Job 28
1 Nítòótọ́, koto fàdákà ń bẹ, àti ibi tí wọ́n ti máa ń da wúrà.
The siluer surely hath his veyne, and ye gold his place, where they take it.
2 Nínú ilẹ̀ ni à ń gbé ń wa irin, bàbà ni a sì ń dà láti inú òkúta wá.
Yron is taken out of the dust, and brasse is molten out of the stone.
3 Ènìyàn ni ó fi òpin si òkùnkùn, ó sì ṣe àwárí ìṣúra láti inú òjìji ikú sí ìhà gbogbo.
God putteth an end to darkenesse, and he tryeth the perfection of all things: he setteth a bond of darkenesse, and of the shadowe 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.
The flood breaketh out against the inhabitant, and the waters forgotten of the foote, being higher then man, are gone away.
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;
Out of the same earth commeth bread, and vnder it, as it were fire is turned vp.
6 òkúta ibẹ̀ ni ibi òkúta safire, o sì ní erùpẹ̀ wúrà.
The stones thereof are a place of saphirs, and the dust of it is golde.
7 Ipa ọ̀nà náà ni ẹyẹ kò mọ̀, àti ojú gúnnugún kò rí i rí.
There is a path which no foule hath knowen, neyther hath the kites eye seene it.
8 Àwọn ẹranko agbéraga kò rìn ibẹ̀ rí, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kìnnìún tí ń ké ramúramù kò kọjá níbẹ̀ rí.
The lyons whelpes haue not walked it, nor the lyon passed thereby.
9 Ó fi ọwọ́ rẹ̀ lé akọ òkúta, ó yí òkè ńlá po láti ìdí rẹ̀ wá.
He putteth his hand vpon the rockes, and ouerthroweth the mountaines by the rootes.
10 Ó sì la ipa odò ṣíṣàn nínú àpáta, ojú inú rẹ̀ sì rí ohun iyebíye gbogbo.
He breaketh riuers in the rockes, and his eye seeth euery 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.
He bindeth the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.
12 Ṣùgbọ́n níbo ni á ó gbé wá ọgbọ́n rí, níbo sì ni òye ń gbe?
But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding?
13 Ènìyàn kò mọ iye rẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kò le è rí i ní ilẹ̀ àwọn alààyè.
Man knoweth not the price thereof: for it is not found in the land of the liuing.
14 Ọ̀gbun wí pé, “Kò sí nínú mi”; omi òkun sì wí pé, “Kò si nínú mi.”
The depth sayth, It is not in mee: the sea also sayth, 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.
Golde shall not be giuen for it, neyther shall siluer be weighed for the price thereof.
16 A kò le è fi wúrà Ofiri, tàbí òkúta óníkìsì iyebíye, tàbí òkúta safire díye lé e.
It shall not be valued with the wedge of golde of Ophir, nor with the precious onix, nor the saphir.
17 Wúrà àti òkúta kristali kò tó ẹgbẹ́ rẹ̀; bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kò le è fi ohun èlò wúrà ṣe pàṣípàrọ̀ rẹ̀.
The golde nor the chrystall shall be equall vnto it, nor the exchange shalbe for plate of fine golde.
18 A kò lè dárúkọ iyùn tàbí òkúta jasperi; iye ọgbọ́n sì ju iyùn lọ.
No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles.
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 equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure gold.
20 Níbo ha ni ọgbọ́n ti jáde wá? Tàbí níbo ni òye ń gbé?
Whence then commeth wisedome? and where is the place of vnderstanding,
21 A rí i pé, ó fi ara sinko kúrò ní ojú àwọn alààyè gbogbo, ó sì fi ara sin fún ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run.
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all the liuing, and is hid from the foules of the heauen?
22 Ibi ìparun àti ikú wí pé, àwa ti fi etí wa gbúròó rẹ̀.
Destruction and death say, We haue heard the fame thereof with our eares.
23 Ọlọ́run ni ó mọ òye ipa ọ̀nà rẹ̀, òun ni ó sì mọ ibi tí ó ń gbé.
But God vnderstandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 Nítorí pé ó wòye dé òpin ayé, ó sì rí gbogbo ìsàlẹ̀ ọ̀run,
For he beholdeth the endes of the world, and seeth all that is vnder heauen,
25 láti dà òsùwọ̀n fún afẹ́fẹ́, ó sì fi òsùwọ̀n wọ́n omi.
To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.
26 Nígbà tí ó pàṣẹ fún òjò, tí ó sì la ọ̀nà fún mọ̀nàmọ́ná àrá,
When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightening of the thunders,
27 nígbà náà ni ó rí i, ó sì sọ ọ́ jáde; ó pèsè rẹ̀ sílẹ̀, ó sì ṣe ìwádìí rẹ̀ rí.
Then did he see it, and counted it: he prepared it and also considered it.
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 vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.
