Job 28

BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Hay, sí, para la plata un venero, para el oro un lugar donde se purifica.	1 Silver has its fissures where it is first found, and gold has a place where it is melted.
2 Se extrae del suelo el hierro, una piedra fundida se hace cobre.	2 Iron is taken from the earth, and ore, unbound by heat, is turned into brass.
3 Se pone fin a las tinieblas, hasta el último límite se excava la piedra oscura y lóbrega.	3 He has established a time for darkness, and he has settled on an end for all things, as well as for the stone that is in the gloom and shadow of death.
4 Extranjeros abren galerías de todo pie olvidadas, y oscilan, se balancean, lejos de los humanos.	4 The burning separates a pilgrim people from those who have been forgotten by the feet of the destitute man and from the unapproachable.
5 Tierra de donde sale el pan, que está revuelta, abajo, por el fuego.	5 The land, where bread appeared in its place, has been destroyed by fire.
6 Lugar donde las piedras son zafiro y contienen granos de oro.	6 Its stones are embedded with sapphires, and its soil, with gold.
7 Sendero que no conoce el ave de rapiña, ni el ojo del buitre lo columbra.	7 The bird does not know its path, nor has the eye of the vulture beheld it.
8 No lo pisaron los hijos del orgullo, el león jamás lo atravesó.	8 The sons of merchants have not walked there, nor has the lioness traveled through it.
9 Aplica el hombre al pedernal su mano, descuaja las montañas de raíz.	9 He has stretched out his hand to the rocks; he has overturned the foundations of the mountains.
10 Abre canales en las rocas, ojo avizor a todo lo precioso.	10 He has cut rivers through the rocks, and his eye has seen all precious things.
11 Explora las fuentes de los ríos, y saca a luz lo oculto.	11 The depths of rivers he has also examined, and he has brought hidden things into the light.
12 Mas la Sabiduría, ¿de dónde viene? ¿cuál es la sede de la Inteligencia?	12 But, in truth, where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?
13 Ignora el hombre su sendero, no se le encuentra en la tierra de los vivos.	13 Man does not know its price, nor is it found in the land of those who live in sweetness.
14 Dice el Abismo: «No está en mí», y el Mar: «No está conmigo.»	14 The abyss declares, “It is not in me.” And the sea says, “It is not with me.”
15 No se puede dar por ella oro fino, ni comprarla a precio de plata,	15 The finest gold will not be paid for it, nor will silver be weighed in exchange for it.
16 ni evaluarla con el oro de Ofir, el ágata preciosa o el zafiro.	16 It will not be compared with the dyed colors of India, nor with the very costly stone sardonyx, nor with the sapphire.
17 No la igualan el oro ni el vidrio, ni se puede cambiar por vaso de oro puro.	17 Neither gold nor crystal will be its equal; neither will vessels of gold be fitted for it.
18 Corales y cristal ni mencionarlos, mejor es pescar Sabiduría que perlas.	18 The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it. Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment.
19 No la iguala el topacio de Kus, ni con oro puro puede evaluarse.	19 The topaz of Ethiopia will not be equal to it, nor will it be compared to the purest dyes.
20 Mas la Sabiduría, ¿de dónde viene? ¿cuál es la sede de la Inteligencia?	20 So then, where does wisdom begin, and where is the place of understanding?
21 Ocúltase a los ojos de todo ser viviente, se hurta a los pájaros del cielo.	21 It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice.
22 La Perdición y la Muerte dicen: «De oídas sabemos su renombre.»	22 Perdition and death have said, “With our ears, we have heard its fame.”
23 Sólo Dios su camino ha distinguido, sólo él conoce su lugar.	23 God understands its way, and he knows its location.
24 (Porque él otea hasta los confines de la tierra, y ve cuanto hay bajo los cielos.)	24 For he beholds the limits of the world, and he looks upon all things that are under heaven.
25 Cuando dio peso al viento y aforó las aguas con un módulo,	25 He created a counterweight for the winds, and he suspended the waters to measure them.
26 cuando a la lluvia impuso ley y un camino a los giros de los truenos,	26 At that time, he gave a law to the rain and a path to the resounding storms.
27 entonces la vio y le puso precio, la estableció y la escudriñó.	27 Then he saw and explained it, and he made ready and examined it.
28 Y dijo al hombre: «Mira, el temor del Señor es la Sabiduría, huir del mal, la Inteligencia.»	28 And he said to man, “Behold the fear of the Lord. Such is wisdom. And to withdraw from evil, this is understanding.”