¹智慧只有　神能賜“銀子有礦，金子有冶煉的地方。

¹“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

²鐵從土中取出，熔化石頭而得銅。

²Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.

³人探求黑暗的盡頭，查明在陰暗中的石礦，直到極處。

³Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

⁴在無人居住之處，足跡罕至之地開坑探礦，他們與人遠離，懸在坑中搖來搖去。

⁴He 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.

⁵至於地，糧食從它而出，地底下卻好像被火翻轉過來一樣。

⁵As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

⁶石中有藍寶石，也有金沙。

⁶Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.

⁷礦坑中的路，鷙鳥不知道，連鷹的眼也未曾見過；

⁷That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.

⁸狂傲的野獸未曾行過，猛獅也未曾經過。

⁸The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.

⁹人伸手擊鑿堅石，使山腳翻倒過來。

⁹He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.

¹⁰在磐石中鑿出坑道，親眼看見各樣寶物。

¹⁰He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.

¹¹他堵住水源，不讓滴漏，又使隱藏之物顯露在光中。

¹¹He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.

¹²然而，智慧在何處可尋？聰明之地在哪裡呢？

¹²“But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?

¹³智慧的價值人不知道，在活人之地也尋不到。

¹³Man doesn’t know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

¹⁴深淵說：‘不在我裡面’，滄海說：‘不在我這裡’。

¹⁴The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’

¹⁵智慧不能用純金購買，也不能稱銀子作它的代價。

¹⁵It can’t be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for its price.

¹⁶俄斐金，貴重的瑪瑙、藍寶石，都不能與它比較。

¹⁶It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire or, lapis lazuli .

¹⁷黃金和玻璃不能與它比較，純金的器皿不能與它交換。

¹⁷Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

¹⁸珊瑚和水晶都不值一提，取得智慧勝過取得紅寶石。

¹⁸No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

¹⁹古實的黃玉不能與它比較，純金也不能與它較量。

¹⁹The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

²⁰然而，智慧從哪裡來，聰明之地在哪裡呢？

²⁰Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?

²¹眾生的眼睛都看不到，空中的飛鳥也不能發現。

²¹Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.

²²滅亡和死亡都說：‘我們只風聞它的事罷了。’

²²Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’

²³　神明白智慧的道路，也曉得智慧的所在，

²³“God understands its way, and he knows its place.

²⁴因為他察看全世界，遍觀全地。

²⁴For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.

²⁵他為風定輕重，又度量眾水；

²⁵He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.

²⁶為雨露立定律，為雷電定道路。

²⁶When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;

²⁷那時他看見智慧，描述智慧，他堅立智慧，並且查探智慧。

²⁷then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.

²⁸他對人說：‘敬畏主就是智慧，遠離邪惡就是聰明。’”

²⁸To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” , that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”