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Job 28 Ge'ez original · 27 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss
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ቦ ፡ ብሔር ፡ እምኀበ ፡ ይወፅአ ፡ ብሩር ፡ ለወርቅኒ ፡ ቦ ፡ ብሔር ፡ እምኀበ ፡ የአርርዎ ።
“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
銀子有礦； 煉金有方。
28:2▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ሐፂንሂ ፡ እምውስተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ይትገበር ፡ ለብርትኒ ፡ ከመ ፡ እብን ፡ ይፈጽሕዎ ።
Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
鐵從地裏挖出； 銅從石中鎔化。
28:3▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ለጽልመትኒ ፡ አዘዘ ፡ ዕድሜሁ ፡ ወለኵሉ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ የሐትቶ ፡ እብነ ፡ ጽልመት ፡ ወጽላሎተ ፡ ሞት ።
Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
人為黑暗定界限， 查究幽暗陰翳的石頭，直到極處，
28:4▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ከመ ፡ ስጥቀተ ፡ ፈለግ ፡ ውስተ ፡ መሬት ፡ እለ ፡ ይረስዕዋ ፡ ለፍኖተ ፡ ጽድቅ ፡ ደክሙ ፡ በኃጢአቶሙ ።
He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
在無人居住之處刨開礦穴， 過路的人也想不到他們； 又與人遠離，懸在空中搖來搖去。
28:5▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ለምድርኒ ፡ ይወፅእ ፡ እምኔሃ ፡ እክል ፡ በመትሕቴሃኒ ፡ ጠብለላ ፡ በእሳት ።
As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
至於地，能出糧食， 地內好像被火翻起來。
28:6▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ቦ ፡ ብሔር ፡ ዘአብነ ፡ ሰንፔር ፡ ወወርቃኒ ፡ ከመ ፡ መሬት ።
Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
地中的石頭有藍寶石， 並有金沙。
28:7▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ፍኖት ፡ ዘኢርአያ ፡ ዖፍ ፡ ወዘኢነጸራ ፡ ዓይን ፡ ንስር ።
That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
礦中的路鷙鳥不得知道； 鷹眼也未見過。
28:8▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወኢኬድዋ ፡ ደቂቀ ፡ ዝኁራን ፡ በእግር ፡ ወኢኃለፈ ፡ አንበሳ ፡ ውስቴታ ።
The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
狂傲的野獸未曾行過； 猛烈的獅子也未曾經過。
28:9▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወአንሥአ ፡ እዴሁ ፡ በእዝኅ ፡ ወአጥፍኦሙ ፡ ለአድባር ፡ እመሠረቶሙ ፡ ወእምሥርዎሙ ።
He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
人伸手鑿開堅石， 傾倒山根，
28:10▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወሰጠቀ ፡ አንቅዕተ ፡ አፍላግ ፡ ወርእየ ፡ ዓይንየ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ክቡራተ ።
He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
在磐石中鑿出水道， 親眼看見各樣寶物。
28:11▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወሰጠቀ ፡ ቀላያተ ፡ ዘአፍላግ ፡ ወአርአየኃይሎ ፡ በውስተ ፡ ብርሃን ።
He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
他封閉水不得滴流， 使隱藏的物顯露出來。
28:12▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወእምአይቴ ፡ ተረክበት ፡ ጥበብ ፡ ወአይቴ ፡ ብሔር ፡ ለጥበብ ።
“But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
然而，智慧有何處可尋？ 聰明之處在哪裏呢？
28:13▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወኢየአምራ ፡ መዋቲ ፡ ለፍኖታ ፡ ወኢሀለወት ፡ ኀበ ፡ እጓለ ፡ እመሕያው ።
Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
智慧的價值無人能知， 在活人之地也無處可尋。
28:14▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ቀላይኒ ፡ ትቤ ፡ ኢህለወት ፡ ኀቤየሰ ፡ ወባሕርኒ ፡ ትቤ ፡ ኢነበረት ፡ ምስሌየሰ ።
The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
深淵說：不在我內； 滄海說：不在我中。
28:15▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወአልቦ ፡ ዘተረክበ ፡ ዘክማሓ ፡ ወኢይደልዋ ፡ ብሩር ፡ ተውላጣ ።
It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
智慧非用黃金可得， 也不能平白銀為它的價值。
28:16▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወኢትሠየጥ ፡ በወርቀ ፡ አፌር ፡ ወኢ ፡ በባላቅ ፡ ቅድው ፡ ወበ ፡ ሰንፔር ።
It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
俄斐金和貴重的紅瑪瑙， 並藍寶石，不足與較量；
28:17▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወኢትማሰላ ፡ ወርቅ ፡ ወማኅው ፡ ወቤዛሃኒ ፡ ንዋየ ፡ ወርቅ ።
Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
黃金和玻璃不足與比較； 精金的器皿不足與兌換。
28:18▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዝሉፍ ፡ ወእንቡዝ ፡ ኢይዜክርዋ ፡ ወሰሐባ ፡ ለጥበብ ፡ እምአፅናቊ ፡ በአምጣነ ፡ ኃይልከ ፡፡ 19፡ ወኢይርዔረያ ፡ ተንከራ ፡ ዘኢትዮጲያ ፡ ወኢትሠየጥ ፡ በወርቅ ፡ ጽሩይ ።
No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
珊瑚、水晶都不足論； 智慧的價值勝過珍珠 。
28:20▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወጥበብ ፡ በአይቴ ፡ ተረክበት ፡ ወአይቴ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ብሔር ፡ ለምክር ።
Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
智慧從何處來呢？ 聰明之處在哪裏呢？
28:21▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
እስመ ፡ ተረስዓት ፡ እምኵሉ ፡ ሰብእ ፡ ወተኃብአት ፡ ዓዲ ፡ እምአዕዋፈ ፡ ሰማይ ።
Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
是向一切有生命的眼目隱藏， 向空中的飛鳥掩蔽。
28:22▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ሞትሂ ፡ ወሲኦል ፡ ይቤሉ ፡ ሰማዕነ ፡ ድምፃ ።
Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
滅沒和死亡說： 我們風聞其名。
28:23▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወእግዚአብሔር ፡ አሠነየ ፡ ፍታ ፡ ወውእቱ ፡ ለሊሁ ፡ የአምር ፡ ብሔራ ።
“God understands its way, and he knows its place.
上帝明白智慧的道路， 曉得智慧的所在。
28:24▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወውእቱ ፡ ይሬኢ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ዘውስተ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ወየአምር ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ዘውስተ ፡ ምድር ።
For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
因他鑒察直到地極， 遍觀普天之下，
28:25▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዘለሊሁ ፡ ገብረ ፡ ነፋሳተ ፡ በመዳልው ፡ ወማየሂ ፡ በመስፈርት ።
He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
要為風定輕重， 又度量諸水；
28:26▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
አመ ፡ ፈጠረ ፡ ከመዝ ፡ አእሚሮ ፡ ኈለቃ ፡ አመ ፡ ገብረ ፡ ለዝናም ፡ ሥርዓተ ፡ ወበፍኖት ፡ ያሜክርዎ ፡ ለቃል ።
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
他為雨露定命令， 為雷電定道路。
28:27▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወርአያ ፡ አሜሁ ፡ ወኈለቃ ፡ ወአስተዳለዋ ፡ ወአክበራ ፡ ወሰሐባ ።
then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
那時他看見智慧，而且述說； 他堅定，並且查究。
28:28▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወይቤሎ ፡ ለእጓለ ፡ እመሕያው ፡ ናሁ ፡ ፈሪሃ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ጥበብ ፡ ወተግኅሦ ፡ እምኵሉ ፡ እኩይ ፡ አእምሮ ፡ ውእቱ ።
To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”
他對人說：敬畏主就是智慧； 遠離惡便是聰明。
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