अय्यूब 28

1 निश्‍चय नै चाँदीको एउटा खानी हुन्छ, एउटा ठाउँ छ जहाँ तिनीहरूले सुनलाई शुद्ध पार्छन् ।

Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

2 फलामलाई जमिनबाट बाहिर निकालिन्छ । धातु पगालेर तामा निकालिन्‍छ ।

Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is molten out of the stone.

3 एक जना मानिसले अन्धकारलाई हटाउँछ, अँध्‍यारो अनि घोर अन्‍धकारमा, पल्‍लो छेउसम्‍म खानिजको खोजी गर्छ ।

Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out to the furthest bound the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

4 मानिसहरू बसेका ठाउँभन्दा धेरै टाढा, वा कसैको खुट्टाले नटेकेको ठाउँमा, खानीमा तल जाने एउटा सुरुङ् उसले बनाउँछ । मानिसहरूभन्दा धेरै पर ऊ झुण्डिन्छ । ऊ यताउता हल्लिन्छ ।

He breaks open a shaft away from where men sojourn, paths forgotten by the foot. They hang afar from men; they swing to and fro.

5 जमिनमा खद्यान्‍न उत्‍पादन हुन्‍छ भने, मुनिपट्टि यसमा आगो बलिरहेको हुन्‍छ ।

As for the earth, out of it comes bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

6 यसका ढुङ्गाहरूका ठाउँमा नीर पाइन्छ, र यसमा धूलोमा सुन मिसिएको छ ।

The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.

7 कुनै पनि सिकारी चरालाई त्यहाँ जाने बाटो थाहा हुँदैन, न त बाजको आँखाले त्‍यसलाई देखेको छ ।

No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the falcon's eye seen it.

8 रवाफिला पशुहरू यस्तो बाटोमा हिंडेका हुँदैनन्, न त हिंस्रक सिंह त्यहाँबाट गएको छ ।

The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed thereby.

9 एक जना मानिसले आफ्नो हातले दर्शनढुङ्गा काट्‍छ । उसले पहाडहरूलाई फेदैदेखि पल्टाउँछ ।

He puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock. He overturns the mountains by the roots.

10 उसले चट्टानहरूका बिचमा सुरुङहरू बनाउँछ । उसका आँखाले त्यहाँ हरेक बहुमूल्य वस्तु देख्छ ।

He cuts out channels among the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.

11 उसले खोलाहरू थुन्छ जसको कारणले ती बग्‍दैनन् । त्यहाँ जे लुकेको छ, त्‍यो उसले बाहिर प्रकाशमा ल्याउँछ ।

He binds the streams that they not trickle. And the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.

12 बुद्धि कहाँ पाइनेछ? सुझबुझको ठाउँ कहाँ छ?

But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

13 मानिसलाई यसको मूल्य थाहा छैन, न त यो जीवितहरूको देशमा पाइन्छ ।

Man does not know the price of it, nor is it found in the land of the living.

14 पृथ्वीमुनि रहेको गहिरो पानीले भन्छ, 'त्यो ममा छैन ।' समुद्रले भन्छ, 'त्यो मसित छैन ।'

The deep says, It is not in me. And the sea says, It is not with me.

15 सुनले त्यसलाई किन्‍न सकिंदैन, न त यसको मूल्यको रुपमा चाँदी जोख्‍न नै सकिन्‍छ ।

It cannot be gotten for gold, nor shall silver be weighed for the price of it.

16 ओपीरको सुनसित त्यसको मूल्य दाँज्न सकिंदैन, न त बहुमूल्य आनिक्स वा नीरसित सकिन्छ ।

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

17 सुन र स्फटिक त्यसको बराबरी हुन सक्‍दैन, न त निखुर सुनका गहनासित त्यो साट्न नै सकिन्छ ।

Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

18 मूगा र बिल्लौरको त चर्चा नै गर्नुपर्दैन । वास्तवमा बुद्धिको मूल्य मानिकभन्दा बढी हुन्छ ।

No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

19 कूश देशको पुष्पराज त्यसको बराबर हुँदैन, न त त्‍यसलाई निखुर सुनले मूल्‍य तोक्‍न सकिन्छ ।

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, nor shall it be valued with pure gold.

20 तब बुद्धि कहाँबाट आउँछ? सुझबुझको ठाउँ कहाँ छ?

Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?

21 बुद्धिलाई सबै जीवित प्राणीहरूको दृष्‍टिबाट लुकाइएको छ, र आकाशका चराहरूबाट लुकाएर राखिएको छ ।

Since it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept closed from the birds of the heavens.

22 विनाश र मृत्युले भन्छन्, 'हामीले आफ्‍ना कानले यसको बारेमा हल्ला मात्र सुनेका छौं ।'

Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.

23 कसरी यसलाई पाउने हो परमेश्‍वरले बुझ्‍नुहुन्‍छ । यसको बासस्थान उहाँलाई थाहा छ ।

God understands the way of it, and he knows the place of it.

24 किनकि उहाँले पृथ्वीको पल्‍लो कुनामा हेर्नुहुन्छ, सबै आकाशमण्‍डलको मुनि हेर्नुहुन्छ ।

For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven,

25 उहाँले नै बतासको शक्ति बनाउनुभयो, र पानीलाई नापेर पोको पारेर पठाउनुभयो ।

to make a weight for the wind. Yea, he distributes the waters by measure.

26 उहाँले झरी परोस् भनी आदेश दिनुभयो, र गर्जनको मार्ग बनाउनुभयो ।

When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,

27 तब उहाँले बुद्धि देख्‍नुभयो, र यसको घोषणा गर्नुभयो । वास्तवमा उहाँले नै यसको स्थापना गर्नुभयो, र जाँच्नुभयो ।

then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yea, and searched it out.

28 मानिसहरूलाई उहाँले भन्‍नुभयो, 'हेर्, परमप्रभुको भय— त्‍यो नै बुद्धि हो । दुष्‍ट्याइँबाट अलग रहनु नै सुझबुझ हो' ।”

And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.