Job 28
1 For there is a place for the silver, whence it comes, and a place for the gold, whence it is refined.
Nítòótọ́, koto fàdákà ń bẹ, àti ibi tí wọ́n ti máa ń da wúrà.
2 For iron comes out of the earth, and brass is hewn out like stone.
Nínú ilẹ̀ ni à ń gbé ń wa irin, bàbà ni a sì ń dà láti inú òkúta wá.
3 He has set a bound to darkness, and he searches out every limit: a stone [is] darkness, and the shadow of death.
Ènìyàn ni ó fi òpin si òkùnkùn, ó sì ṣe àwárí ìṣúra láti inú òjìji ikú sí ìhà gbogbo.
4 There is a cutting off the torrent by reason of dust: so they that forget the right way are weakened; they are removed from [among] men.
Wọ́n wa ihò ilẹ̀ tí ó jì sí àwọn tí ń gbé òkè, àwọn tí ẹsẹ̀ ènìyàn gbàgbé wọ́n rọ́ sí ìsàlẹ̀, wọ́n rọ́ sí ìsàlẹ̀ jìnnà sí àwọn ènìyàn.
5 [As for] the earth, out of it shall come bread: under it has been turned up as it were fire.
Bí ó ṣe ti ilẹ̀ ni, nínú rẹ̀ ni oúnjẹ ti ń jáde wá, àti ohun tí ó wà ní ìsàlẹ̀ ni ó yí padà bi iná;
6 Her stones are the place of the sapphire: and [her] dust [supplies] man with gold.
òkúta ibẹ̀ ni ibi òkúta safire, o sì ní erùpẹ̀ wúrà.
7 [There is] a path, the fowl has not known it, neither has the eye of the vulture seen it:
Ipa ọ̀nà náà ni ẹyẹ kò mọ̀, àti ojú gúnnugún kò rí i rí.
8 neither have the sons of the proud trodden it, a lion has not passed upon it.
Àwọn ẹranko agbéraga kò rìn ibẹ̀ rí, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kìnnìún tí ń ké ramúramù kò kọjá níbẹ̀ rí.
9 He has stretched forth his hand on the sharp [rock], and turned up mountains by the roots:
Ó fi ọwọ́ rẹ̀ lé akọ òkúta, ó yí òkè ńlá po láti ìdí rẹ̀ wá.
10 and he has interrupted the whirlpools of rivers, and mine eye has seen every precious thing.
Ó sì la ipa odò ṣíṣàn nínú àpáta, ojú inú rẹ̀ sì rí ohun iyebíye gbogbo.
11 And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, and has brought his power to light.
Ó sì ṣe ìṣàn odò kí ó má ṣe kún àkúnya, ó sì mú ohun tí ó pamọ́ hàn jáde wá sí ìmọ́lẹ̀.
12 But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of knowledge?
Ṣùgbọ́n níbo ni á ó gbé wá ọgbọ́n rí, níbo sì ni òye ń gbe?
13 A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been discovered among men.
Ènìyàn kò mọ iye rẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kò le è rí i ní ilẹ̀ àwọn alààyè.
14 The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me.
Ọ̀gbun wí pé, “Kò sí nínú mi”; omi òkun sì wí pé, “Kò si nínú mi.”
15 One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
A kò le è fi wúrà rà á, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kò le è fi òsùwọ̀n wọn fàdákà ní iye rẹ̀.
16 Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire.
A kò le è fi wúrà Ofiri, tàbí òkúta óníkìsì iyebíye, tàbí òkúta safire díye lé e.
17 Gold and crystal shall not be equalled to it, neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange.
Wúrà àti òkúta kristali kò tó ẹgbẹ́ rẹ̀; bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kò le è fi ohun èlò wúrà ṣe pàṣípàrọ̀ rẹ̀.
18 Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do thou esteem wisdom above the most precious things.
A kò lè dárúkọ iyùn tàbí òkúta jasperi; iye ọgbọ́n sì ju iyùn lọ.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equalled to it; it shall not be compared with pure gold.
Òkúta topasi ti Kuṣi kò tó ẹgbẹ́ rẹ̀; bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kò le fi wúrà dáradára díwọ̀n iye rẹ̀.
20 Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of understanding?
Níbo ha ni ọgbọ́n ti jáde wá? Tàbí níbo ni òye ń gbé?
21 It has escaped the notice of every man, and has been hidden from the birds of the sky.
A rí i pé, ó fi ara sinko kúrò ní ojú àwọn alààyè gbogbo, ó sì fi ara sin fún ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run.
22 Destruction and Death said, We have heard the report of it.
Ibi ìparun àti ikú wí pé, àwa ti fi etí wa gbúròó rẹ̀.
23 God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it.
Ọlọ́run ni ó mọ òye ipa ọ̀nà rẹ̀, òun ni ó sì mọ ibi tí ó ń gbé.
24 For he surveys the whole [earth] under heaven, knowing the things in the earth:
Nítorí pé ó wòye dé òpin ayé, ó sì rí gbogbo ìsàlẹ̀ ọ̀run,
25 all that he has made; the weight of the winds, the measures of the water.
láti dà òsùwọ̀n fún afẹ́fẹ́, ó sì fi òsùwọ̀n wọ́n omi.
26 When he made [them], thus he saw and numbered them, and made a way for the pealing of the thunder.
Nígbà tí ó pàṣẹ fún òjò, tí ó sì la ọ̀nà fún mọ̀nàmọ́ná àrá,
27 Then he saw it, and declared it: he prepared it [and] traced it out.
nígbà náà ni ó rí i, ó sì sọ ọ́ jáde; ó pèsè rẹ̀ sílẹ̀, ó sì ṣe ìwádìí rẹ̀ rí.
28 And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.
Àti fún ènìyàn ni ó wí pé, “Kíyèsi i, ẹ̀rù Olúwa èyí ni ọgbọ́n, àti láti jáde kúrò nínú ìwà búburú èyí ni òye.”
