Psalms 49pcm

1Evribody, make una listin to wetin I won tok! Evribody for di world, make una put una ear for groun!

2Pipol wey get money and pipol wey nor get, make una listin!

3Bikos wetin I dey tok, dey good and wetin I dey tish, dey give pipol wisdom.

4I go listin to many proverbs and play jita take solve many problems.

5So, wetin go make mi fear wen trobol kom or wen enemies gada round mi?

6Dem bilive dia money kon dey boast with all di tins wey dem get.

7Yet dem nor fit save demsef from deat or pay God for dia life:

8(true-true, e nor get any money wey pesin fit take buy human being life, bikos evribody must die)

9since dem nor go dey alive forever, bikos dem go must die one day.

10Wi know sey even wise pipol must die; both fools and doz wey dey spiritual still dey die too and na odas go kollect evritin plus di money wey dem get.

11Dia grave go kon bi where dem go stay forever. Dem give dia land dia name,

12but with all di money wey dem get, dem must still die; dem bi like animals wey dey die trowey.

13Dis na wetin go happen to fools and pipol wey bilive wetin dem dey tish.

14Just as sheep dey waka like mumu, na so too dem go dey waka until dem enter dia grave; di place where Deat go bi dia shepad and oga. For morning, pipol wey dey fear God go rule ova dem. Dia body go rotin for grave wey nor even dey near dia fine house.

15But for mi, God go save my life. E go save mi from deat.

16So make wi nor dey judge or vex bikos wiked pipol get money or get fine house.

17Bikos wen dem die, dem nor go take anytin follow body. Dia money and evritin wey dem get, nor go follow dem enter grave.

18For dis life, dem dey happy sey dem get evritin kon dey klap for dia suksess,

19but dem go die like doz wey don die before and dem nor go ever si day lite again.

20Pipol wey dey make mout about dia money, nor undastand anytin at-all; bikos dem go die, just as animal dey die too.

© 2019, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. in cooperation with The Nigerian Pidgin Translation Committee

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