Job 28
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
1Sumkanglung takaehhaih ahmuen to oh moe, sui tui paciihaih ahmuen doeh oh tangtang.
2Iron is taken out of the dust, and brass is molten out of the stone.
2Sum loe long thung hoiah takaeh moe, sumkamling loe thlung atui pacii naah ni oh.
3Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death.
3Kami mah hmaiim to sin moe, sum tacawthaih ahmuen kathuk, duekhaih tahlip khoving thungah sum to pakrong.
4He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the foot that passeth by; they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
4Kami ohhaih ahmuen hoi kangthla, panoek ai ih ahmuen ah, qui hoiah angbangh moe, long to takaeh.
5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
5Long mah caaknaek to tacawtsak, toe atlim ah loe hmai to oh.
6The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
6To ah kaom thlungnawk loe Sapphire thlung tacawthaih ahmuen ah oh moe, maiphu doeh sui tacawthaih maiphu ah oh.
7That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon's eye seen it;
7Tavaa mah panoek ai ih, tahmu mah doeh hnu ai ih, loklam to oh;
8The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the lion passed thereby.
8to loklam loe kaipui mah cawh ai moe, hmawsaeng kaipui mah doeh pazui vai ai vop.
9He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
9Kami mah ban hoiah thlung to pakhoih moe, maenawk to takung khoek to takaeh boih.
10He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
10Thlung to pakhoih moe, athung ah kaom atho kana hmuennawk to a hnuk.
11He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
11Kalong tui to pakaa moe, hnuk ai ih hmuennawk to a lak.
12But wisdom, where shall it be found? And where is the place of understanding?
12Toe palunghahaih loe naa ah maw hnu thai tih? Palunghahaih ahmuen loe naa ah maw oh?
13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
13Palunghahaih atho nazetto maw oh, tito kami mah panoek thai ai; kahing kaminawk ohhaih prae ah doeh hnu thai ai.
14The deep saith: 'It is not in me'; and the sea saith: 'It is not with me.'
14Kathuk tui mah, Kai thungah om ai; tuipui mah doeh kai khaeah om ai, tiah thuih.
15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
15Kaciim suitui hoiah palunghahaih to qan thai ai moe, phoisa to noek moe, paek cadoeh, palunghahaih to qan thai ai.
16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
16Ophir ih sui hoiah doeh qan thai ai moe, atho kaom onyx hoi sapphire mah doeh qan thai ai.
17Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall the exchange thereof be vessels of fine gold.
17Palunghahaih loe sui, atho kaom kawbaktih thlung hoiah doeh patah thai ai; kaciim suitui hoiah doeh alaih thai mak ai.
18No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
18Koral hoi pale loe thuih han koi om ai; palunghahaih atho loe thlung kathim pongah doeh atho oh kue.
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
19Ethiopia ih Topaz thlung hoiah patah thai ai moe, kaciim suitui hoiah doeh qan thai ai.
20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
20To tih nahaeloe palunghahaih loe naa bang hoiah maw angzoh? Panoekthaihaih ahmuen loe naa ah maw oh?
21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
21Palunghahaih loe hinghaih katawn hmuennawk boih ih mik hoiah hnu thai ai, van ih tavaanawk mah doeh hnu thai ai.
22Destruction and Death say: 'We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.'
22Amrohaih hoi duekhaih hnik mah loe, Palunghahaih lok to naa hoi khue ni ka thaih, tiah a thuih hoi.
23God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof.
23Sithaw mah khue ni palunghahaih loklam to panoek moe, a ohhaih ahmuen to panoek.
24For He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
24Anih loe long boenghaih to khet moe, van tlim ih hmuennawk boih to a hnuk.
25When He maketh a weight for the wind, and meteth out the waters by measure.
25Takhi thacakhaih to a noek moe, tuinawk to a tah.
26When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the storm of thunders;
26Kho angzohhaih dan hoi khopazih tangphra puekhaih loklam to a sak naah,
27Then did He see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.
27palunghahaih to a hnuk moe, amtuengsak; ue, anih mah caksak moe, a sak tanoek.
28And unto man He said: 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'
28Anih mah kami khaeah, Khenah, Angraeng zithaih loe, palunghahaih ah oh; kasae caeh taakhaih loe, panoekthaihaih ah oh, tiah a naa.
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