Job 28
1 The siluer surely hath his veyne, and ye gold his place, where they take it.
Pali mgodi wa siliva ndiponso malo oyengerapo golide.
2 Yron is taken out of the dust, and brasse is molten out of the stone.
Chitsulo amachikumba pansi, ndipo mkuwa amawusungunula ku miyala yamkuwa.
3 God putteth an end to darkenesse, and he tryeth the perfection of all things: he setteth a bond of darkenesse, and of the shadowe of death.
Munthu amalowa mu mdima atatenga nyale, amafunafuna miyala mpaka ku malire a mgodiwo, kufuna mkuwa mu mdima wandiweyani.
4 The flood breaketh out against the inhabitant, and the waters forgotten of the foote, being higher then man, are gone away.
Amakumba njira zapansi mu mgodimo, kutali ndi kumene kumakhala anthu, kumalo kumene phazi la munthu silinapondeko; iye amakhala ali lende pansipo namazungulira uku ndi uku.
5 Out of the same earth commeth bread, and vnder it, as it were fire is turned vp.
Nthaka, imene imatulutsa zakudya, kunsi kwake kumachita ngati kwasandulizika ndi moto;
6 The stones thereof are a place of saphirs, and the dust of it is golde.
miyala ya safiro imachokera mʼmatanthwe ake, ndipo mʼfumbi lake mumakhala miyala yagolide.
7 There is a path which no foule hath knowen, neyther hath the kites eye seene it.
Palibe mbalame yodya zinzake imene imadziwa njira yobisikayi, palibe kamtema amene anayiona.
8 The lyons whelpes haue not walked it, nor the lyon passed thereby.
Zirombo zolusa sizipondamo mʼnjiramo, ndipo mkango sudzeranso mʼmenemo.
9 He putteth his hand vpon the rockes, and ouerthroweth the mountaines by the rootes.
Munthu amaphwanya matanthwe olimba, ndipo amagubuduza mapiri kuyambira mʼtsinde.
10 He breaketh riuers in the rockes, and his eye seeth euery precious thing.
Amabowola njira mʼmatanthwewo; ndipo amaona chuma chonse cha mʼphirimo.
11 He bindeth the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.
Amaletsa mitsinje ya pansipo kuti isayendenso, motero amatulutsira poyera zinthu zobisika.
12 But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding?
“Koma nzeru zingapezeke kuti? Kodi kumvetsa zinthu kumakhala kuti?
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof: for it is not found in the land of the liuing.
Munthu sadziwa kufunika kwake kwa nzeruzo; nzeruyo sipezeka pa dziko lino la anthu amoyo.
14 The depth sayth, It is not in mee: the sea also sayth, It is not with me.
Phompho likuti, ‘Sizipezeka mwa ine muno.’ Nyanja ikuti, ‘Mwa ine munonso ayi.’
15 Golde shall not be giuen for it, neyther shall siluer be weighed for the price thereof.
Nzeru sungazigule ndi golide wabwino kwambiri, mtengo wake sungawuyerekeze ndi siliva wambiri.
16 It shall not be valued with the wedge of golde of Ophir, nor with the precious onix, nor the saphir.
Nzeru singagulidwe ndi golide wa ku Ofiri, kapena ndi miyala ya onikisi kapena ya safiro.
17 The golde nor the chrystall shall be equall vnto it, nor the exchange shalbe for plate of fine golde.
Nzeru sungayiyerekeze ndi golide kapena mwala wa galasi, sungayigule ndi zokometsera zagolide.
18 No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles.
Miyala ya korali ndi krisitali siyoyeneranso ndi kuyitchula nʼkomwe; mtengo wa nzeru ndi woposa miyala ya rubi.
19 The Topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure gold.
Nzeru sungayiyerekeze ndi miyala ya topazi ya ku Kusi; nzeru singagulidwe ndi golide wabwino kwambiri.
20 Whence then commeth wisedome? and where is the place of vnderstanding,
“Kodi tsono nzeru zimachokera kuti? Kodi kumvetsa zinthu kumakhala kuti?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all the liuing, and is hid from the foules of the heauen?
Malo ake ndi obisika kwa zamoyo zonse, ndi obisika ngakhale kwa mbalame zamlengalenga.
22 Destruction and death say, We haue heard the fame thereof with our eares.
Chiwonongeko ndi imfa zikuti, ‘Tangomva mphekesera chabe ya zimenezo!’
23 But God vnderstandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
Mulungu yekha ndiye amadziwa njira yake yopita kumeneko, ndipo Iye yekha amadziwa kumene nzeru imakhala,
24 For he beholdeth the endes of the world, and seeth all that is vnder heauen,
pakuti Iye amayangʼana mpaka ku malekezero a dziko lapansi ndipo amaona zonse za kunsi kwa thambo.
25 To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.
Iye atapatsa mphepo mphamvu zake, nayeza kuzama kwa nyanja,
26 When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightening of the thunders,
atakhazikitsa lamulo loti mvula izigwa ndi kukonza njira ya chingʼaningʼani cha bingu,
27 Then did he see it, and counted it: he prepared it and also considered it.
pamenepo ndi pamene anayangʼana nzeruzo naziyeza mtengo wake; nazikhazikitsa ndi kuzisanthula bwino lomwe.
28 And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.
Ndipo Iye anati kwa munthu, ‘Taonani, kuopa Ambuye, ndiye nzeru zimenezo ndipo kuthawa zoyipa ndiye kumvetsa zinthu kumeneko.’”
