Job 28
1 Pudno nga adda pagminasan iti pirak, lugar a pagguguranda iti balitok.
“It is true that there are places where men dig to find silver, and there are places where people refine/purify gold [that they have dug].
2 Ti landok ket nakali manipud iti daga; ti gambang ket narunaw manipud iti bato.
People dig iron [ore] out of the ground, and they (smelt copper ore/heat copper ore to get the copper from it).
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.
Men use lamps while they work far down under the ground to search for the ore inside the mines where it is very dark.
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.
They dig (shafts/narrow holes very deep down into the ground) in places that are far from where people live, where travelers do not go. They work far away from [other] people, swinging back and forth on ropes [as they descend into the mine shafts].
5 Maipapan iti daga, agtaud ti tinapay manipud iti daytoy, iti unegna ket kasla agap-apuy.
Food grows on the surface of the ground, but down under the ground, [where there is no food, ] the miners make fires to break apart the rocks.
6 Dagiti batona ti pakasarakan kadagiti safiro, ken naglaon iti balitok ti tapokna.
The stones [that are dug from under the ground] contain (sapphires/very valuable blue stones), and the dirt contains bits of gold.
7 Awan ti tumutokma a billit ti makaammo iti dalan nga agturong iti daytoy, uray ti buitre ket saanna pay a nakita daytoy.
[Some birds have very good eyes, ] but even hawks do not know [where the mines are], and falcons/vultures have not seen those places.
8 Saan pay a nagnaan dagiti atap nga ayup ti kasta a dalan, uray ti narungsot a leon ket saan pay a limmabas sadiay.
Lions or [other] proud wild animals have not walked on the roads near those mines.
9 Ipatay ti maysa a tao ti imana iti natangken a bato; balbaliktadenna dagiti bantay babaen kadagiti ramutda.
Miners tear apart [MTY] very hard rock; [it is as though] they turn the mountains upside down [to get the ore].
10 Agar-aramid isuna kadagiti pagayusan iti danum iti nagbabaetan dagiti dadakkel a bato; makitkitana sadiay ti tunggal banag a napateg.
They cut tunnels through the rocks, and they find (precious/very valuable) things.
11 Tamtambakanna dagiti pagayusan tapno saan nga agayus dagitoy; iruarna iti lawag ti aniaman a nakalemmeng sadiay.
They dam up small streams in order that water does not flow, and they bring up into the light valuable things that are hidden [in the ground and in the streams].
12 Sadino ti pakasarakan iti kinasirib? Sadino ti ayan iti pannakaawat?
“But wisdom: Where can people find that? Where can we find out how to truly understand things?
13 Saan nga ammo ti tao ti gatadna daytoy; wenno saan a masarakan daytoy iti daga dagiti sibibiag.
Humans do not know where to find it; no one can find it [here on this earth] where they are living.
14 Kuna dagiti nagaadalem a danum iti uneg ti daga, 'Awan kaniak'; kuna ti baybay, 'Awan kaniak daytoy.'
[It is as though] water that is deep [inside the earth] and [water that is in] the seas say [PRS], ‘Wisdom is not here!’
15 Saan a magun-od ti kinasirib babaen iti balitok; wenno saan a maikilo ti pirak kas gatadna daytoy.
[People] cannot buy wisdom by paying for it with silver or gold.
16 Saan a magatadan daytoy iti balitok ti Ofir, agraman dagiti napapateg nga onyx wenno safiro.
Wisdom is worth much more than fine gold from Ophir [land] or other very valuable stones.
17 Saan a maipada ti gatadna iti balitok ken kristal; wenno saan a maisukat daytoy kadagiti alahas a naaramid iti kasayaatan a balitok.
It is worth much more than gold or beautiful glass, worth more than vases made from fine gold.
18 Awan pakaiyaspinganna daytoy iti koral wenno jasper; pudno, adayo a nagatgatad ti kinasirib ngem kadagiti rubi.
Wisdom is worth more than coral or crystal/pure quartz; the price of wisdom is higher/more than the price of pearls.
19 Saan a maipada daytoy iti topasio ti Etiopia; wenno saan a magatadan daytoy iti puro a balitok.
The prices of (topaz/very valuable yellow stones) from Ethiopia and of pure gold are lower/less than the price of wisdom.
20 Sadino ngarud ti paggappuan ti kinasirib? Sadino ti ayan ti pannakaawat?
“So, where does wisdom come from? Where can we find out how to truly understand things?
21 Nailemmeng ti kinasirib manipud kadagiti mata dagiti amin nga agbibiag ken agnanayon a nailemmeng kadagiti billit iti tangatang.
No living humans can see it [MTY]; and birds cannot see it while they are flying [MTY].
22 Kuna ti Pannakadadael ken Patay, 'Nangngeganmi laeng ti sayanggusing maipapan iti daytoy.'
[It is as though] the places where people go after they die say [PRS], ‘We have only heard rumors about [where to find wisdom].’
23 Maaw-awatan ti Dios ti dalan nga agturong iti daytoy; ammona ti ayanna daytoy.
God [is the only one who] knows how to find wisdom; he knows where it is,
24 Ta kumitkita isuna agingga iti pagpatinggaan ti daga ken makitkitana amin nga adda iti babaen ti tangatang.
because he can see things even in the most remote/distant places on the earth; he can see everything that is below the sky.
25 Iti napalabas, innikkanna ti pigsa ti angin ken biningayna ti danum sigun iti kalawana.
When he decided how strongly the winds should blow, and how much rain would be in the clouds,
26 Nangaramid isuna iti pagannurutan para iti tudo ken iti dalan para iti kimat.
and when he decided where rain [should fall], and what path lightning should take [from the clouds down to the ground],
27 Kalpasanna, nakitana ti sirib ket impablaakna daytoy; impasdekna daytoy, pudno, inadalna daytoy.
at that time he saw wisdom and decided that it is extremely valuable. He examined it and (approved it/said that it was very good).
28 Kinunana kadagiti tattao, 'Kitaenyo, ti panagbuteng iti Apo- dayta ti kinasirib; ti umadayo iti dakes ket pannakaawat.'”
And [then] he said to humans, ‘Listen! To have an awesome respect for me is [what will enable you to become] wise; and to truly understand everything, you must first turn away from doing what is evil.’”
