Ayubu 28
1 Hakika kuna machimbo ya fedha, wanaposafisha dhahabu.
For truly there is a source for the silver, and a place for the gold which men refine.
2 Chuma uchimbwa; shaba uyeyushwa kutoka katika jiwe.
Iron is taken out of the dust, and the stone is melted into copper.
3 Mtu anaondoa giza na kutafuta, katika mpaka wa mbali, mawe hayaonekani na giza totoro.
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 Huchimba shimo mbali na makazi ya watu, mahali pasipopitwa na mtu. Huning'inia mbali na watu; uharakisha kwenda na kurudi.
He breaketh a channel far from the inhabited place; those of unsteady foot, the poorest of men move [there about].
5 Kwa nchi, kizalishwapo chakula, inapinduliwa kama kwa moto.
The earth, out of which cometh forth bread, is under its surface turned up as it were with fire.
6 Mawe yake yana johari, na vumbi lake lina dhahabu.
Her stones are the place whence the sapphire cometh; and golden dust is also there;
7 Hata ndege mwindaji hapajui, wala jicho la kipanga halijapaona.
[On the] path which no bird of prey knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not surveyed;
8 Ndege mwenye majivuna hajawai kuiona njia hiyo, wala simba mkali kupita pale.
[Which] ravenous beasts have never trodden, over which the lion hath never passed.
9 Mtu huchimba mwamba mgumu; hupindua milima katika vyanzo vyake.
To the flinty rock he stretcheth forth his hand; he overturneth the mountains from the root.
10 Huweka njia katika miamba; macho yake pale kila kilicho cha thamani.
Amid rocks he heweth out canals: and every precious thing doth his eye behold.
11 Hufunga vyanzo hata wasiondoke; kilichofichika pale hukifunua.
The various droppings of water he uniteth into streams, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.
12 Hekima itakuwa wapi? Mahali pa ufahamu ni wapi?
But wisdom—where shall she he found? and where is the place of understanding?
13 Mtu hafahamu thamani yake; wala haipatikani katika nchi ya walio hai.
Man knoweth not her value: and she is not to be found in the land of the living.
14 Vilindi vya maji chini ya nchi husema, 'Haiko kwangu'; bahari husema, 'Haipo pamoja nami.'
The deep saith, Not in me is she: and the sea saith, She is not with me.
15 Hainunuliwi kwa dhahabu; wala hailinganishwi na fedha.
No fine gold can be given in lieu of her, and silver cannot be weighed out as her price.
16 Haiwezi kuthamanishwa na dhahabu ya Ofiri, kwa jiwe jeusi la thamani au johari.
She cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 Dhahabu na fuwele hailingani nayo kwa thamani; wala haiwezi kubadilishwa kwa vito vya dhahabu safi.
She cannot be estimated after gold and glass; and not in exchange for her [can] vessels of refined gold [be taken.]
18 Hailinganishwi na marijani wala yaspi; hakika, thamani ya hekima inapita madini ya rubi.
Coral and crystal will not be thought of; and the value of wisdom is above pearls.
19 Topazi ya Ethiopia hailinganishwi nayo; wala kuthamanishwa kwa dhahabu safi.
She cannot be estimated after the topaz of Ethiopia, nor can she be valued with pure gold.
20 Je hekima inatoka wapi? Mahali pa ufahamu ni wapi?
But wisdom—whence cometh she? and where is the place of understanding?
21 Hekima imejificha mbali na macho ya viumbe wote na ndege wa angani.
Yea, she is hidden from the eyes of all living, and from the fowls of the heavens is she concealed.
22 Mauti na uharibifu husema, 'Tumesikia tu tetesi kwa masikio yetu.'
Perdition and death say, With our ears have we heard a report of her.
23 Mungu hufahamu njia ya kuipata; anapafahamu ilipo.
God [alone] understandeth her way, and he knoweth her place;
24 Kwani uona miisho yote ya dunia na huona chini ya mbingu zote.
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, [whatever is] under the whole heaven doth he see.
25 Hapo kale, alifanya nguvu za upepo na kuyagawanya maji kwa kipimo.
When he imparted weight unto the wind; and [when] the waters he established by measure;
26 Aliiwekea mvua tamko na njia ya radi na munguromo.
When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the lightning of [his] thunders;
27 Kisha akaiona hekima na kuitangaza; aliianzisha, bila shaka, na kuipima.
Then did he see her, and make her known; he established her, and also searched her out.
28 Aliwambia watu, 'Tazameni, kumcha Bwana - ni hekima; kuacha uovu ni ufahamu.”
And he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to eschew evil is understanding.
