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 brass 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] setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death.
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 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.
5 Diklai amah lamloh buh thoeng tih a hmui ah hmai bangla om.
As for the earth, out of it cometh 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 thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
7 A hawn te vatlung loh ming pawt tih maisi mik loh hmu pawh.
That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath 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 hath the fierce lion passed thereby.
9 Hmailung soah a kut a hlah tih tlang pataeng a yung ah a phil.
He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10 Sokko lungpang dongah a khoel tih umponah cungkuem khaw a mik loh a hmuh.
He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11 Tuiva tuilong khaw a kueng tih olhuep te khosae la a khuen.
He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he 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 knoweth not the price thereof; neither 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 saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, 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, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
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: neither shall the exchange thereof be 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, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20 Te dongah cueihnah he me lamkah nim ha pawk tih yakmingnah hmuen he menim?
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21 Mulhing boeih kah mik lamloh a thuh pah tih vaan kah vaa taeng lamloh a thuh.
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
22 Abaddon neh dueknah loh, “A olthang te kaimih hna neh ka yaak uh,” a ti.
Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumour thereof with our ears.
23 Pathen loh a longpuei a yakming tih a hmuen te khaw amah loh a ming.
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 Amah loh diklai khobawt hil a paelki tih vaan hmui khaw boeih a hmuh.
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth 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 meteth out 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 did he see it, and declare 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 unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
