Ayubu 28
1 “Nĩ kũrĩ handũ harĩa betha yenjagwo o na nĩ harĩ handũ harĩa thahabu ĩtheragĩrio.
Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted.
2 Kĩgera kĩrutagwo kuuma tĩĩri-inĩ, nakĩo gĩcango kĩrutagwo mahiga-inĩ gĩgatwekio.
Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.
3 Mũndũ nĩkũniina aniinaga nduma; acaragia mahiga macio nginya kũrĩa kũriku mũno, o kũu nduma ĩrĩ ndumanu mũno.
He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and 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.
The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at.
5 Thĩ nĩkuo kuumaga irio, no na kũu thĩinĩ mũhuro kũgarũrũkĩte gũkahaana ta gũcinĩtwo na mwaki;
The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with 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 the clods of it are gold.
7 Gũtirĩ nyoni ndĩa-nyama yũĩ gacĩra kau kahithe, na gatirĩ konwo nĩ riitho rĩa hũngũ.
The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.
8 Nyamũ iria ciĩtĩĩaga itirĩ ciagathiĩra, o na gũtirĩ mũrũũthi ũkageragĩra.
The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it.
9 Guoko kwa mũndũ gũtharĩkagĩra gũkanyiita ihiga rĩa nyaigĩ, na gũkaguũria itina cia irĩma.
He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots.
10 Enjaga mungu ũgatũrĩkia rwaro rwa ihiga; maitho make makĩonaga igĩĩna ciaruo ciothe.
In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.
11 Ethaga itwe cia njũũĩ, na indo iria hithe agaciumĩria ũtheri-inĩ.
The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.
12 “No ũũgĩ-rĩ, ũngĩoneka kũ? Ũmenyo ũtũũraga kũ?
But where is wisdom to 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 price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.
14 Kũrĩa kũriku mũno kuugaga atĩrĩ, ‘Ndũrĩ thĩinĩ wakwa’; narĩo iria rĩkoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Ndũrĩ gũkũ gwakwa.’
The depth 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.
The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
16 Ndũngĩgũrĩka na thahabu ya Ofiri, kana ũgũrĩke na onigithi ĩrĩa ĩrĩ goro mũno, o na kana yakuti ĩrĩa ya bururu.
It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.
17 Thahabu kana icicio-rĩ, itingĩhota kũgerekanio naguo; o na kana ũkũũranio na mathaga ma thahabu.
Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.
18 Maricani kana ngenyekenyi iria cia goro itiagĩrĩire kũgwetanio naguo; thogora wa ũũgĩ ũkĩrĩte wa ruru ĩrĩa ndune.
High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.
19 Yakuti ya Kushi ndĩngĩigananio naguo; o na ndũngĩgũrĩka na thahabu ĩrĩa therie mũno.
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.
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.
It is hid from the eyes of all living. and the fowls of the air know it not.
22 Mwanangĩko na gĩkuũ ciugaga atĩrĩ, ‘No mũhuhu waguo ũkinyĩte matũ-inĩ maitũ.’
Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.
23 Ngai nĩooĩ njĩra ya gũthiĩ kũrĩa ũrĩ, na nowe wiki ũũĩ kũrĩa ũtũũraga,
God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 nĩgũkorwo nĩonaga mũthia wa thĩ, na nĩonaga maũndũ marĩa mothe marĩ rungu rwa igũrũ.
For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.
25 Rĩrĩa aathimĩire rũhuho nditi yaruo, o na agĩthima maaĩ-rĩ,
Who made a weight for the winds and weighed the waters by measure.
26 rĩrĩa aarutĩire mbura watho ĩrũmagĩrĩre, na agĩtemera rũheni na marurumĩ njĩra-rĩ,
When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.
27 nake nĩonire ũũgĩ na akĩũthima; aũrũmirie na akĩũthuthuuria.
Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.
28 Agĩcooka akĩĩra andũ atĩrĩ, ‘Gwĩtigĩra Mwathani-rĩ, ũcio nĩguo ũũgĩ, Nakuo gũtheemaga ũũru nĩ ũmenyo.’”
And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.
