Jó 28

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Habet argentum venarum suarum principia, et auro locus est in quo conflatur.	1 There is indeed a mine for silver, and a place for gold which men refine.
2 Ferrum de terra tollitur, et lapis solutus calore in æs vertitur.	2 Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is melted out of stone.
3 Tempus posuit tenebris, et universorum finem ipse considerat : lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis.	3 He has set a boundary for the darkness; to the farthest confines he penetrates.
4 Dividit torrens a populo peregrinante eos quos oblitus est pes egentis hominis, et invios.
5 Terra de qua oriebatur panis, in loco suo igni subversa est.	5 The earth, though out of it comes forth bread, is in fiery upheaval underneath.
6 Locus sapphiri lapides ejus, et glebæ illius aurum.	6 Its stones are the source of sapphires, and there is gold in its dust.
7 Semitam ignoravit avis, nec intuitus est eam oculus vulturis.	7 The path to it no bird of prey knows, nor has the hawk's eye seen that path.
8 Non calcaverunt eam filii institorum, nec pertransivit per eam leæna.	8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor has the lion gone that way.
9 Ad silicem extendit manum suam : subvertit a radicibus montes.	9 He sets his hand to the flinty rock, and overturns the mountains at their foundations.
10 In petris rivos excidit, et omne pretiosum vidit oculus ejus.	10 He splits channels in the rocks; his eyes behold all that is precious.
11 Profunda quoque fluviorum scrutatus est, et abscondita in lucem produxit.	11 He probes the wellsprings of the streams, and brings hidden things to light.
12 Sapientia vero ubi invenitur ? et quis est locus intelligentiæ ?	12 But whence can wisdom be obtained, and where is the place of understanding?
13 Nescit homo pretium ejus, nec invenitur in terra suaviter viventium.	13 Man knows nothing to equal it, nor is it to be had in the land of the living.
14 Abyssus dicit : Non est in me, et mare loquitur : Non est mecum.	14 The abyss declares, "It is not in me"; and the sea says, "I have it not."
15 Non dabitur aurum obrizum pro ea, nec appendetur argentum in commutatione ejus.	15 Solid gold cannot purchase it, nor can its price be paid with silver.
16 Non conferetur tinctis Indiæ coloribus, nec lapidi sardonycho pretiosissimo vel sapphiro.	16 It cannot be bought with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx or the sapphire.
17 Non adæquabitur ei aurum vel vitrum, nec commutabuntur pro ea vasa auri.	17 Gold or crystal cannot equal it, nor can golden vessels reach its worth.
18 Excelsa et eminentia non memorabuntur comparatione ejus : trahitur autem sapientia de occultis.	18 Neither coral nor jasper should be thought of; it surpasses pearls and
19 Non adæquabitur ei topazius de Æthiopia, nec tincturæ mundissimæ componetur.	19 Arabian topaz.
20 Unde ergo sapientia venit ? et quis est locus intelligentiæ ?	20 Whence, then, comes wisdom, and where is the place of understanding?
21 Abscondita est ab oculis omnium viventium : volucres quoque cæli latet.	21 It is hid from the eyes of any beast; from the birds of the air it is concealed.
22 Perditio et mors dixerunt : Auribus nostris audivimus famam ejus.	22 Abaddon and Death say, "Only by rumor have we heard of it."
23 Deus intelligit viam ejus, et ipse novit locum illius.	23 God knows the way to it; it is he who is familiar with its place.
24 Ipse enim fines mundi intuetur, et omnia quæ sub cælo sunt respicit.	24 For he beholds the ends of the earth and sees all that is under the heavens.
25 Qui fecit ventis pondus, et aquas appendit in mensura.	25 He has weighed out the wind, and fixed the scope of the waters;
26 Quando ponebat pluviis legem, et viam procellis sonantibus :	26 When he made rules for the rain and a path for the thunderbolts,
27 tunc vidit illam et enarravit, et præparavit, et investigavit.	27 Then he saw wisdom and appraised it, gave it its setting, knew it through and through.
28 Et dixit homini : Ecce timor Domini, ipsa est sapientia ; et recedere a malo, intelligentia.	28 And to man he said: Behold, the fear of the LORD is wisdom; and avoiding evil is understanding.