Jov 28
1 Da, srebro ima žice, i zlato ima mjesto gdje se topi.
"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
2 Gvožðe se vadi iz praha, i iz kamena se topi mjed.
Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
3 Mraku postavlja meðu, i sve istražuje èovjek do kraja, i kamenje u tami i u sjenu smrtnom.
Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
4 Rijeka navre s mjesta svojega da joj niko ne može pristupiti; ali se odbije i odlazi trudom èovjeèjim.
He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
5 Iz zemlje izlazi hljeb, i pod njom je drugo, kao oganj.
As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
6 U kamenju je njezinu mjesto safiru, a ondje je prah zlatni.
Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
7 Te staze ne zna ptica, niti je vidje oko kragujevo;
That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon's eye seen it.
8 Ne ugazi je mlado zvijerje, niti njom proðe lav.
The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
9 Na kremen diže ruku svoju; prevraæa gore iz dna.
He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
10 Iz stijene izvodi potoke, i svašta dragocjeno vidi mu oko.
He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
11 Ustavlja rijeke da ne teku, i što je sakriveno iznosi na vidjelo.
He binds the streams that they do not trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.
12 Ali mudrost gdje se nalazi? i gdje je mjesto razumu?
"But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
13 Ne zna joj èovjek cijene, niti se nahodi u zemlji živijeh.
Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
14 Bezdana veli: nije u meni; i more veli: nije kod mene.
The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'
15 Ne može se dati èisto zlato za nju, niti se srebro izmjeriti u promjenu za nju.
It can't be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for its price.
16 Ne može se cijeniti zlatom Ofirskim, ni dragim onihom ni safirom.
It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 Ne može se izjednaèiti s njom ni zlato ni kristal, niti se može promijeniti za zaklade zlatne.
Gold and glass can't equal it, neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18 Od korala i bisera nema spomena, jer je vrijednost mudrosti veæa nego dragom kamenju.
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 Ne može se s njom izjednaèiti topaz Etiopski, niti se može cijeniti èistijem zlatom.
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20 Otkuda dakle dolazi mudrost? i gdje je mjesto razumu?
From where then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?
21 Sakrivena je od oèiju svakoga živoga, i od ptica nebeskih zaklonjena.
Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
22 Pogibao i smrt govore: ušima svojima èusmo slavu njezinu.
Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'
23 Bog zna put njezin, i poznaje mjesto njezino.
"God understands its way, and he knows its place.
24 Jer gleda do krajeva zemaljskih i vidi sve što je pod svijem nebom.
For he looks to the farthest parts of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
25 Kad davaše vjetru težinu, i mjeraše vodu mjerom,
He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
26 Kad postavljaše zakon daždu i put munji gromovnoj.
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;
27 Još je onda vidje i oglasi je, uredi je i pretraži je.
then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
28 A èovjeku reèe: gle, strah je Božji mudrost, i uklanjati se oda zla jest razum.
To man he said, 'Look, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"
