Joba 28
1 Cak ham a khorhui om tih sui ham khaw a ciil nah hmuen om.
Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
2 Thicung khaw laipi lamloh a loh tih lungto te rhohum la a tlae.
Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is molten out of the stone.
3 A 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.
Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out to the furthest bound the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
4 Soklong te aka bakuep taeng lamloh a yoe tih kho neh caeh khaw a hnilh uh. Hlanghing lamkah aka tlayae rhoek khaw hinghuen uh.
He breaks open a shaft away from where men sojourn, paths forgotten by the foot. They hang afar from men; they swing to and fro.
5 Diklai amah lamloh buh thoeng tih a hmui ah hmai bangla om.
As for the earth, out of it comes bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
6 A lungto te minhum hmuen tih a taengah sui laipi om.
The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
7 A hawn te vatlung loh ming pawt tih maisi mik loh hmu pawh.
No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the falcon's eye seen it.
8 Te te sa ca rhoek loh cawt pawt tih te donglong te sathuengca long khaw pawn pawh.
The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed thereby.
9 Hmailung soah a kut a hlah tih tlang pataeng a yung ah a phil.
He puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock. He overturns the mountains by the roots.
10 Sokko lungpang dongah a khoel tih umponah cungkuem khaw a mik loh a hmuh.
He cuts out channels among the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.
11 Tuiva tuilong khaw a kueng tih olhuep te khosae la a khuen.
He binds the streams that they not trickle. And the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.
12 Tedae me rhoek ah nim cueihnah a hmuh tih yakmingnah hmuen he menim?
But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
13 A phu te hlanghing loh ming pawt tih mulhing khohmuen ah a hmuh moenih.
Man does not know the price of it, nor is it found in the land of the living.
14 Tuidung loh, “Te te kai ah moenih,” a ti tih tuitunli loh, “Kai taengah moenih,” a ti.
The deep says, It is not in me. And the sea says, It is not with me.
15 Te ham te cui cilh khaw pae thai pawt tih cueihnah a phu te cak khaw a khiing pah.
It cannot be gotten for gold, nor shall silver be weighed for the price of it.
16 Ophir sui nen khaw, oitha lung vang nen khaw minhum nen khawting pawh.
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 Te te sui neh canglung neh tluk pawt tih a hnothung he suicilh hnopai bal moenih.
Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18 Maerhuhlung neh disaehlung khaw thui lawk pawt tih cueihnah rhovoep tah lungvang lakah then.
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 Te te Kusah vaya nen khaw tluk pawt tih sui cilh nen khaw ting pawh.
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, nor shall it be valued with pure gold.
20 Te dongah cueihnah he me lamkah nim ha pawk tih yakmingnah hmuen he menim?
Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?
21 Mulhing boeih kah mik lamloh a thuh pah tih vaan kah vaa taeng lamloh a thuh.
Since it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept closed from the birds of the heavens.
22 Abaddon neh dueknah loh, “A olthang te kaimih hna neh ka yaak uh,” a ti.
Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.
23 Pathen loh a longpuei a yakming tih a hmuen te khaw amah loh a ming.
God understands the way of it, and he knows the place of it.
24 Amah loh diklai khobawt hil a paelki tih vaan hmui khaw boeih a hmuh.
For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven,
25 Yilh kah a khiing a khueh pah tih tui khaw cungnueh neh a nueh.
to make a weight for the wind. Yea, he distributes the waters by measure.
26 Amah loh khotlan ham rhi a suem tih rhaek ol ham khaw longpuei a khueh.
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
27 Cueihnah te a hmuh tih a tae. Cueihnah te a sikim sak tih a khe bal.
then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yea, and searched it out.
28 Hlang taengah khaw, 'Ka Boeipa hinyahnah he cueihnah la om tih boethae lamloh nong he yakmingnah,’ a ti,” a ti nah.
And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.
