Job 28
1 Pudno nga adda pagminasan iti pirak, lugar a pagguguranda iti balitok.
Silver has its fissures where it is first found, and gold has a place where it is melted.
2 Ti landok ket nakali manipud iti daga; ti gambang ket narunaw manipud iti bato.
Iron is taken from the earth, and ore, unbound by heat, is turned into brass.
3 Nangisaad ti tao iti paggibusan ti kinasipnget ken nagsuksukimat agingga iti kaadaywan a pagpatinggaan, dagiti bato nga adda iti sipnget ken nakaro a kinasipnget.
He has established a time for darkness, and he has settled on an end for all things, as well as for the stone that is in the gloom and shadow of death.
4 Nangkali isuna iti nauneg nga abot nga adayo iti lugar a pagnanaedan dagiti tattao, luglugar a nalipatanen iti saka ti siasinoman. Agbitbitin isuna iti lugar nga adayo kadagiti tattao; agpilpillayog isuna nga agsubli-subli.
The burning separates a pilgrim people from those who have been forgotten by the feet of the destitute man and from the unapproachable.
5 Maipapan iti daga, agtaud ti tinapay manipud iti daytoy, iti unegna ket kasla agap-apuy.
The land, where bread appeared in its place, has been destroyed by fire.
6 Dagiti batona ti pakasarakan kadagiti safiro, ken naglaon iti balitok ti tapokna.
Its stones are embedded with sapphires, and its soil, with gold.
7 Awan ti tumutokma a billit ti makaammo iti dalan nga agturong iti daytoy, uray ti buitre ket saanna pay a nakita daytoy.
The bird does not know its path, nor has the eye of the vulture beheld it.
8 Saan pay a nagnaan dagiti atap nga ayup ti kasta a dalan, uray ti narungsot a leon ket saan pay a limmabas sadiay.
The sons of merchants have not walked there, nor has the lioness traveled through it.
9 Ipatay ti maysa a tao ti imana iti natangken a bato; balbaliktadenna dagiti bantay babaen kadagiti ramutda.
He has stretched out his hand to the rocks; he has overturned the foundations of the mountains.
10 Agar-aramid isuna kadagiti pagayusan iti danum iti nagbabaetan dagiti dadakkel a bato; makitkitana sadiay ti tunggal banag a napateg.
He has cut rivers through the rocks, and his eye has seen all precious things.
11 Tamtambakanna dagiti pagayusan tapno saan nga agayus dagitoy; iruarna iti lawag ti aniaman a nakalemmeng sadiay.
The depths of rivers he has also examined, and he has brought hidden things into the light.
12 Sadino ti pakasarakan iti kinasirib? Sadino ti ayan iti pannakaawat?
But, in truth, where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?
13 Saan nga ammo ti tao ti gatadna daytoy; wenno saan a masarakan daytoy iti daga dagiti sibibiag.
Man does not know its price, nor is it found in the land of those who live in sweetness.
14 Kuna dagiti nagaadalem a danum iti uneg ti daga, 'Awan kaniak'; kuna ti baybay, 'Awan kaniak daytoy.'
The abyss declares, “It is not in me.” And the sea says, “It is not with me.”
15 Saan a magun-od ti kinasirib babaen iti balitok; wenno saan a maikilo ti pirak kas gatadna daytoy.
The finest gold will not be paid for it, nor will silver be weighed in exchange for it.
16 Saan a magatadan daytoy iti balitok ti Ofir, agraman dagiti napapateg nga onyx wenno safiro.
It will not be compared with the dyed colors of India, nor with the very costly stone sardonyx, nor with the sapphire.
17 Saan a maipada ti gatadna iti balitok ken kristal; wenno saan a maisukat daytoy kadagiti alahas a naaramid iti kasayaatan a balitok.
Neither gold nor crystal will be its equal; neither will vessels of gold be fitted for it.
18 Awan pakaiyaspinganna daytoy iti koral wenno jasper; pudno, adayo a nagatgatad ti kinasirib ngem kadagiti rubi.
The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it. Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment.
19 Saan a maipada daytoy iti topasio ti Etiopia; wenno saan a magatadan daytoy iti puro a balitok.
The topaz of Ethiopia will not be equal to it, nor will it be compared to the purest dyes.
20 Sadino ngarud ti paggappuan ti kinasirib? Sadino ti ayan ti pannakaawat?
So then, where does wisdom begin, and where is the place of understanding?
21 Nailemmeng ti kinasirib manipud kadagiti mata dagiti amin nga agbibiag ken agnanayon a nailemmeng kadagiti billit iti tangatang.
It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice.
22 Kuna ti Pannakadadael ken Patay, 'Nangngeganmi laeng ti sayanggusing maipapan iti daytoy.'
Perdition and death have said, “With our ears, we have heard its fame.”
23 Maaw-awatan ti Dios ti dalan nga agturong iti daytoy; ammona ti ayanna daytoy.
God understands its way, and he knows its location.
24 Ta kumitkita isuna agingga iti pagpatinggaan ti daga ken makitkitana amin nga adda iti babaen ti tangatang.
For he beholds the limits of the world, and he looks upon all things that are under heaven.
25 Iti napalabas, innikkanna ti pigsa ti angin ken biningayna ti danum sigun iti kalawana.
He created a counterweight for the winds, and he suspended the waters to measure them.
26 Nangaramid isuna iti pagannurutan para iti tudo ken iti dalan para iti kimat.
At that time, he gave a law to the rain and a path to the resounding storms.
27 Kalpasanna, nakitana ti sirib ket impablaakna daytoy; impasdekna daytoy, pudno, inadalna daytoy.
Then he saw and explained it, and he made ready and examined it.
28 Kinunana kadagiti tattao, 'Kitaenyo, ti panagbuteng iti Apo- dayta ti kinasirib; ti umadayo iti dakes ket pannakaawat.'”
And he said to man, “Behold the fear of the Lord. Such is wisdom. And to withdraw from evil, this is understanding.”
