Job Continues
Gold and Silver Are Mined
1 Gold and silver are mined,
then purified;
2 the same is done
with iron and copper.
3 Miners carry lanterns
deep into the darkness
to search for these metals.
4 They dig tunnels
in distant, unknown places,
where they dangle by ropes.
5 Far beneath the grain fields,
fires are built
to break loose those rocks
6 that have jewels or gold.
7 Miners go to places unseen
by the eyes of hawks;
8 they walk on soil unknown
to the proudest lions.
9 With their own hands
they remove sharp rocks
and uproot mountains.
10 They dig through the rocks
in search of jewels
and precious metals.
11 They also uncover
the sources of rivers
and discover secret places.
Where Is Wisdom Found?
12 But where is wisdom found?
13 No human knows the way.
14 Nor can it be discovered
in the deepest sea.
* 15 It is worth much more
than silver or pure gold
16 or precious stones.
17 Nothing is its equal—
not gold or costly glass.
18 Wisdom is worth much more than
coral, jasper, or rubies.
19 All the topaz of Ethiopia
and the finest gold
cannot compare with it.
20 Where then is wisdom?
21 It is hidden from human eyes
and even from birds.
22 Death and destruction
have merely heard rumors
about where it is found.
23 God is the only one who knows
the way to wisdom;
24 he alone sees everything
beneath the heavens.
25 When God divided out
the wind and the water,
26 and when he decided the path
for rain and lightning,
27 he also determined the truth
and defined wisdom.
28 God told us, “Wisdom means
that you respect me, the Lord,
and turn from sin.”
Ñaameŋo suukuwo
1 A be koyiriŋ ne lewu ko, kodiforoo sindulaa be keriŋ ne,
aduŋ sanoo yelundidulaa be sotoriŋ ne.
2 Newo ka bo bankoo le kono,
aduŋ jaawaloo ka yelundi beroo le bala.
3 Sindirilaalu ka diboo le fara
ka ñinindiroo ke bankoo duuma-duuma fo ì dandulaa,
ka beroo ñini dibi fiŋ baa kono.
4 Ì ka dinka diinondiŋolu siŋ,
daameŋ niŋ moolu taradulaa jamfata ñoo la,
moo siŋ buka futa daameŋ,
daameŋ, ì dammaalu le ka tara dookuwo la jee.
Juloo le ka tara sitiriŋ ì bala,
ka tara yondiŋ dinkoo kono.
5 Bankoo kaŋ santo,
wo ka fintindiri ke siimaŋ feŋolu le la,
bari bankoo kono duuma,
kuwolu ka yelema le komeŋ niŋ a keta niŋ dimbaa le la.
6 Safiiri bere ñiimaa ka bo jee beroolu le bala,
aduŋ sanoo ka soto a bankumunkoo le kono.
7 Wo siloo, hani seeliŋ kiliŋ maŋ a loŋ,
aduŋ duwaforo ñaa maŋ loo a kaŋ.
8 Wulakono daafeŋ sembemaa nene maŋ loo a kaŋ,
jata fanaa nene maŋ tambi a kaŋ.
9 Sindirilaalu ka bere jaara baalu buntaŋ,
ka konkoolu fatafata fo ì teroolu to.
10 Ì ka duuma siloolu siŋ beroolu kono,
ka ñiŋ bere ñiimaalu je noo.
11 Ì ka boloŋ feñoolu to siŋ,
ka duuma feŋolu wañakati naŋ.
12 Bari ñaameŋo, wo sotodulaa be tara la mintoo le,
aniŋ fahaamuroo dulaa be mintoo le?
13 Hadamadiŋo maŋ a taaraŋ siloo loŋ,
aduŋ a buka soto duniyaa kono.
14 Diinoŋo ko, a maŋ tara ate kono,
fankaasoo fanaa ko, a maŋ tara ate bulu.
15 Sanoo te a soto noo la,
aduŋ kodiforoo fanaa te sumaŋ noo la a daa ti.
16 A daa te sumaŋ noo la Ofiri tundoo sanoolu to.
Bere ñiimaalu, komeŋ onisi waraŋ safiiri niŋ a te kaañaŋ noo la.
17 A niŋ sani niŋ weeri ñiimaa te laa noo la,
sako a si faliŋ noo saniforo ñarandi feŋ na.
18 Korali bere ñiimaalu niŋ bere ñeliñelilaalu,
hani niŋ wolu la kuma maŋ fo.
Ñaameŋo daa, wo le koleyaata ka tambi luuluwo la.
19 Kusi* topasi bere ñiimaalu,
a niŋ wolu te laa la,
sako a niŋ saniforoo si laa noo.
20 Wo to ñaameŋo, a ka bo naŋ mintoo le,
fahaamuroo dulaa be mintoo le?
21 A la kuwo be niilamaa feŋo bee le ye kumpoo to,
hani kunu yaayoolaalu faŋo buka a je noo.
22 Laakira niŋ saayaa ko,
itolu ka a kibaaroo moyilaa-moyi ì tuloolu le la.
23 Alla doroŋ ne ye a taaraŋ siloo loŋ,
aduŋ ate le fanaa ye a dulaa loŋ.
24 Kaatu ate le ka jeroo ke ka futa duniyaa daŋo ma,
a ka jeroo ke feŋ-wo-feŋ na, saŋo niŋ bankoo teema.
25 Kabiriŋ Alla ye semboo dii foñoo la,
a ye jiyo sumaŋ,
a ye dandulaa ke a la,
26 a ye siloo dii samaajiyo la naŋ duniyaa kono,
a ye keñaa ke samaa kumoo la.
27 Wo waatoo le mu,
a naata ñaameŋo la kuwo juubee, a ye a kisikisi,
a ye a la kuwo londi, a naata a kibaari.
28 Bituŋ a naata a fo hadamadiŋolu ye ko,
“Tooñaa-tooñaa, nte Maariyo ñaasilaŋo, wo le mu ñaameŋo ti,
aniŋ ka fata kuu jawu kewo ma,
wo le mu fahaamuroo ti.”
