Job 28
1 “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
“Nĩ kũrĩ handũ harĩa betha yenjagwo o na nĩ harĩ handũ harĩa thahabu ĩtheragĩrio.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
Kĩgera kĩrutagwo kuuma tĩĩri-inĩ, nakĩo gĩcango kĩrutagwo mahiga-inĩ gĩgatwekio.
3 Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
Mũndũ nĩkũniina aniinaga nduma; acaragia mahiga macio nginya kũrĩa kũriku mũno, o kũu nduma ĩrĩ ndumanu mũno.
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.
Mũndũ atũrĩkagia irima thĩ kũraya na kũrĩa andũ matũũraga, agakinya kũndũ kũrĩa mũndũ aariganĩirwo nĩgũthiiaga; kũu kũraihanĩrĩirie na andũ nĩkuo acunjuuraga akĩereeraga.
5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
Thĩ nĩkuo kuumaga irio, no na kũu thĩinĩ mũhuro kũgarũrũkĩte gũkahaana ta gũcinĩtwo na mwaki;
6 Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
mahiga-inĩ ma thĩ nĩkuo kuumaga yakuti ĩrĩa ya bururu, na mũthanga wayo ũkoragwo na ngũmba cia thahabu.
7 That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
Gũtirĩ nyoni ndĩa-nyama yũĩ gacĩra kau kahithe, na gatirĩ konwo nĩ riitho rĩa hũngũ.
8 The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
Nyamũ iria ciĩtĩĩaga itirĩ ciagathiĩra, o na gũtirĩ mũrũũthi ũkageragĩra.
9 He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
Guoko kwa mũndũ gũtharĩkagĩra gũkanyiita ihiga rĩa nyaigĩ, na gũkaguũria itina cia irĩma.
10 He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
Enjaga mungu ũgatũrĩkia rwaro rwa ihiga; maitho make makĩonaga igĩĩna ciaruo ciothe.
11 He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
Ethaga itwe cia njũũĩ, na indo iria hithe agaciumĩria ũtheri-inĩ.
12 “But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
“No ũũgĩ-rĩ, ũngĩoneka kũ? Ũmenyo ũtũũraga kũ?
13 Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
Mũndũ ndangĩmenya thogora wa ũũgĩ; ndũngĩoneka bũrũri wa arĩa marĩ muoyo.
14 The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
Kũrĩa kũriku mũno kuugaga atĩrĩ, ‘Ndũrĩ thĩinĩ wakwa’; narĩo iria rĩkoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Ndũrĩ gũkũ gwakwa.’
15 It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
Ndũngĩgũrĩka na thahabu ĩrĩa therie mũno, kana thogora waguo ũthimwo na betha.
16 It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Ndũngĩgũrĩka na thahabu ya Ofiri, kana ũgũrĩke na onigithi ĩrĩa ĩrĩ goro mũno, o na kana yakuti ĩrĩa ya bururu.
17 Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
Thahabu kana icicio-rĩ, itingĩhota kũgerekanio naguo; o na kana ũkũũranio na mathaga ma thahabu.
18 No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Maricani kana ngenyekenyi iria cia goro itiagĩrĩire kũgwetanio naguo; thogora wa ũũgĩ ũkĩrĩte wa ruru ĩrĩa ndune.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
Yakuti ya Kushi ndĩngĩigananio naguo; o na ndũngĩgũrĩka na thahabu ĩrĩa therie mũno.
20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
“Hakĩrĩ ũguo-rĩ, ũũgĩ ũngĩkiuma nakũ? Ũmenyo ũtũũraga kũ?
21 Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
Nĩmũhithe kũrĩ maitho ma ciũmbe ciothe iria itũũraga muoyo, ũkahithwo o na nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ.
22 Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
Mwanangĩko na gĩkuũ ciugaga atĩrĩ, ‘No mũhuhu waguo ũkinyĩte matũ-inĩ maitũ.’
23 “God understands its way, and he knows its place.
Ngai nĩooĩ njĩra ya gũthiĩ kũrĩa ũrĩ, na nowe wiki ũũĩ kũrĩa ũtũũraga,
24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
nĩgũkorwo nĩonaga mũthia wa thĩ, na nĩonaga maũndũ marĩa mothe marĩ rungu rwa igũrũ.
25 He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
Rĩrĩa aathimĩire rũhuho nditi yaruo, o na agĩthima maaĩ-rĩ,
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
rĩrĩa aarutĩire mbura watho ĩrũmagĩrĩre, na agĩtemera rũheni na marurumĩ njĩra-rĩ,
27 then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
nake nĩonire ũũgĩ na akĩũthima; aũrũmirie na akĩũthuthuuria.
28 To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”
Agĩcooka akĩĩra andũ atĩrĩ, ‘Gwĩtigĩra Mwathani-rĩ, ũcio nĩguo ũũgĩ, Nakuo gũtheemaga ũũru nĩ ũmenyo.’”
