Job 28
1 Nítòótọ́, koto fàdákà ń bẹ, àti ibi tí wọ́n ti máa ń da wúrà.
For there is a place for the silver, whence it comes, and a place for the gold, whence it is refined.
2 Nínú ilẹ̀ ni à ń gbé ń wa irin, bàbà ni a sì ń dà láti inú òkúta wá.
For iron comes out of the earth, and brass is hewn out like stone.
3 Ènìyàn ni ó fi òpin si òkùnkùn, ó sì ṣe àwárí ìṣúra láti inú òjìji ikú sí ìhà gbogbo.
He has set a bound to darkness, and he searches out every limit: a stone [is] darkness, and the shadow of death.
4 Wọ́n wa ihò ilẹ̀ tí ó jì sí àwọn tí ń gbé òkè, àwọn tí ẹsẹ̀ ènìyàn gbàgbé wọ́n rọ́ sí ìsàlẹ̀, wọ́n rọ́ sí ìsàlẹ̀ jìnnà sí àwọn ènìyàn.
There is a cutting off the torrent by reason of dust: so they that forget the right way are weakened; they are removed from [amongst] men.
5 Bí ó ṣe ti ilẹ̀ ni, nínú rẹ̀ ni oúnjẹ ti ń jáde wá, àti ohun tí ó wà ní ìsàlẹ̀ ni ó yí padà bi iná;
[As for] the earth, out of it shall come bread: under it has been turned up as it were fire.
6 òkúta ibẹ̀ ni ibi òkúta safire, o sì ní erùpẹ̀ wúrà.
Her stones are the place of the sapphire: and [her] dust [supplies] man with gold.
7 Ipa ọ̀nà náà ni ẹyẹ kò mọ̀, àti ojú gúnnugún kò rí i rí.
[There is] a path, the fowl has not known it, neither has the eye of the vulture seen it:
8 Àwọn ẹranko agbéraga kò rìn ibẹ̀ rí, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kìnnìún tí ń ké ramúramù kò kọjá níbẹ̀ rí.
neither have the sons of the proud trodden it, a lion has not passed upon it.
9 Ó fi ọwọ́ rẹ̀ lé akọ òkúta, ó yí òkè ńlá po láti ìdí rẹ̀ wá.
He has stretched forth his hand on the sharp [rock], and turned up mountains by the roots:
10 Ó sì la ipa odò ṣíṣàn nínú àpáta, ojú inú rẹ̀ sì rí ohun iyebíye gbogbo.
and he has interrupted the whirlpools of rivers, and mine eye has seen every precious thing.
11 Ó sì ṣe ìṣàn odò kí ó má ṣe kún àkúnya, ó sì mú ohun tí ó pamọ́ hàn jáde wá sí ìmọ́lẹ̀.
And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, and has brought his power to light.
12 Ṣùgbọ́n níbo ni á ó gbé wá ọgbọ́n rí, níbo sì ni òye ń gbe?
But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of knowledge?
13 Ènìyàn kò mọ iye rẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kò le è rí i ní ilẹ̀ àwọn alààyè.
A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been discovered amongst men.
14 Ọ̀gbun wí pé, “Kò sí nínú mi”; omi òkun sì wí pé, “Kò si nínú mi.”
The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me.
15 A kò le è fi wúrà rà á, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kò le è fi òsùwọ̀n wọn fàdákà ní iye rẹ̀.
One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
16 A kò le è fi wúrà Ofiri, tàbí òkúta óníkìsì iyebíye, tàbí òkúta safire díye lé e.
Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire.
17 Wúrà àti òkúta kristali kò tó ẹgbẹ́ rẹ̀; bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kò le è fi ohun èlò wúrà ṣe pàṣípàrọ̀ rẹ̀.
Gold and crystal shall not be equalled to it, neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange.
18 A kò lè dárúkọ iyùn tàbí òkúta jasperi; iye ọgbọ́n sì ju iyùn lọ.
Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do you esteem wisdom above the most precious things.
19 Òkúta topasi ti Kuṣi kò tó ẹgbẹ́ rẹ̀; bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kò le fi wúrà dáradára díwọ̀n iye rẹ̀.
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equalled to it; it shall not be compared with pure gold.
20 Níbo ha ni ọgbọ́n ti jáde wá? Tàbí níbo ni òye ń gbé?
Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of understanding?
21 A rí i pé, ó fi ara sinko kúrò ní ojú àwọn alààyè gbogbo, ó sì fi ara sin fún ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run.
It has escaped the notice of every man, and has been hidden from the birds of the sky.
22 Ibi ìparun àti ikú wí pé, àwa ti fi etí wa gbúròó rẹ̀.
Destruction and Death said, We have heard the report of it.
23 Ọlọ́run ni ó mọ òye ipa ọ̀nà rẹ̀, òun ni ó sì mọ ibi tí ó ń gbé.
God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it.
24 Nítorí pé ó wòye dé òpin ayé, ó sì rí gbogbo ìsàlẹ̀ ọ̀run,
For he surveys the whole [earth] under heaven, knowing the things in the earth:
25 láti dà òsùwọ̀n fún afẹ́fẹ́, ó sì fi òsùwọ̀n wọ́n omi.
all that he has made; the weight of the winds, the measures of the water.
26 Nígbà tí ó pàṣẹ fún òjò, tí ó sì la ọ̀nà fún mọ̀nàmọ́ná àrá,
When he made [them], thus he saw and numbered them, and made a way for the pealing of the thunder.
27 nígbà náà ni ó rí i, ó sì sọ ọ́ jáde; ó pèsè rẹ̀ sílẹ̀, ó sì ṣe ìwádìí rẹ̀ rí.
Then he saw it, and declared it: he prepared it [and] traced it out.
28 Àti fún ènìyàn ni ó wí pé, “Kíyèsi i, ẹ̀rù Olúwa èyí ni ọgbọ́n, àti láti jáde kúrò nínú ìwà búburú èyí ni òye.”
And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.
