Jòb 28
1 Anverite, gen yon min pou ajan e yon plas pou rafine lò.
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
2 Fè retire nan pousyè a e kwiv la fonn soti nan wòch la.
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
3 Lòm fè tenèb la pati, e rive jis nan dènye limit lan. Li chache twouve wòch kap kache a, ak nan pwofon fènwa.
He sets an end to darkness, and searches out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
4 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.
The flood breaks out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
5 Pou tè a, depi nan li, manje sòti, men anba, li boulvèse tankou dife.
As for the earth, out of it comes bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
6 Wòch li se sous a pyè safi yo. Epi nan pousyè li, genyen lò.
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it has dust of gold.
7 Chemen li pa rekonèt pa koukou, ni zye grigri pa janm wè l.
There is a path which no fowl knows, and which the vulture's eye has not seen:
8 Bèt pi fewòs yo pa mache la, ni lyon pa pase sou li.
The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
9 Li mete men li sou wòch silèks la. Li chavire mòn yo soti nan baz yo.
He puts forth his hand upon the rock; he overturns the mountains by the roots.
10 Li kreve kanal ki pase nan wòch yo, e zye li wè tout sa ki presye.
He cuts out rivers among the rocks; and his eye sees every precious thing.
11 Li bouche flèv yo pou dlo pa koule e sa ki kache yo, li fè yo parèt nan limyè.
He binds the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid brings he forth to light.
12 “Men se kibò yo twouve sajès? Epi kibò yo jwenn sajès la?
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
13 Lòm pa konnen valè li, ni valè li pa kab twouve nan peyi moun vivan yo.
Man knows not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
14 Labim nan di: “Li pa nan mwen”. Lanmè a di: ‘Li pa bò kote m’.
The depth says, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.
15 Lò pi pa egal ak valè l, ni ajan pa kab peze kon pri li.
It cannot be got for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16 Valè li pa kab konpare ak lò Ophir, oswa oniks presye, oswa safì.
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 Ni lò ni vit pa egal avè l, ni li pa kab fè echanj pou bagay ki fèt an lò fen.
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
18 Koray ak kristal, bliye sa nèt. Posede sajès se pi wo ke pèl.
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 Topaz a Éthiopie a pa kab konpare avè l; ni li pa kab valorize an lò pi.
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20 E byen, se kibò sajès la sòti? Epi kibò anplasman bon konprann nan ye?
Whence then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21 Konsa, li kache a zye de tout èt vivan yo e kache menm a zwazo syèl yo.
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
22 Labim nan ak lanmò a pale: ‘Ak zòrèy nou, nou konn tande rapò bagay sa a.’
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23 Bondye konprann chemen li e Li konnen plas li.
God understands the way thereof, and he knows the place thereof.
24 “Paske Li chache jis rive nan dènye pwent latè e wè tout bagay anba syèl yo.
For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven;
25 Lè L te bay pwa a van an e te divize dlo yo pa mezi,
To make the weight for the winds; and he weights the waters by measure.
26 Lè L te etabli yon limit pou lapli e yon chemen pou kout eklè,
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
27 Li te wè l e Li te deklare li. Li te etabli li e anplis, Li te konprann bout li.
Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28 Konsa, a lòm Li te di: ‘Gade byen, lakrent Senyè a, se sa ki sajès; epi kite mal, se sa ki bon konprann.’”
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
