Ayubu 28
1 “Nĩ kũrĩ handũ harĩa betha yenjagwo o na nĩ harĩ handũ harĩa thahabu ĩtheragĩrio.
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;
2 Kĩgera kĩrutagwo kuuma tĩĩri-inĩ, nakĩo gĩcango kĩrutagwo mahiga-inĩ gĩgatwekio.
Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.
3 Mũndũ nĩkũniina aniinaga nduma; acaragia mahiga macio nginya kũrĩa kũriku mũno, o kũu nduma ĩrĩ ndumanu mũno.
[Man] putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.
4 Mũndũ atũrĩkagia irima thĩ kũraya na kũrĩa andũ matũũraga, agakinya kũndũ kũrĩa mũndũ aariganĩirwo nĩgũthiiaga; kũu kũraihanĩrĩirie na andũ nĩkuo acunjuuraga akĩereeraga.
He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants [of the earth]: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover.
5 Thĩ nĩkuo kuumaga irio, no na kũu thĩinĩ mũhuro kũgarũrũkĩte gũkahaana ta gũcinĩtwo na mwaki;
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;
6 mahiga-inĩ ma thĩ nĩkuo kuumaga yakuti ĩrĩa ya bururu, na mũthanga wayo ũkoragwo na ngũmba cia thahabu.
The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
7 Gũtirĩ nyoni ndĩa-nyama yũĩ gacĩra kau kahithe, na gatirĩ konwo nĩ riitho rĩa hũngũ.
It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;
8 Nyamũ iria ciĩtĩĩaga itirĩ ciagathiĩra, o na gũtirĩ mũrũũthi ũkageragĩra.
The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it.
9 Guoko kwa mũndũ gũtharĩkagĩra gũkanyiita ihiga rĩa nyaigĩ, na gũkaguũria itina cia irĩma.
[Man] putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root.
10 Enjaga mungu ũgatũrĩkia rwaro rwa ihiga; maitho make makĩonaga igĩĩna ciaruo ciothe.
He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11 Ethaga itwe cia njũũĩ, na indo iria hithe agaciumĩria ũtheri-inĩ.
He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.
12 “No ũũgĩ-rĩ, ũngĩoneka kũ? Ũmenyo ũtũũraga kũ?
But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?
13 Mũndũ ndangĩmenya thogora wa ũũgĩ; ndũngĩoneka bũrũri wa arĩa marĩ muoyo.
Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.
14 Kũrĩa kũriku mũno kuugaga atĩrĩ, ‘Ndũrĩ thĩinĩ wakwa’; narĩo iria rĩkoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Ndũrĩ gũkũ gwakwa.’
The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
15 Ndũngĩgũrĩka na thahabu ĩrĩa therie mũno, kana thogora waguo ũthimwo na betha.
Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price.
16 Ndũngĩgũrĩka na thahabu ya Ofiri, kana ũgũrĩke na onigithi ĩrĩa ĩrĩ goro mũno, o na kana yakuti ĩrĩa ya bururu.
It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.
17 Thahabu kana icicio-rĩ, itingĩhota kũgerekanio naguo; o na kana ũkũũranio na mathaga ma thahabu.
Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange.
18 Maricani kana ngenyekenyi iria cia goro itiagĩrĩire kũgwetanio naguo; thogora wa ũũgĩ ũkĩrĩte wa ruru ĩrĩa ndune.
Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.
19 Yakuti ya Kushi ndĩngĩigananio naguo; o na ndũngĩgũrĩka na thahabu ĩrĩa therie mũno.
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold.
20 “Hakĩrĩ ũguo-rĩ, ũũgĩ ũngĩkiuma nakũ? Ũmenyo ũtũũraga kũ?
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21 Nĩmũhithe kũrĩ maitho ma ciũmbe ciothe iria itũũraga muoyo, ũkahithwo o na nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ.
For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.
22 Mwanangĩko na gĩkuũ ciugaga atĩrĩ, ‘No mũhuhu waguo ũkinyĩte matũ-inĩ maitũ.’
Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears.
23 Ngai nĩooĩ njĩra ya gũthiĩ kũrĩa ũrĩ, na nowe wiki ũũĩ kũrĩa ũtũũraga,
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place:
24 nĩgũkorwo nĩonaga mũthia wa thĩ, na nĩonaga maũndũ marĩa mothe marĩ rungu rwa igũrũ.
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, he seeth under the whole heaven.
25 Rĩrĩa aathimĩire rũhuho nditi yaruo, o na agĩthima maaĩ-rĩ,
In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure,
26 rĩrĩa aarutĩire mbura watho ĩrũmagĩrĩre, na agĩtemera rũheni na marurumĩ njĩra-rĩ,
In appointing a statute for the rain, and a way for the thunder's flash:
27 nake nĩonire ũũgĩ na akĩũthima; aũrũmirie na akĩũthuthuuria.
Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out;
28 Agĩcooka akĩĩra andũ atĩrĩ, ‘Gwĩtigĩra Mwathani-rĩ, ũcio nĩguo ũũgĩ, Nakuo gũtheemaga ũũru nĩ ũmenyo.’”
And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
