Job 28
1 For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
| لَا رَيْبَ أَنَّ هُنَاكَ مَنْجَماً لِلْفِضَّةِ وَبَوْتَقَةً لِتَمْحِيصِ الذَّهَبِ. | ١ |
2 Iron is taken out of the dust, and brass is molten out of the stone.
| يُسْتَخْرَجُ الْحَدِيدُ مِنَ التُّرَابِ، وَمِنَ الْمَعْدَنِ الْخَامِ يُصْهَرُ النُّحَاسُ. | ٢ |
3 Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death.
| قَدْ وَضَعَ الإِنْسَانُ حَدّاً لِلظُّلْمَةِ، وَبَحَثَ فِي أَقْصَى طَرَفٍ عَنِ الْمَعْدَنِ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ الْعَمِيقَةِ. | ٣ |
4 He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the foot that passeth by; they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
| حَفَرُوا مَنْجَماً بَعِيداً، فِي مَوْضِعٍ مُقْفِرٍ مِنَ السُّكَّانِ، هَجَرَتْهُ أَقْدَامُ النَّاسِ، وَتَدَلُّوْا فِيهِ. | ٤ |
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
| أَمَّا الأَرْضُ الَّتِي تُنْبِتُ لَنَا خَيْراً فَقَدِ انْقَلَبَ أَسْفَلُهَا كَمَا بِنَارٍ. | ٥ |
6 The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
| يَكْمُنُ فِي صُخُورِهَا الْيَاقُوتُ الأَزْرَقُ، وَفِي تُرَابِهَا الذَّهَبُ. | ٦ |
7 That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon's eye seen it;
| لَمْ يَهْتَدِ إِلَى طَرِيقِهَا طَيْرٌ جَارِحٌ، وَلَمْ تُبْصِرْهُ عَيْنُ صَقْرٍ. | ٧ |
8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the lion passed thereby.
| لَمْ تَطَأْهُ أَقْدَامُ الضَّوَارِي أَوْ يَسْلُكْ فِيهِ اللَّيْثُ. | ٨ |
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
| امْتَدَّتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ إِلَى الصَّوَّانِ، وَقَلَبُوا الْجِبَالَ مِنْ أُصُولِهَا. | ٩ |
10 He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
| حَفَروا مَمَرَّاتٍ فِي صُخُورِهَا، وَعَايَنَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ كُلَّ ثَمِينٍ. | ١٠ |
11 He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
| سَدُّوا مَجَارِيَ الأَنْهَارِ، وَأَبْرَزُوا مَكْنُونَاتِ قِيعَانِهَا إِلَى النُّورِ. | ١١ |
12 But wisdom, where shall it be found? And where is the place of understanding?
| وَلَكِنْ أَيْنَ تُوجَدُ الْحِكْمَةُ؟ وَأَيْنَ مَقَرُّ الْفِطْنَةِ؟ | ١٢ |
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
| لَا يُدْرِكُ الإِنْسَانُ قِيمَتَهَا، وَلا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تُوجَدَ فِي أَرْضِ الأَحْيَاءِ. | ١٣ |
14 The deep saith: 'It is not in me'; and the sea saith: 'It is not with me.'
| يَقُولُ الْغَمْرُ: لَيْسَتْ هِيَ فِيَّ؛ وَيَقُولُ الْبَحْرُ إِنِّي لَا أَمْلِكُهَا. | ١٤ |
15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
| لَا تُقَايَضُ بِالذَّهَبِ الْخَالِصِ، وَلا تُوْزَنُ الْفِضَّةُ ثَمَناً لَهَا. | ١٥ |
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
| لَا تُثَمَّنُ بِذَهَبِ أُوفِيرَ أَوْ بِالْجَزْعِ الْكَرِيمِ أَوْ بِالْيَاقُوتِ الأَزْرَقِ. | ١٦ |
17 Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall the exchange thereof be vessels of fine gold.
| لَا يُعَادِلُهَا ذَهَبٌ أَوْ زُجَاجٌ، وَلا تُسْتَبْدَلُ بِمُجَوْهَرَاتٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ الْخَالِصِ. | ١٧ |
18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
| لَا يُذْكَرُ مَعَهَا الْمُرْجَانُ أَوِ الْبَلُّوْرُ، فَثَمَنُ الْحِكْمَةِ أَغْلَى مِنْ كُلِّ اللَّآلِئِ. | ١٨ |
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
| لَا يُقَارَنُ بِها يَاقُوتُ كُوشٍ وَلا تُثَمَّنُ بِالذَّهَبِ النَّقِيِّ. | ١٩ |
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
| إِذاً مِنْ أَيْنَ تَأْتِي الْحِكْمَةُ، وَأَيْنَ هُوَ مَقَرُّ الْفِطْنَةِ؟ | ٢٠ |
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
| إِنَّهَا مَحْجُوبَةٌ عَنْ عَيْنَيْ كُلِّ حَيٍّ، وَخَافِيَةٌ عَنْ طَيْرِ السَّمَاءِ. | ٢١ |
22 Destruction and Death say: 'We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.'
| الْهَلاكُ وَالْمَوْتُ قَالا: قَدْ بَلَغَتْ مَسَامِعَنَا شَائِعَةٌ عَنْهَا. | ٢٢ |
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof.
| اللهُ وَحْدَهُ يَعْلَمُ الطَّرِيقَ إِلَيْهَا وَيَعْرِفُ مَقَرَّهَا، | ٢٣ |
24 For He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
| لأَنَّهُ يَرَى أَقْصَى الأَرْضِ وَيُحِيطُ بِجَمِيعِ مَا تَحْتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ. | ٢٤ |
25 When He maketh a weight for the wind, and meteth out the waters by measure.
| عِنْدَمَا جَعَلَ لِلرِّيحِ وَزْناً وَعَايَرَ الْمِيَاهَ بِمِقْيَاسٍ، | ٢٥ |
26 When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the storm of thunders;
| عِنْدَمَا وَضَعَ سُنَناً لِلْمَطَرِ وَمَمَرّاً لِصَوَاعِقِ الرُّعُودِ، | ٢٦ |
27 Then did He see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.
| آنَئِذٍ رَآهَا وَأَذَاعَ خَبَرَهَا وَأَثْبَتَهَا وَفَحَصَهَا، | ٢٧ |
28 And unto man He said: 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'
| ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلإِنْسَانِ: انْظُرْ، إِنَّ مَخَافَةَ الرَّبِّ هِيَ الْحِكْمَةُ، وَتَفَادِي الشَّرِّ هُوَ الْفِطْنَةُ». | ٢٨ |
