¹¶ He rua hoki to te hiriwa e puta mai ai, he wahi ano to te koura e whakarewaina ai.

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

²He mea tango mai te rino no roto i te whenua; no te kamaka te parahi, he mea whakarewa.

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

³E whakatakotoria ana e te tangata he mutunga mai mo te pouri, e rapua ana e ia ki te tino tutukitanga atu nga kohatu o te pouri, o te atarangi o te mate.

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

⁴E pakaruhia mai ana e ia he rua i ko ake o nga nohoanga tangata; kua wareware ratou i te waewae e haere ana; he tawhiti i te tangata to ratou tarenga, e piu atu ana, e piu ana mai.

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.

⁵Ko te whenua, e puta mai ana he taro i roto i a ia: a e hurihia ake ana a raro iho ano he ahi.

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

⁶Hei wahi mo nga hapira ona kohatu, he puehu koura ano tona.

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

⁷He ara tena kahore i mohiotia e te manu, kiano i kitea e te kanohi o te whatura.

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

⁸Kahore nga kirehe whakahi kia takahi i taua ara kahore hoki a reira kia haerea e te raiona tutu.

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

⁹E pa atu ana tona ringa ki te kiripaka; hurihia ake e ia nga take o nga maunga.

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

¹⁰E tapahia ana e ia he awa i roto i nga kamaka, a e kite ana tona kanohi i nga mea utu nui katoa.

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

¹¹E herea ana e ia nga awa kei maturuturu; e whakaputa mai ana hoki i nga mea ngaro ki te marama.

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

¹²E kitea ia ki hea te whakaaro nui? kei hea hoki te wahi o te mohio?

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

¹³E kore te tangata e mohio ki tona utu, e kore ano taua hanga e kitea ki te whenua o te ora.

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

¹⁴¶ E ki ake ana te rire, Kahore i ahau; e ki mai ana hoki te moana, Kahore i ahau.

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

¹⁵E kore e hokona ki te koura, e kore ano hoki e taea te pauna te hiriwa hei utu mona.

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

¹⁶E kore e taea te whakarite ki te koura o Opira, ki te onika utu nui, ki te hapira.

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

¹⁷E kore e rite te koura, te kohatu piata ki a ia: e kore e hokona ki nga oko koura parakore.

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

¹⁸E kore e whakahuatia te kaoa, nga peara ranei; hira ake hoki te utu o te whakaaro nui i to te rupi.

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

¹⁹E kore te topaha o Etiopia e rite ki a ia, e kore e tau te koura parakore hei utu.

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

²⁰¶ Ka haere mai ra i hea te whakaaro nui? Kei hea te wahi o te matau?

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

²¹He mea huna atu na hoki i nga kanohi o nga mea ora katoa, ngaro rawa i nga manu o te rangi.

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

²²E ki ake ana te whakangaromanga raua ko te mate, i hakiri o maua taringa ki tona rongo.

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

²³E mohio ana te Atua ki tona ara, kua kite ano ia i tona wahi.

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

²⁴E titiro ana hoki ia ki nga pito o te whenua, e kite ana ia i nga mea i raro i te rangi, a puta noa;

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

²⁵E mea ana i te whakataimaha mo te hau; ae, e mehua ana ia i nga wai ki te mehua.

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

²⁶I a ia e whakatakoto ana i te tikanga mo te ua, i te huarahi mo te uira o te whatitiri,

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

²⁷Ka kitea e ia i reira, a whakapuakina mai ana; i whakaukia e ia, a ata rapua ana e ia.

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

²⁸A ka mea ia ki te tangata, Na, ko te wehi ki te Ariki, ko te whakaaro nui tena; a ko te mawehe atu i te kino, koia te matauranga.

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.’”