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

¹nekuti mugodhi uripo panobva sirivha, Nzvimbo iripo pavanonatsa ndarama.

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

²Mhangura inocherwa pasi, Nendarira inonyauswa pabwe.

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

³Munhu anokunda rima, Anotsvakisisa kusvikira kumativi ose-ose. Mabwe erima guru nomumumvuri worufu.

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.

⁴Anochera mugodhi kure napanogara vanhu, vanokanganikwa norutsoka rwoga rwoga; vanorembera kure navanhu, vachizeya uku nokuku.

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

⁵Kana iri nyika, zvokudya zvinobva mairi; Pasi pazvo pakashandurwa zvinenge nomoto.

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

⁶Pamabwe ayo ndipo panogara zvibwe zesafiro, Ano upfu hwendarama.

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

⁷Nzira iyo haizikamwi negondo, Ziso rorukodzi harina kuiona;

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

⁸Zvikara, zvinozvikudza, hazvina kupfuura napo. Shumba, ine hasha, haina kupfuura napo.

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

⁹Iye anotema dombo romusarasara noruoko rwake; Anoshandukura makomo nemidzi yawo.

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

¹⁰Anochera mugero pamatombo; Ziso rake rinoona zvinokosha.

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

¹¹Anodzivira nzizi dzemvura dzirege kudonha; Chinhu chakavanzika anochibudisa pachena.

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

¹²Asi uchenjeri huchawanikwepiko? Kunzwisisa kunogarepi?

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

¹³Munhu haazivi mutengo wahwo; Hauwanikwi panyika yavapenyu.

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

¹⁴Pakadzika panoti, Hauzi mandiri; Negungwa rinoti, Hauzi mandiri.

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

¹⁵Haungatengwi nendarama, Nyangwe nesirivha haingaidzirwi mutengo wawo.

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

¹⁶Haungaenzaniswi nendarama yeOfiri, Kana nezvibwe zveonikisi inokosha kana zvesafiro.

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

¹⁷Ndarama negirazi hazvingaenzani nahwo; Zvishongo zvendarama yakaisvonaka hazvingatsinhaniswi nahwo.

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

¹⁸Korari nemapere hazvingarangarirwi; zvirokwazvo mutengo wouchenjeri unopfuura matombo akatsvuka.

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

¹⁹Topazi yeItiopia haingaenzani nahwo, Haungaenzaniswi nendarama yakaisvonaka.

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

²⁰Zvino huchenjeri unobvepiko? Kunzwisisa kunogarepi?

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

²¹Zvahwakavanzirwa meso avapenyu vose, Nokudzitirirwa shiri dzokudenga.

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

²²Kuparadza noRufu zvinoti, Takanzwa guhu rahwo panzeve dzedu.

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

²³Mwari anonzwisisa nzira yahwo, Ndiye anoziva kwahunobva.

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

²⁴Nekuti anotarira kumigumo yenyika, anoona, zvose pasi pokudenga pose;

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

²⁵Panguva yaanotarira mhepo kurema kwayo; Zvirokwazvo, anoyera mvura nechiyero

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

²⁶Panguva yaakatemera mvura chirevo, Nemheni yomutinhiro nzira yayo.

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

²⁷Panguva iyo akahuona, akahududzira; Akahusimbisa, nokuhunzvera.

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.’”

²⁸Akaudza munhu achiti, Tarira, kutya Ishe, ndihwo uchenjeri. Kurega zvakaipa ndiko kunzwisisa.