey alive e dey count imsef as blessed—and people dey praise you wen you do well for yoursef— 19e go join di generation of im papa-papa dem, wey no go ever see di light again. 20Man, even wit all im big-big shine, wey no get understanding, e be like di animal wey dey perish.
