Job 28
1 For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
銀有出產之地，金有冶煉之所。
2 Iron is taken out of the dust, and brass is molten out of the stone.
鐵由土中掘出，銅自石中鎔煉。
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.
人給黑暗制定了界限，探討幽暗陰晦的堅石，挖至地層深處。
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.
在無人居住之處開鑿礦穴，上面過路的人，也想不到他們遠離人間，身懸半空，搖擺不定。
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
地上出產食糧，地下有火翻騰。
6 The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
那裏的石頭盡是碧玉，塵沙盡是金沙。
7 That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon's eye seen it;
礦中的幽徑，猛禽不知，鷹眼未見。
8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the lion passed thereby.
野獸未踐踏，猛獸未經過。
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
人伸手擊打燧石，山基為之震撼動搖。
10 He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
在巖石中間開鑿隧道，所有珍寶盡入眼簾。
11 He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
探察江河之源流，使寶藏顯露於外。
12 But wisdom, where shall it be found? And where is the place of understanding?
但是智慧在那裏尋覓，那裏是明智之所在﹖
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
智慧的道路，人不認識，在眾生界尋不到她。
14 The deep saith: 'It is not in me'; and the sea saith: 'It is not with me.'
深淵說：「她不在我這裏。」海洋說：「她不與我同域。」
15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
她非精金所能購買，也不能稱量銀子作她的代價。
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
敖非爾金不能與她較量，寶石和碧玉也不能與她相比。
17 Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall the exchange thereof be vessels of fine gold.
黃金與琉璃不能與她同列，純金的器皿也不能與她交換。
18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
珊瑚與水晶都不足論，取得智慧勝過取得珍珠。
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
雇士的黃玉不足與她相比，純金也不能與她較量。
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
究竟智慧由何處而來，那裏是明智之所在﹖
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
眾生的眼目未曾見過，天空的飛鳥也未發現。「
22 Destruction and Death say: 'We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.'
毀滅」與「死亡」都說：「我們只風聞過她的聲望。」
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof.
惟獨天主認識她的道路，惟有他知道她的處所。
24 For He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
因為惟有他觀察地極，俯視天下的一切。
25 When He maketh a weight for the wind, and meteth out the waters by measure.
當他劃定風的重量，規定水的定量，
26 When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the storm of thunders;
釐定下雨的季節，規定雷電的路線時，
27 Then did He see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.
他已見了她，講述了她，立定了她，考察了她。
28 And unto man He said: 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'
然後對人說：「看，敬畏上主，就是智慧；遠離邪惡，就是明智。」
