ယောဘ 28
There are silver mines and places where gold is refined.
Iron is extracted from the earth and copper is smelted from its ore.
3 ၃ လူသည် မှောင်မိုက် ကို ပျောက်စေတတ်၏။ အဆုံး တိုင်အောင် ၎င်း မှောင်မိုက် ကျောက် ၊ သေမင်း အရိပ်တိုင်အောင်၎င်း လိုက်၍ စစ် တတ်၏။
Miners take lamps into the darkness underground and search for ore as far as they can go in the shadows and the gloom.
They dig a mineshaft far from where people live or anyone ever goes. They swing from ropes that hang in the pits.
Bread comes from the earth, but underneath it looks as if it has been turned upside-down by fire.
Here the rocks contain lapis lazuli and the dust contains gold.
No birds of prey can see these paths, no falcon's eye can perceive.
No wild beasts have passed that way; the lion has not walked there.
Miners attack the hard rock; they overturn the roots of mountains.
They tunnel through the rock, looking carefully for every precious stone.
They dam the sources of the rivers, and bring to light what is hidden.
But where can wisdom be found? Where is the place to gain understanding?
Human beings do not know the way to wisdom; it is not found among the living.
The deep waters say, ‘It's not here,’ and the sea says, ‘It's not here either.’
It cannot be bought with gold; nor can it be purchased with silver.
Its value cannot be measured, even with the gold of Ophir; it is more precious than onyx or lapis lazuli.
Gold or fine glass cannot compare with wisdom; it cannot be exchanged for gold jewelry.
Coral and crystal are not worth mentioning; the price of wisdom is far above rubies.
Topaz from Ethiopia can't compare with it; it cannot be bought with the purest gold.
So where does wisdom come from? Where is the place to gain understanding?
21 ၂၁ အသက် ရှင်သော သတ္တဝါတစုံတယောက်မျှ ကြည့် ၍မမြင်နိုင်။ မိုဃ်း ကောင်းကင်ငှက် တို့သည် ရှာ ၍ မတွေ့နိုင်။
Wisdom is hidden from the sight of all living things, even the birds of the air cannot see it.
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We've only heard a rumor of it.’
Only God understands the path to wisdom; he knows where it is found.
24 ၂၄
For he looks to the very end of the earth; he sees everything under heaven.
25 ၂၅ လေ ကိုချိန် လျက်၊ ရေ ကိုလည်းခြင် လျက်၊ မြေကြီး စွန်း တိုင်အောင် ကြည့်ရှု ၍၊ ကောင်းကင် အောက် ၌ရှိသမျှ တို့ကို မြင် တော်မူ၏။
He decided how strong the wind should blow, and regulated the waters.
He set a limit for the rain and made a path for the lightning.
Then he considered wisdom. He examined it, gave it his approval, and declared it good.
28 ၂၈ လူ တို့အား လည်း ထာဝရ ဘုရားကို ကြောက်ရွံ့ ခြင်းသည် ပညာ ဖြစ်ကြောင်းနှင့် ၊ ဒုစရိုက် ကို ရှောင် ခြင်း သည် ဉာဏ် ဖြစ်ကြောင်းကို မိန့် တော်မူပြီဟုမြွက်ဆို၏။
He said to humankind, ‘To reverence the Lord is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
