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Job 28 Latin original · 28 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss
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Habet argentum venarum suarum principia , et auro locus est in quo conflatur .
“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
銀子有礦； 煉金有方。
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Ferrum de terra tollitur , et lapis solutus calore in aes vertitur .
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。
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Tempus posuit tenebris , et universorum finem ipse considerat : lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis .
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，
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Dividit torrens a populo peregrinante eos quos oblitus est pes egentis hominis , et invios .
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。
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Terra de qua oriebatur panis , in loco suo igni subversa est .
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。
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Locus sapphiri lapides ejus , et glebae illius aurum .
Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
地中的石頭有藍寶石， 並有金沙。
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Semitam ignoravit avis , nec intuitus est eam oculus vulturis .
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。
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Non calcaverunt eam filii institorum , nec pertransivit per eam leaena .
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。
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Ad silicem extendit manum suam : subvertit a radicibus montes .
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，
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In petris rivos excidit , et omne pretiosum vidit oculus ejus .
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。
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Profunda quoque fluviorum scrutatus est , et abscondita in lucem produxit .
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。
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Sapientia vero ubi invenitur ? et quis est locus intelligentiae ?
“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？
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Nescit homo pretium ejus , nec invenitur in terra suaviter viventium .
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。
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Abyssus dicit : Non est in me , et mare loquitur : Non est mecum .
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。
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Non dabitur aurum obrizum pro ea , nec appendetur argentum in commutatione ejus .
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。
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Non conferetur tinctis Indiae coloribus , nec lapidi sardonycho pretiosissimo vel sapphiro .
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；
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Non adaequabitur ei aurum vel vitrum , nec commutabuntur pro ea vasa auri .
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。
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Excelsa et eminentia non memorabuntur comparatione ejus : trahitur autem sapientia de occultis .
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 。
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Non adaequabitur ei topazius de Aethiopia , nec tincturae mundissimae componetur .
The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
古實的紅璧璽不足與比較； 精金也不足與較量。
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Unde ergo sapientia venit ? et quis est locus intelligentiae ?
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？
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Abscondita est ab oculis omnium viventium : volucres quoque caeli latet .
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。
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Perditio et mors dixerunt : Auribus nostris audivimus famam ejus .
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。
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Deus intelligit viam ejus , et ipse novit locum illius .
“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。
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Ipse enim fines mundi intuetur , et omnia quae sub caelo sunt respicit .
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，
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Qui fecit ventis pondus , et aquas appendit in mensura .
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；
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Quando ponebat pluviis legem , et viam procellis sonantibus :
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。
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tunc vidit illam et enarravit , et praeparavit , et investigavit .
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。
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Et dixit homini : Ecce timor Domini , ipsa est sapientia ; et recedere a malo , intelligentia .
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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