Job 28
1 चांदी की खानि तो होती है, और सोने के लिये भी स्थान होता है जहां लोग ताते हैं।
2 लोहा मिट्टी में से निकाला जाता और पत्थर पिघलाकर पीतल बनाया जाता है
3 मनुष्य अन्धियारे को दूर कर, दूर दूर तक खोद खोद कर, अन्धियारे ओर घोर अन्धकार में पत्थर ढूंढ़ते हैं।
4 जहां लोग रहते हैं वहां से दूर वे खानि खोदते हैं वहां पृथ्वी पर चलने वालों के भूले बिसरे हुए वे मनुष्यों से दूर लटके हुए झूलते रहते हैं।
5 यह भूमि जो है, इस से रोटी तो मिलती है, परन्तु उसके नीचे के स्थान मानो आग से उलट दिए जाते हैं।
6 उसके पत्थर नीलमणि का स्थान हैं, और उसी में सोने की धूलि भी है।
7 उसका मार्ग कोई मांसाहारी पक्षी नहीं जानता, और किसी गिद्ध की दृष्टि उस पर नहीं पड़ी।
8 उस पर अभिमानी पशुओं ने पांव नहीं धरा, और न उस से हो कर कोई सिंह कभी गया है।
9 वह चकमक के पत्थर पर हाथ लगाता, और पहाड़ों को जड़ ही से उलट देता है।
10 वह चट्टान खोद कर नालियां बनाता, और उसकी आंखों को हर एक अनमोल वस्तु दिखाई पड़ती है।
11 वह नदियों को ऐसा रोक देता है, कि उन से एक बूंद भी पानी नहीं टपकता और जो कुछ छिपा है उसे वह उजियाले में निकालता है।
12 परन्तु बुद्धि कहां मिल सकती है? और समझ का स्थान कहां है?
13 उसका मोल मनुष्य को मालूम नहीं, जीवनलोक में वह कहीं नहीं मिलती!
14 अथाह सागर कहता है, वह मुझ में नहीं है, और समुद्र भी कहता है, वह मेरे पास नहीं है।
15 चोखे सोने से वह मोल लिया नहीं जाता। और न उसके दाम के लिये चान्दी तौली जाती है।
16 न तो उसके साथ ओपीर के कुन्दन की बराबरी हो सकती है; और न अनमोल सुलैमानी पत्थर वा नीलमणि की।
17 न सोना, न कांच उसके बराबर ठहर सकता है, कुन्दन के गहने के बदले भी वह नहीं मिलती।
18 मूंगे उौर स्फटिकमणि की उसके आगे क्या चर्चा! बुद्धि का मोल माणिक से भी अधिक है।
19 कूश देश के पद्मराग उसके तुल्य नहीं ठहर सकते; और न उस से चोखे कुन्दन की बराबरी हो सकती है।
20 फिर बुद्धि कहां मिल सकती है? और समझ का स्थान कहां?
21 वह सब प्राणियों की आंखों से छिपी है, और आकाश के पक्षियों के देखने में नहीं आती।
22 विनाश ओर मृत्यु कहती हैं, कि हमने उसकी चर्चा सुनी है।
23 परन्तु परमेश्वर उसका मार्ग समझता है, और उसका स्थान उसको मालूम है।
24 वह तो पृथ्वी की छोर तक ताकता रहता है, और सारे आकाशमण्डल के तले देखता भालता है।
25 जब उसने वायु का तौल ठहराया, और जल को नपुए में नापा,
26 और मेंह के लिये विधि और गर्जन और बिजली के लिये मार्ग ठहराया,
27 तब उसने बुद्धि को देखकर उसका बखान भी किया, और उसको सिद्ध कर के उसका पूरा भेद बूझ लिया।
28 तब उस न मनुष्य से कहा, देख, प्रभु का भय मानना यही बुद्धि है: और बुराई से दूर रहना यही समझ है।
1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.