Job 28
1 "Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
Ɛwɔ deɛ wɔtu dwetɛ ne beaeɛ a wɔhoa sika kɔkɔɔ ho.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
Wɔtu dadeɛ firi fam, na wɔnane kɔbere firi dadeben mu.
3 Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
Onipa ma esum ba awieeɛ; na ɔhwehwɛ kɔ akyirikyiri asase mu kɔpɛ dadeben wɔ esum kabii mu.
4 He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
Baabi a ɛne deɛ ɔdasani teɛ ntam ɛkwan ware no, ɔtu amena de fagudeɛtuo afidie hyɛ hɔ, mmeammea a onipa nan sii hɔ akyɛre baabi a ɛmmɛn nnipa no, ɛhɔ na ɔdi aforosiane.
5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
Asase a ɛbɔ aduane no, wɔnane aseɛ no te sɛ deɛ wɔde ogya na ayɛ;
6 Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
aboɔdemmoɔ firi nʼabotan mu na sikakɔkɔɔ mpɔ nso wɔ ne mfuturo mu.
7 That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon's eye seen it.
Ɔkɔdeɛ biara nnim saa kwan a ahinta no, akorɔma biara ani nhunuiɛ.
8 The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
Mmoa ahantanfoɔ nnante wɔ hɔ na agyata nkɔdɛɛdɛɛ wɔ hɔ.
9 He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
Onipa nsa paapae abotan denden na ɔma mmepɔ ase da hɔ.
10 He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
Ɔtwa aka fa abotan mu, na ɔhunu nʼademudeɛ nyinaa.
11 He binds the streams that they do not trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.
Ɔhwehwɛ baabi a nsubɔntene ti wɔ na ɔda nneɛma a ahinta adi.
12 "But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
Nanso ɛhe na yɛbɛhunu deɛ nyansa hyɛ? Ɛhe na nteaseɛ teɛ?
13 Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
Onipa renhunu ne bo a ɛsom; wɔrenhunu wɔ ateasefoɔ asase so.
14 The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'
Na ebunu ka sɛ, “Ɛnni me mu”; na ɛpo nso sɛ, “Ɛnni me nkyɛn.”
15 It can't be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for its price.
Wɔrentumi mfa sikakɔkɔɔ amapa ntɔ, na wɔrentumi mfa dwetɛ nkari ne boɔ.
16 It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Wɔrentumi mfa Ofir sikakɔkɔɔ ntɔ apopobibirieboɔ anaa aboɔdemmoɔ nso saa ara.
17 Gold and glass can't equal it, neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
Wɔrentumi mfa ahwehwɛ anaa sikakɔkɔɔ ntoto ho, na wɔrentumi mfa sikakɔkɔɔ nnwinneɛ nsesa.
18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛbɔ ahwene panin ne ahwehwɛboɔ din; nyansa boɔ sene nhwene pa.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Etiopia akarateboɔ ne no nsɛ; wɔrentumi mfa sikakɔkɔɔ kronn ntɔ.
20 From where then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?
Ɛnneɛ na ɛhe na nyansa firie? Ɛhe na nteaseɛ teɛ?
21 Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
Wɔde asie abɔdeɛ biara ani, wɔde asie ewiem nnomaa mpo.
22 Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'
Ɔsɛeɛ ne Owuo ka sɛ, “Yɛate no huhuhuhu kɛkɛ.”
23 "God understands its way, and he knows its place.
Onyankopɔn te ɛkwan a ɛkɔ hɔ ase, na ɔno nko ara na ɔnim baabi a ɛteɛ,
24 For he looks to the farthest parts of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
ɛfiri sɛ ɔhwɛ kɔduru nsase ano na ɔhunu biribiara a ɛwɔ ɔsoro ase.
25 He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
Ɛberɛ a ɔhyɛɛ mframa ano den too hɔ na ɔsusuu nsuwa no,
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;
ɛberɛ a ɔkaa no ɔhyɛ so kyerɛɛ osutɔ na ɔtwaa ɛkwan maa aprannaa no,
27 then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
afei ɔhwɛɛ nyansa na ɔkarii no hwɛeɛ; na ɔgyee no too mu na ɔsɔɔ no hwɛeɛ.
28 To man he said, 'Look, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"
Na ɔka kyerɛɛ onipa sɛ, “Awurade suro, ɛno ne nyansa; na sɛ wɔkyiri bɔne a, wowɔ nteaseɛ.”
