¹Kajti srebro ima svoje žile in zlato kraj, kjer se čisti.

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

²Železo se dobiva iz zemlje in iz kamenja izpuščajo s topljenjem bron.

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

³Temi napravljajo konec in preiskujejo do najskrajnejših mej kamene, skrite v temini in v smrtni senci.

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

⁴Navpik izkopljejo predor, koder popotnik ne hodi, po stezah, ki nanje noga ne stopi, se spuščajo doli in zibljejo semtertja daleč od ljudi.

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.

⁵Iz zemlje raste kruh, a pod njo rijejo kakor ogenj.

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

⁶Med njenimi kameni se nahaja safir in gruče zlata so v njej.

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

⁷Te steze ropna ptica ni poznala in kraguljevo oko je ni videlo;

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

⁸ni po njej stopala ponosna zver in lev rjoveči ni po njej hodil.

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

⁹Trdega kamena se loti človek z roko svojo, izpodkopava gore od dna;

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

¹⁰prekope izsekava skozi skalovje in raznotere dragocenosti ugleda oko njegovo.

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

¹¹Zajezuje struge, da ne solzé, in kar je skrito, prinaša na luč.

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

¹²Ali modrost, kje se nahaja? in kje je kraj razumnosti?

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

¹³Smrtni človek ne pozna njene cene, in v deželi živečih je ni najti.

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

¹⁴Brezno pravi: Ni je v meni, in morje govori: Ni je pri meni.

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

¹⁵Prečiščenega zlata ne moreš zanjo dati, ne dosti srebra odtehtati, da bi jo plačal.

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

¹⁶Ne more se ceniti s čistim zlatom ofirskim, z dragocenim oniksom ali safirjem.

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

¹⁷Zlato in steklo se ji ne moreta primerjati, ne posoda iz prečiščenega zlata zanjo zamenjati.

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

¹⁸Koraljev in kristala ni poleg nje omenjati, in pridobiti modrost je veliko dražje nego bisere.

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

¹⁹Ne more se ji enačiti topas iz Etiopije, ne da se oceniti s čistim zlatom.

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

²⁰Odkod torej prihaja modrost, in kje je kraj razumnosti?

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

²¹Prikrita je očem vseh živih bitij in skrita pticam pod nebom.

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

²²Pogubljenje in smrt pravita: Glas o njej smo čuli z ušesi svojimi.

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

²³Bog ve pot do nje, in on pozna njen kraj.

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

²⁴Zakaj on gleda do koncev zemlje in vidi vse, kar je pod nebom.

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

²⁵Ko je vetru določal težo in vode tehtal in meril,

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

²⁶ko je ustanavljal postavo dežju in pot blisku in gromu:

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

²⁷tedaj jo je videl in jo naznanil, jo postavil, pa tudi preizkusil.In človeku je dejal: Glej, strah Gospodov je modrost, in ogibati se hudega je razumnost.

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

²⁸In človeku je dejal: Glej, strah Gospodov je modrost, in ogibati se hudega je razumnost.

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.’”