約伯記 28
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
智慧頌
28 「銀從礦中採取，
金有冶煉之地，
2 鐵從地下挖掘，
銅從石中提煉。
3 世人探尋黑暗的盡頭，
搜索幽暗的深處，
要得隱藏的礦石。
4 他們在杳無人煙、人蹤絕跡之地開礦，
他們遠離人群，懸在半空搖來搖去。
5 大地出產糧食，
地下烈火熊熊。
6 地下的石頭出藍寶石，
還蘊藏著金沙。
7 礦中的路徑，猛禽不知道，
鷹眼也未曾見過，
8 猛獸未曾踏足，
獅子未曾經過。
9 世人開鑿堅石，
翻動山的根基，
10 在岩石中鑿通道，
一覽各樣的寶藏。
11 他們把水流截斷，
使隱藏之物顯露。
12 「然而，智慧何處尋？
聰明之道在哪裡？
13 無人知道智慧的價值，
人世間找不到她。
14 深淵說，『她不在我裡面。』
海洋說，『她不在我這裡。』
15 金子買不到她，
銀子換不來她；
16 俄斐的金子無法與她相比，
紅瑪瑙和藍寶石不能與她媲美；
17 黃金和水晶無法與她相比，
純金的器皿不能與她兌換；
18 珊瑚和碧玉不能與她相提並論，
紅寶石的價值遠不如她；
19 古實的黃玉無法與她相比，
純金不能與她等量齊觀。
20 「然而，智慧何處尋？
聰明之道在哪裡？
21 眾生的眼睛看不見她，
空中的飛鳥找不到她。
22 毀滅和死亡說，
『我們只風聞其名。』
23 上帝認識通往智慧的路，
祂知道智慧在哪裡，
24 因祂縱覽地極，
遍察天下萬物。
25 祂定下風的重量，
量出水的規模；
26 祂頒佈雨露的規律，
劃定雷電的路線。
27 那時祂已看見智慧，並評估她，
堅立她，探察她。
28 祂對世人說，『敬畏主就是智慧，
遠離惡便是聰明。』」
Job 28
Contemporary English Version
Job Continues
Gold and Silver Are Mined
28 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.[a]
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[b] rivers
and discover secret places.
Where Is Wisdom Found?
12 (A) But where is wisdom found?
13 (B) No human knows the way.[c]
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.[d]
18 Wisdom is worth much more than
coral, jasper,[e] or rubies.
19 All the topaz[f] of Ethiopia[g]
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 (C) 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 (D) he also determined the truth
and defined wisdom.
28 (E) God told us, “Wisdom means
that you respect me, the Lord,
and turn from sin.”
Footnotes
- 28.6 gold: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verses 5,6.
- 28.11 uncover the sources of: Two ancient translations; Hebrew “dam up.”
- 28.13 the way: Or “its worth.”
- 28.17 costly glass: In the ancient world, objects made of glass were costly.
- 28.18 jasper: A valuable stone, usually green or clear.
- 28.19 topaz: A valuable, yellow stone.
- 28.19 Ethiopia: The Hebrew text has “Cush,” which was a region south of Egypt that included parts of the present countries of Ethiopia and Sudan.
Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society For more information about CEV, visit www.bibles.com and www.cev.bible.
