约伯记 28
1 银子有矿； 炼金有方。
Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted.
2 铁从地里挖出； 铜从石中熔化。
Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.
3 人为黑暗定界限， 查究幽暗阴翳的石头，直到极处，
He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.
4 在无人居住之处刨开矿穴， 过路的人也想不到他们； 又与人远离，悬在空中摇来摇去。
The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at.
5 至于地，能出粮食， 地内好像被火翻起来。
The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.
6 地中的石头有蓝宝石， 并有金沙。
The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.
7 矿中的路鸷鸟不得知道； 鹰眼也未见过。
The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.
8 狂傲的野兽未曾行过； 猛烈的狮子也未曾经过。
The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it.
9 人伸手凿开坚石， 倾倒山根，
He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots.
10 在磐石中凿出水道， 亲眼看见各样宝物。
In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.
11 他封闭水不得滴流， 使隐藏的物显露出来。
The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.
12 然而，智慧有何处可寻？ 聪明之处在哪里呢？
But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?
13 智慧的价值无人能知， 在活人之地也无处可寻。
Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.
14 深渊说：不在我内； 沧海说：不在我中。
The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.
15 智慧非用黄金可得， 也不能平白银为它的价值。
The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
16 俄斐金和贵重的红玛瑙， 并蓝宝石，不足与较量；
It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.
17 黄金和玻璃不足与比较； 精金的器皿不足与兑换。
Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.
18 珊瑚、水晶都不足论； 智慧的价值胜过珍珠。
High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.
19 古实的红璧玺不足与比较； 精金也不足与较量。
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.
20 智慧从何处来呢？ 聪明之处在哪里呢？
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21 是向一切有生命的眼目隐藏， 向空中的飞鸟掩蔽。
It is hid from the eyes of all living. and the fowls of the air know it not.
22 灭没和死亡说： 我们风闻其名。
Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.
23 神明白智慧的道路， 晓得智慧的所在。
God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 因他鉴察直到地极， 遍观普天之下，
For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.
25 要为风定轻重， 又度量诸水；
Who made a weight for the winds and weighed the waters by measure.
26 他为雨露定命令， 为雷电定道路。
When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.
27 那时他看见智慧，而且述说； 他坚定，并且查究。
Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.
28 他对人说：敬畏主就是智慧； 远离恶便是聪明。
And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.
