Job 28
1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;
“Klosalokuƒe li eye teƒe li si wololõa sika le.
2 Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.
Wokua gayibɔ le tome eye wokpɔa akɔbli ne wololõ akɔblikpe.
3 [Man] putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.
Amegbetɔ ɖo seƒe na viviti, etsana le didiƒewo kple viviti tsiɖitsiɖitɔ kekeake me hena tomenuwo.
4 He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants [of the earth]: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover.
Eɖe do wògoglo yi eme ʋĩi hedidi tso amenɔƒe gbɔ, teƒe si amewo ƒe afɔ mede kpɔ o; teƒe goglo sia, si didi tso amewo gbɔ lae wonɔa ka me henɔa nyenyem le yame le.
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;
Anyigba si me wokpɔa nuɖuɖu tsonae lae wotrɔ le tome abe dzo me wòto ene.
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
Woɖea safirkpe tso eƒe kpe siwo wogbã la me eye woɖea sika tso eƒe kewɔ me.
7 It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;
Xe ƒonuwo menya toƒe ɣaɣla ma o eye aʋako aɖeke ƒe ŋku mekpɔe kpɔ o
8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it.
Gbemelã siwo dana la meka afɔ afi ma kpɔ o, eye dzata aɖeke hã mezɔ afi ma kpɔ o.
9 [Man] putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root.
Ame ƒe asi gbã kpe sesẽawo eye wòna towo te dze go.
10 He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing.
Eɖea mɔ ɖe kpeawo tome eye eƒe ŋkuwo kpɔa eƒe nu xɔasi vovovowo katã.
11 He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.
Etsana le tsidzɔƒewo eye wòhea nu ɣaɣlawo vaa kekeli nu.
12 But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?
“Ke afi ka woakpɔ nunya le? Afi ka gɔmesese nɔna?
13 Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.
Amegbetɔ mese eƒe nuvãnyenye gɔme o, womate ŋu akpɔe le agbagbeawo ƒe anyigba dzi o.
14 The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Gogloƒe gblɔ be, ‘Menye tɔnyee o,’ Atsiaƒu gblɔ be, ‘Mele gbɔnye o,’
15 Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price.
Womate ŋu aƒlee kple sika nyuitɔ alo woada klosalo ɖe eƒe home nu o.
16 It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.
Màte ŋu aƒlee kple sika adodoe si tso Ofir alo kple kpe xɔasiwo, oniks kple safir o.
17 Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange.
Sika alo kristalkpe masɔ kplii o eye womatsɔ sikanuwo gɔ̃ hã aɖɔlii o.
18 Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.
Womayɔ sui kple adzagba ƒe ŋkɔwo gɔ̃ hã ɖe eŋu o elabena nunya ƒe asixɔxɔ kɔ wu gbloti tɔ sãsãsã.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold.
Womatsɔ Kuskpe xɔasi, topaz, asɔ kplii o eye sika nyuitɔ mate ŋu aƒlee o.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
“Ekema afi ka nunya tso? Afi ka nye gɔmesese ƒe nɔƒe?
21 For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.
Eɣla ɖe nu gbagbe ɖe sia ɖe ƒe ŋkukpɔƒe eye woɣlae ɖe dziƒoxeviwo gɔ̃ hã.
22 Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears.
Tsiẽƒe kple ku gblɔ be, ‘Nyasegblɔ tso eŋuti koe ɖo míaƒe towo me.’
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place:
Mawue nya egbɔmɔ eye eya koe nya afi si wòle.
24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, he seeth under the whole heaven.
Elabena eyae tea ŋu kpɔa anyigba ƒe mlɔenu ke, eye wòkpɔa nu sia nu si le ɣea te.
25 In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure,
Esi wòɖo ya ƒe ŋusẽ anyi, hedzidze tsiwo vɔ,
26 In appointing a statute for the rain, and a way for the thunder's flash:
esi wòwɔ se na tsidzadza, heta mɔ na dziɖegbe kple ahom vɔ la,
27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out;
enye kɔ kpɔ nunya, dzro eme kpɔ eye wòda asi ɖe edzi, hedoe kpɔ.
28 And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Tete wògblɔ na amegbetɔ be, ‘Kpɔ ɖa, Aƒetɔ la vɔvɔ̃e nye nunya eye nugbegbe le vɔ̃ gbɔe nye gɔmesese.’”
