¹Chihtaktakin dangka adingin khuk a oma, huan a hihsiang uh dangkaeng adingin mun.

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

²Lei akipanin sik a kilakhia a, huan suang akipanin dal a ki sungkhia hi.

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

³Mihingin khomial phaktawp a neisaka, huan khomial sah leh thukah phaktawp gamlapen tanin sik-bua a zongkhia.

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

⁴Mite om louhna ah kokhuk lutna hawm a tou vangua, mite apat gamla ah a kikhai ua, khatlam khatlamah a ki vei uh.

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.

⁵Lei ahihleh, huai akipanin tanghou a hongsuaka: huan a nuaiah meia hihbangin a kilumlet hi.

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

⁶Huailaia suangte saphir suang mun ahi a, huan dangkaeng nen a nei hi.

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

⁷Huai lampi sasial ne vasain a theikei a, mu-akla mitin leng a mu ngei sam kei hi.

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

⁸Gamsa kisatheiten a sikkha ngeikei ua, humpinelkai lunlai leng huailaiah a paikha neikei hi.

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

⁹Meisah suanpi tungah a khut a koiha; a zungin mualte a lumlet a lumlet hi.

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

¹⁰Suangpite lakah lam a tou honga; huan a mitin thil mangpha chiteng a mu hi.

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

¹¹A takkhiak louhna ding un lui luangte a tuama; huan thilkisel khovak ah a honlakhia a.

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

¹²Himahleh ko ilaiah a pilna a kimu dia? Huan theihsiamna mun koilaia om ahia?

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

¹³Mihingin a lampi a theikei hi; mihing gamah leng muhin a om kei hi.

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

¹⁴Tui thukin, Ka kiangah a omkei, a chi a.

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

¹⁵Dangkaenga muh theih ahi keia, huai man dingin dangka leng buk theih ahi kei hi.

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

¹⁶Ophir dangkaeng toh a manphatna teh theih ahi kei ding, onik mantam hiam saphir toh hiam.

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

¹⁷Dangkaeng leh limlangin a kimpih theikei ua: huai khenna dingin dangkaeng hoih suangmantam leng ahi theikei ding hi.

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

¹⁸Suang dum hiam suang muhpaisuak theih a kigen kei ding: A hi, pilna man rubi suang sangin a sangjaw hi.

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

¹⁹Ethiopia topazi suangin a pha kei dia, dangkaeng tak toh leng a manphatna teh ding ahi kei.

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

²⁰Ahihleh pilna koi akipana hongpai ahia? Huan theihsiamna mun koia om hia?

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

²¹Mihing tengteng mit akipana sel ahi chih leh, huihkhua a vasate akipan sitsa a om ahi chih theiin.

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

²²Siatna leh sihnain, huaia thuthang ka bil un ka ja uh, a chi ua.

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

²³Huaia lampi Pathianin a theisiam, huai amun a thei hi.

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

²⁴Lei mong tanin a en ngala, huan van nuai thil tangtang a mu hi.

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

²⁵Huiha dinga gikna a piak lain, leh tuite tehna a a teh laiin;

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

²⁶Vuah adinga thupiak a bawla, vanging khophia adia lampi a bawl laiin;

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

²⁷Huailaiin aman a mua, a phuanga; ahih kipa, ahi, a zong khia hi.Huan mihing kiangah, Ngaiin, TOUPA kihtak, huai pilna ahi: huan hoihlou akipan pai mang theisiamna ahi, a chi hi.

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

²⁸Huan mihing kiangah, Ngaiin, TOUPA kihtak, huai pilna ahi: huan hoihlou akipan pai mang theisiamna ahi, a chi hi.

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.’”