¹Tõesti, hõbedal on leiukoht ja kullal pesemispaik,

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

²raud võetakse mullast ja kivist valatakse vask.

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

³Piir pannakse pimedusele ning viimseni otsitakse üles pimeduse ja sünguse kivi.

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

⁴Kaevandusi murtakse eluasemeist eemal, paigus, mille on unustanud jalad; nad kõlguvad kõikudes, inimestest kaugel.

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.

⁵Maast kasvab leib, aga maa sügavused pööratakse tulega pahupidi.

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

⁶Selle kivimid on safiiride asukohaks ja seal on kullatolmu.

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

⁷Teed sinna ei tea kotkaski ega märka kulli silm.

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

⁸Seda ei talla uhked metsloomad, seal ei kõnni noor lõvigi.

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

⁹Ränikivi külge pistetakse käsi, mäed pööratakse juurteni ümber.

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

¹⁰Kaljudesse lõhutakse käike ja silm saab näha kõiksugu aardeid.

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

¹¹Vooluste nõrgumiskohad tõkestatakse, ja mis peidetud on, tuuakse valguse kätte.

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

¹²Aga tarkus - kust seda leitakse? ja kus on arukuse asupaik?

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

¹³Ei tunne inimene selle hinda ja seda ei leidu elavate maal.

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

¹⁴Sügavus ütleb: 'Minu sees seda pole.' Ja meri ütleb: 'Ei ole minu juures.'

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

¹⁵Puhta kulla eestki ei saa seda osta ega hõbedaga selle hinda vaagida.

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

¹⁶See pole makstav Oofiri kullaga, ei kalli oonüksi ega safiiriga.

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

¹⁷Sellega pole võrreldav ei kuld ega klaas, ka pole see vahetatav kuldriista vastu.

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

¹⁸Koralle ja mägikristalli ei maksa mainidagi - omandatud tarkus on enam väärt kui pärlid.

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

¹⁹Sellega pole võrreldav Etioopia krüsoliit, puhta kullagagi ei saa selle eest maksta.

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

²⁰Kust tuleb siis tarkus ja kus on arukuse asupaik?

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

²¹See on varjul kõigi elavate silmade eest, peidetud taeva lindudegi eest.

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

²²Kadupaik ja surm ütlevad: 'Meie kõrvus on sellest ainult kuuldus.'

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

²³Jumal, tema tunneb teed sinna ja tema teab selle asupaika.

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

²⁴Sest tema ulatub vaatama maa äärteni, tema näeb kõike, mis taeva all on.

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

²⁵Kui ta andis tuulele kaalu ja määras mõõduga veed,

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

²⁶kui ta andis vihmale seaduse ja kõuepilvele tee,

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

²⁷siis ta nägi seda ja seletas, valmistas ta ja uuris läbi.

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

²⁸Ja ta ütles inimesele: 'Vaata, Issanda kartus - see on tarkus, ja hoidumine kurjast on arukus!''

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.’”