Job 28
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
World English Bible
1Sumkanglung takaehhaih ahmuen to oh moe, sui tui paciihaih ahmuen doeh oh tangtang.
1“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
2Sum loe long thung hoiah takaeh moe, sumkamling loe thlung atui pacii naah ni oh.
2Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
3Kami mah hmaiim to sin moe, sum tacawthaih ahmuen kathuk, duekhaih tahlip khoving thungah sum to pakrong.
3Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
4Kami ohhaih ahmuen hoi kangthla, panoek ai ih ahmuen ah, qui hoiah angbangh moe, long to takaeh.
4He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
5Long mah caaknaek to tacawtsak, toe atlim ah loe hmai to oh.
5As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
6To ah kaom thlungnawk loe Sapphire thlung tacawthaih ahmuen ah oh moe, maiphu doeh sui tacawthaih maiphu ah oh.
6Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
7Tavaa mah panoek ai ih, tahmu mah doeh hnu ai ih, loklam to oh;
7That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
8to loklam loe kaipui mah cawh ai moe, hmawsaeng kaipui mah doeh pazui vai ai vop.
8The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
9Kami mah ban hoiah thlung to pakhoih moe, maenawk to takung khoek to takaeh boih.
9He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
10Thlung to pakhoih moe, athung ah kaom atho kana hmuennawk to a hnuk.
10He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
11Kalong tui to pakaa moe, hnuk ai ih hmuennawk to a lak.
11He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
12Toe palunghahaih loe naa ah maw hnu thai tih? Palunghahaih ahmuen loe naa ah maw oh?
12“But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
13Palunghahaih atho nazetto maw oh, tito kami mah panoek thai ai; kahing kaminawk ohhaih prae ah doeh hnu thai ai.
13Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
14Kathuk tui mah, Kai thungah om ai; tuipui mah doeh kai khaeah om ai, tiah thuih.
14The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
15Kaciim suitui hoiah palunghahaih to qan thai ai moe, phoisa to noek moe, paek cadoeh, palunghahaih to qan thai ai.
15It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
16Ophir ih sui hoiah doeh qan thai ai moe, atho kaom onyx hoi sapphire mah doeh qan thai ai.
16It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17Palunghahaih loe sui, atho kaom kawbaktih thlung hoiah doeh patah thai ai; kaciim suitui hoiah doeh alaih thai mak ai.
17Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18Koral hoi pale loe thuih han koi om ai; palunghahaih atho loe thlung kathim pongah doeh atho oh kue.
18No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19Ethiopia ih Topaz thlung hoiah patah thai ai moe, kaciim suitui hoiah doeh qan thai ai.
19The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
20To tih nahaeloe palunghahaih loe naa bang hoiah maw angzoh? Panoekthaihaih ahmuen loe naa ah maw oh?
20Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
21Palunghahaih loe hinghaih katawn hmuennawk boih ih mik hoiah hnu thai ai, van ih tavaanawk mah doeh hnu thai ai.
21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
22Amrohaih hoi duekhaih hnik mah loe, Palunghahaih lok to naa hoi khue ni ka thaih, tiah a thuih hoi.
22Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
23Sithaw mah khue ni palunghahaih loklam to panoek moe, a ohhaih ahmuen to panoek.
23“God understands its way, and he knows its place.
24Anih loe long boenghaih to khet moe, van tlim ih hmuennawk boih to a hnuk.
24For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
25Takhi thacakhaih to a noek moe, tuinawk to a tah.
25He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
26Kho angzohhaih dan hoi khopazih tangphra puekhaih loklam to a sak naah,
26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
27palunghahaih to a hnuk moe, amtuengsak; ue, anih mah caksak moe, a sak tanoek.
27then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
28Anih mah kami khaeah, Khenah, Angraeng zithaih loe, palunghahaih ah oh; kasae caeh taakhaih loe, panoekthaihaih ah oh, tiah a naa.
28To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”
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