Job 28
1 For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
Anverite, gen yon min pou ajan e yon plas pou rafine lò.
2 Iron is taken out of the dust, and brass is molten out of the stone.
Fè retire nan pousyè a e kwiv la fonn soti nan wòch la.
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.
Lòm fè tenèb la pati, e rive jis nan dènye limit lan. Li chache twouve wòch kap kache a, ak nan pwofon fènwa.
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.
Li fouye yon twou fon byen lwen kote moun rete, kote ki bliye nèt pa pye moun. Konsa, yo pandye, yo balanse byen lwen limanite.
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
Pou tè a, depi nan li, manje sòti, men anba, li boulvèse tankou dife.
6 The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
Wòch li se sous a pyè safi yo. Epi nan pousyè li, genyen lò.
7 That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon's eye seen it;
Chemen li pa rekonèt pa koukou, ni zye grigri pa janm wè l.
8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the lion passed thereby.
Bèt pi fewòs yo pa mache la, ni lyon pa pase sou li.
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
Li mete men li sou wòch silèks la. Li chavire mòn yo soti nan baz yo.
10 He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
Li kreve kanal ki pase nan wòch yo, e zye li wè tout sa ki presye.
11 He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
Li bouche flèv yo pou dlo pa koule e sa ki kache yo, li fè yo parèt nan limyè.
12 But wisdom, where shall it be found? And where is the place of understanding?
“Men se kibò yo twouve sajès? Epi kibò yo jwenn sajès la?
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
Lòm pa konnen valè li, ni valè li pa kab twouve nan peyi moun vivan yo.
14 The deep saith: 'It is not in me'; and the sea saith: 'It is not with me.'
Labim nan di: “Li pa nan mwen”. Lanmè a di: ‘Li pa bò kote m’.
15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Lò pi pa egal ak valè l, ni ajan pa kab peze kon pri li.
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Valè li pa kab konpare ak lò Ophir, oswa oniks presye, oswa safì.
17 Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall the exchange thereof be vessels of fine gold.
Ni lò ni vit pa egal avè l, ni li pa kab fè echanj pou bagay ki fèt an lò fen.
18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Koray ak kristal, bliye sa nèt. Posede sajès se pi wo ke pèl.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Topaz a Éthiopie a pa kab konpare avè l; ni li pa kab valorize an lò pi.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
E byen, se kibò sajès la sòti? Epi kibò anplasman bon konprann nan ye?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
Konsa, li kache a zye de tout èt vivan yo e kache menm a zwazo syèl yo.
22 Destruction and Death say: 'We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.'
Labim nan ak lanmò a pale: ‘Ak zòrèy nou, nou konn tande rapò bagay sa a.’
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof.
Bondye konprann chemen li e Li konnen plas li.
24 For He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
“Paske Li chache jis rive nan dènye pwent latè e wè tout bagay anba syèl yo.
25 When He maketh a weight for the wind, and meteth out the waters by measure.
Lè L te bay pwa a van an e te divize dlo yo pa mezi,
26 When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the storm of thunders;
Lè L te etabli yon limit pou lapli e yon chemen pou kout eklè,
27 Then did He see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.
Li te wè l e Li te deklare li. Li te etabli li e anplis, Li te konprann bout li.
28 And unto man He said: 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'
Konsa, a lòm Li te di: ‘Gade byen, lakrent Senyè a, se sa ki sajès; epi kite mal, se sa ki bon konprann.’”
