约伯记 28
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
智慧颂
28 “银从矿中采取，
金有冶炼之地，
2 铁从地下挖掘，
铜从石中提炼。
3 世人探寻黑暗的尽头，
搜索幽暗的深处，
要得隐藏的矿石。
4 他们在杳无人烟、人踪绝迹之地开矿，
他们远离人群，悬在半空摇来摇去。
5 大地出产粮食，
地下烈火熊熊。
6 地下的石头出蓝宝石，
还蕴藏着金沙。
7 矿中的路径，猛禽不知道，
鹰眼也未曾见过，
8 猛兽未曾踏足，
狮子未曾经过。
9 世人开凿坚石，
翻动山的根基，
10 在岩石中凿通道，
一览各样的宝藏。
11 他们把水流截断，
使隐藏之物显露。
12 “然而，智慧何处寻？
聪明之道在哪里？
13 无人知道智慧的价值，
人世间找不到她。
14 深渊说，‘她不在我里面。’
海洋说，‘她不在我这里。’
15 金子买不到她，
银子换不来她；
16 俄斐的金子无法与她相比，
红玛瑙和蓝宝石不能与她媲美；
17 黄金和水晶无法与她相比，
纯金的器皿不能与她兑换；
18 珊瑚和碧玉不能与她相提并论，
红宝石的价值远不如她；
19 古实的黄玉无法与她相比，
纯金不能与她等量齐观。
20 “然而，智慧何处寻？
聪明之道在哪里？
21 众生的眼睛看不见她，
空中的飞鸟找不到她。
22 毁灭和死亡说，
‘我们只风闻其名。’
23 上帝认识通往智慧的路，
祂知道智慧在哪里，
24 因祂纵览地极，
遍察天下万物。
25 祂定下风的重量，
量出水的规模；
26 祂颁布雨露的规律，
划定雷电的路线。
27 那时祂已看见智慧，并评估她，
坚立她，探察她。
28 祂对世人说，‘敬畏主就是智慧，
远离恶便是聪明。’”
Job 28
Easy-to-Read Version
The Value of Wisdom
28 “There are mines where people get silver
and places where people melt gold to make it pure.
2 Iron is dug out of the ground,
and copper is melted out of the rocks.
3 Miners carry lights deep into caves
to search for these rocks in the deepest darkness.
4 Far from where people live, they dig deep into the ground,
down where no one else has been before.
There they work all alone, hanging from ropes.
5 Food grows on the ground above.
But underground it is different,
as if everything were melted by fire.
6 In the rocks there are sapphires
and grains of pure gold.
7 Wild birds know nothing about the way to these places.
No falcon[a] has ever seen it.
8 Wild animals have never been there.
Lions have not traveled that way.
9 Miners dig the hardest rocks.
They dig away at the mountains and make them bare.
10 They cut tunnels through the rocks
and see all the treasures they hold.
11 They even find places where rivers begin.
They bring to light what once was hidden.
12 “But where can anyone find wisdom?
Where can we get understanding?
13 People don’t know where wisdom is.
It cannot be found by anyone on earth.
14 The deep ocean says, ‘It’s not here with me.’
The sea says, ‘It’s not here with me.’
15 You cannot buy wisdom with even the purest gold.
There’s not enough silver in the world to pay for it.
16 You cannot buy it with gold from Ophir
or with precious onyx or sapphires.
17 Wisdom is worth more than gold or crystal.
It cannot be bought with expensive jewels set in gold.
18 It is far more valuable than coral and jasper,
more precious than rubies.
19 The topaz from Ethiopia cannot match its value,
which is greater than the purest gold.
20 “So where does wisdom come from?
Where can we find understanding?
21 Wisdom is hidden from every living thing on earth.
Even birds in the sky cannot see it.
22 Death and destruction[b] say,
‘We have never seen wisdom;
we have only heard rumors about it.’
23 “Only God knows the way to wisdom.
Only he knows where wisdom is.
24 He can see to the very ends of the earth.
He sees everything under the sky.
25 God gave the wind its power.
He decided how big to make the oceans.
26 He decided where to send the rain
and where the thunderstorms should go.
27 He looked at wisdom and discussed it.
He examined it and saw how much it is worth.
28 Then he said to humans,
‘To fear and respect the Lord is wisdom.
To turn away from evil is understanding.’”
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