Job 28
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
1Cak ham a khorhui om tih sui ham khaw a ciil nah hmuen om.
2Iron is taken out of the dust, and brass is molten out of the stone.
2Thicung khaw laipi lamloh a loh tih lungto te rhohum la a tlae.
3Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death.
3A bawtnah te a hmuep neh a khuetnah a cungkuem hil a khueh. Anih loh lungto te a hmuep neh dueknah hlipkhup ah khaw a hoem.
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.
4Soklong te aka bakuep taeng lamloh a yoe tih kho neh caeh khaw a hnilh uh. Hlanghing lamkah aka tlayae rhoek khaw hinghuen uh.
5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
5Diklai amah lamloh buh thoeng tih a hmui ah hmai bangla om.
6The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
6A lungto te minhum hmuen tih a taengah sui laipi om.
7That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon's eye seen it;
7A hawn te vatlung loh ming pawt tih maisi mik loh hmu pawh.
8The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the lion passed thereby.
8Te te sa ca rhoek loh cawt pawt tih te donglong te sathuengca long khaw pawn pawh.
9He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
9Hmailung soah a kut a hlah tih tlang pataeng a yung ah a phil.
10He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
10Sokko lungpang dongah a khoel tih umponah cungkuem khaw a mik loh a hmuh.
11He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
11Tuiva tuilong khaw a kueng tih olhuep te khosae la a khuen.
12But wisdom, where shall it be found? And where is the place of understanding?
12Tedae me rhoek ah nim cueihnah a hmuh tih yakmingnah hmuen he menim?
13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
13A phu te hlanghing loh ming pawt tih mulhing khohmuen ah a hmuh moenih.
14The deep saith: 'It is not in me'; and the sea saith: 'It is not with me.'
14Tuidung loh, “Te te kai ah moenih,” a ti tih tuitunli loh, “Kai taengah moenih,” a ti.
15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
15Te ham te cui cilh khaw pae thai pawt tih cueihnah a phu te cak khaw a khiing pah.
16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
16Ophir sui nen khaw, oitha lung vang nen khaw minhum nen khawting pawh.
17Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall the exchange thereof be vessels of fine gold.
17Te te sui neh canglung neh tluk pawt tih a hnothung he suicilh hnopai bal moenih.
18No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
18Maerhuhlung neh disaehlung khaw thui lawk pawt tih cueihnah rhovoep tah lungvang lakah then.
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
19Te te Kusah vaya nen khaw tluk pawt tih sui cilh nen khaw ting pawh.
20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
20Te dongah cueihnah he me lamkah nim ha pawk tih yakmingnah hmuen he menim?
21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
21Mulhing boeih kah mik lamloh a thuh pah tih vaan kah vaa taeng lamloh a thuh.
22Destruction and Death say: 'We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.'
22Abaddon neh dueknah loh, “A olthang te kaimih hna neh ka yaak uh,” a ti.
23God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof.
23Pathen loh a longpuei a yakming tih a hmuen te khaw amah loh a ming.
24For He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
24Amah loh diklai khobawt hil a paelki tih vaan hmui khaw boeih a hmuh.
25When He maketh a weight for the wind, and meteth out the waters by measure.
25Yilh kah a khiing a khueh pah tih tui khaw cungnueh neh a nueh.
26When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the storm of thunders;
26Amah loh khotlan ham rhi a suem tih rhaek ol ham khaw longpuei a khueh.
27Then did He see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.
27Cueihnah te a hmuh tih a tae. Cueihnah te a sikim sak tih a khe bal.
28And unto man He said: 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'
28Hlang taengah khaw, 'Ka Boeipa hinyahnah he cueihnah la om tih boethae lamloh nong he yakmingnah,’ a ti,” a ti nah.
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