Job 28
1 Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
Hakika kuna machimbo ya fedha, wanaposafisha dhahabu.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is molten out of the stone.
Chuma uchimbwa; shaba uyeyushwa kutoka katika jiwe.
3 Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out to the furthest bound the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
Mtu anaondoa giza na kutafuta, katika mpaka wa mbali, mawe hayaonekani na giza totoro.
4 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.
Huchimba shimo mbali na makazi ya watu, mahali pasipopitwa na mtu. Huning'inia mbali na watu; uharakisha kwenda na kurudi.
5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
Kwa nchi, kizalishwapo chakula, inapinduliwa kama kwa moto.
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
Mawe yake yana johari, na vumbi lake lina dhahabu.
7 No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the falcon's eye seen it.
Hata ndege mwindaji hapajui, wala jicho la kipanga halijapaona.
8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed thereby.
Ndege mwenye majivuna hajawai kuiona njia hiyo, wala simba mkali kupita pale.
9 He puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock. He overturns the mountains by the roots.
Mtu huchimba mwamba mgumu; hupindua milima katika vyanzo vyake.
10 He cuts out channels among the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.
Huweka njia katika miamba; macho yake pale kila kilicho cha thamani.
11 He binds the streams that they not trickle. And the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.
Hufunga vyanzo hata wasiondoke; kilichofichika pale hukifunua.
12 But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
Hekima itakuwa wapi? Mahali pa ufahamu ni wapi?
13 Man does not know the price of it, nor is it found in the land of the living.
Mtu hafahamu thamani yake; wala haipatikani katika nchi ya walio hai.
14 The deep says, It is not in me. And the sea says, It is not with me.
Vilindi vya maji chini ya nchi husema, 'Haiko kwangu'; bahari husema, 'Haipo pamoja nami.'
15 It cannot be gotten for gold, nor shall silver be weighed for the price of it.
Hainunuliwi kwa dhahabu; wala hailinganishwi na fedha.
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Haiwezi kuthamanishwa na dhahabu ya Ofiri, kwa jiwe jeusi la thamani au johari.
17 Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
Dhahabu na fuwele hailingani nayo kwa thamani; wala haiwezi kubadilishwa kwa vito vya dhahabu safi.
18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Hailinganishwi na marijani wala yaspi; hakika, thamani ya hekima inapita madini ya rubi.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, nor shall it be valued with pure gold.
Topazi ya Ethiopia hailinganishwi nayo; wala kuthamanishwa kwa dhahabu safi.
20 Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?
Je hekima inatoka wapi? Mahali pa ufahamu ni wapi?
21 Since it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept closed from the birds of the heavens.
Hekima imejificha mbali na macho ya viumbe wote na ndege wa angani.
22 Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.
Mauti na uharibifu husema, 'Tumesikia tu tetesi kwa masikio yetu.'
23 God understands the way of it, and he knows the place of it.
Mungu hufahamu njia ya kuipata; anapafahamu ilipo.
24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven,
Kwani uona miisho yote ya dunia na huona chini ya mbingu zote.
25 to make a weight for the wind. Yea, he distributes the waters by measure.
Hapo kale, alifanya nguvu za upepo na kuyagawanya maji kwa kipimo.
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
Aliiwekea mvua tamko na njia ya radi na munguromo.
27 then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yea, and searched it out.
Kisha akaiona hekima na kuitangaza; aliianzisha, bila shaka, na kuipima.
28 And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.
Aliwambia watu, 'Tazameni, kumcha Bwana - ni hekima; kuacha uovu ni ufahamu.”
