Job 28

1 “त्यहाँ सुन र चाँदीका खानीहरू छन् र त्यहाँ त्यस्तो ठाउँ पनि छ जहाँ मानिसहरूले सुन पगालेर खाँटी बनाउँछन्।

2 मानिसहरूले जमीन खनेर फलाम निकाल्छन ढुङ्गाहरू पगालेर ताँमा निकाल्छन्।

3 कर्मीहरूले गुफामा प्रकाश लैजान्छन। तिनीहरूले गुफा भित्र खोज तलाश गर्दछन्। उ पृथ्वीको अँथ्यारो गहिरोभित्र खानीको खोजी गर्छन्!

4 मानिसहरूले बसो-बास गरेको जग्गा भन्दा धेरै टाडोमा अथवा मानिसहरूको पाइला कहिल्यै नपराको ठाउँमा कर्मीहरूले खानी पइल्याउने बाटो खन्छन्। तिनीहरू गहिरो भित्र डोरीमा झुण्डिएर सुरूङ्ग खन्छन्।

5 जमीनमाथि अन्न उम्रन्छ। तर जमीन मनि, भिन्नै छ मानौं प्रत्येक कुरा आगोले पग्लिए जस्तै छ।

6 जमीनमनि बहुमूल्य धातुहरू अनि काँचो सुनको कणहरूछन।

7 जङ्गली चरा-चुरूङ्गीहरूले जमीन मनिको बाटोहरूको बारेमा जान्दैनन्। बाजले पनि कहिल्यै त्यस्ता बाटोहरू देखेको हुँदैन।

8 जङ्गली पशुहरू त्यस्ता बाटोहरूमा हिंडेका छैनन। सिंहले पनि त्यो बाटो हिडेको छैन्।

9 कर्मीहरूले कडा ढुङ्गाहरू खन्छन्। तिनीहरूले पर्वतहरू खनेर उदाङ्गे पारिदिएकाछन।

10 कर्मीहरूले चट्टानहरू काटेर सुरूङ्ग बनाएका छन्। तिनीहरूले चट्टानमा बहुमूल्य खनिज पदार्थ देखेका छन्।

11 कर्मीहरूले पानी रोक्नको लागि बाँध बनाउँछन। तिनीहरूले लुकेका चीजहरू बाहिर प्रकाशमा ल्याउँछन्।

12 तर मानिसहरूले ज्ञान कहाँ पाउन सक्छन? बुद्धि पाउन हामी कहाँ जान सक्छौ?

13 हामी जान्दैनौं ज्ञान कति बहुमूल्य वस्तु हो। पृथ्वीमा भएका मानिसहरूले जमीन खनेर ज्ञान भेट्न सक्तैनन्।

14 महासागर गहिरो भन्दछ, ‘ज्ञान यहाँ मसित छैन।’ समुद्र भन्दछ ‘ज्ञान यहाँ मसित छैन।’

15 तिमीहरूले शुद्ध सुन दिएर पनि ज्ञान किन्न सक्तैनौ। यस संसारमा ज्ञान किन्नलाई प्रशस्त चाँदी छैन।

16 तिमीहरूले ओपीरका सुन अथवा बहुमूल्य ढुङ्गा अथवा बहुमूल्य रत्नहरूले पनि ज्ञान किन्न सक्तैनौ।

17 ज्ञान सुन अथवा स्फटिकभन्दा बहुमूल्य हो। सुनमा कुँदिएका बहुमूल्य गहनाहरूले पनि ज्ञान किन्न सकिन्दैन।

18 ज्ञान मूगा अनि बिल्लोर जस्ता मणिहरू भन्दा बहुमूल्य हो। ज्ञान मानिक मणिहरू भन्दा अत्यन्त मुल्यवान हुन्छ।

19 कूश देशको पुष्पराज ज्ञानभन्दा बहुमूल्य होइन। तिमीहरू खाट्टी सुनले पनि किन्न सक्तैनौ।

20 यसकारण ज्ञान कहाँबाट आउँदछ? हामीले कहाँबाट बुद्धिको मूल पाउन सक्छौ?

21 ज्ञान पृथ्वीमा भएका सबै प्राणपूर्ण जीवहरूदेखि गोप्य रहँदछ। आकाशमा उडने चराहरूलेसम्म ज्ञानलाई देख्न सक्तैन।

22 मृत्यु र विनाशले भन्दछ, ‘हामीमा ज्ञान छैन। हामीले त्यसका विषयमा उडन्ता कुराहरू मात्र सुनेका छौं।

23 केवल परमेश्वरले मात्र ज्ञानको बाटो जान्नु हुन्छ। परमेश्वरले मात्र ज्ञान कहाँ छ जान्नुहुन्छ।

24 परमेश्वरले मात्र पृथ्वीको अन्तसम्म देख्न सक्नु हुन्छ परमेश्वरले आकाश मनि सबै थोक देख्नुहुन्छ।

25 परमेश्वरले बतासलाई शक्ति दिनु भएको छ। र समुद्रको सीमाना बाँधि दिनुभयो।

26 पानी कहाँ वर्षाउनु पर्छ परमेश्वरले मात्र निर्णय गर्नु हुन्छ। अनि कहाँ चट्याङ्गहरु फ्याँकिनु पर्छ त्यो निर्णय पनि उहाँले गर्नु हुन्छ।

27 त्यस समय परमेश्वरले ज्ञान देख्नु भयो अनि यस विषयमा सोच्नु भयो। ज्ञान कति महत्वपूर्ण छ परमेश्वरले बझ्नु भयो अनि परमेश्वरले ज्ञान अनुमोदन गर्नुभयो।”

28 अनि परमेश्वरले मानिसहरूलाई भन्नुभयो, “परमेश्वरको डर र सम्मान नै ज्ञान हो। खराब कामहरूबाट आफूलाई अलग राख्नु बुद्धि हो।”

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 After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.

2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.

3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.

4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.

5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.

6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.

7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.

8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.

9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.

11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.

12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.

13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.

14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.

15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.

20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?

21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?

22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.

23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?

24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.

25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.