ईयोब 28
For truly there is a source for the silver, and a place for the gold which men refine.
Iron is taken out of the dust, and the stone is melted into copper.
3 ३ मनुष्य अंधाराचे निवारण करतो, अगदी खोलवर जाऊन, गडद अंधारातील व मृत्यूछायेतील पाषाणाचा तो शोध करीतो.
An end doth he set to darkness, and the very utmost limit doth he search out, the stones of darkness, and of the shadow of death.
4 ४ लोकांच्या राहण्याच्या जागेपासून तो दूर खाण खणतो, जिथे आजपर्यंत कोणाचेही पाऊल गेले नसेल तिथे तो जातो, तो दोरीला लोंबकळतो इतरांपेक्षा खूप खोल जातो.
He breaketh a channel far from the inhabited place; those of unsteady foot, the poorest of men move [there about].
The earth, out of which cometh forth bread, is under its surface turned up as it were with fire.
Her stones are the place whence the sapphire cometh; and golden dust is also there;
7 ७ पक्ष्यांना त्या वाटांविषयी काही माहिती नसते, कोणत्याही बहिरी ससाण्याच्या डोळ्यांनी त्या वाटा पाहिलेल्या नसतात.
[On the] path which no bird of prey knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not surveyed;
[Which] ravenous beasts have never trodden, over which the lion hath never passed.
To the flinty rock he stretcheth forth his hand; he overturneth the mountains from the root.
Amid rocks he heweth out canals: and every precious thing doth his eye behold.
11 ११ ते पाण्याचे प्रवाह बंद करतात म्हणजे त्यातून पाणि बाहेर पडत नाही, ते दडलेल्या वस्तू बाहेर प्रकाशात आणतात.
The various droppings of water he uniteth into streams, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.
But wisdom—where shall she he found? and where is the place of understanding?
Man knoweth not her value: and she is not to be found in the land of the living.
14 १४ पृथ्वीवरील मोठे खोल जलाशय असे म्हणते, ‘माझ्यामध्ये ते नाही.’ सागर म्हणतो, ‘माझ्याजवळीही ते नाही.’
The deep saith, Not in me is she: and the sea saith, She is not with me.
No fine gold can be given in lieu of her, and silver cannot be weighed out as her price.
She cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 १७ शहाणपण सोन्यापेक्षा किंवा स्फटिकापेक्षा मौल्यवान असते, सोन्यात जडवलेले मौल्यवान खडेही शहाणपण विकत घेऊ शकत नाही.
She cannot be estimated after gold and glass; and not in exchange for her [can] vessels of refined gold [be taken.]
Coral and crystal will not be thought of; and the value of wisdom is above pearls.
She cannot be estimated after the topaz of Ethiopia, nor can she be valued with pure gold.
But wisdom—whence cometh she? and where is the place of understanding?
21 २१ पृथ्वीवरील सर्व जिवंत प्राण्यापासून शहाणपण लपवून ठेवले आहे, आकाशातले पक्षीसुध्दा ते बघू शकत नाहीत.
Yea, she is hidden from the eyes of all living, and from the fowls of the heavens is she concealed.
22 २२ मृत्यू आणि विनाश म्हणतात, ‘आम्हास शहाणपण सापडले नाही, आम्ही त्याबद्दलच्या फक्त अफवाच ऐकल्या आहेत.’
Perdition and death say, With our ears have we heard a report of her.
God [alone] understandeth her way, and he knoweth her place;
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, [whatever is] under the whole heaven doth he see.
When he imparted weight unto the wind; and [when] the waters he established by measure;
When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the lightning of [his] thunders;
27 २७ तेव्हा देवाला शहाणपण दिसले आणि त्याने त्याचा विचार केला, शहाणपणाचे मूल्य किती आहे ते त्याने पारखले आणि त्या शहाणपणाला संमती दिली.
Then did he see her, and make her known; he established her, and also searched her out.
28 २८ आणि देव लोकांस म्हणाला, परमेश्वराची भीती बाळगा व त्यास मान द्या हेच शहाणपण आहे, वाईट गोष्टी करु नका तोच समजूतदारपणा आहे.”
And he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to eschew evil is understanding.
