Wetin di Miner No Fit Dig Comot
Miners dey dig tunnel inside rock for silver and sapphire, dey go where no falcon don ever look. But nobody fit dig wisdom comot or buy am; the deep and the sea talk say e no dey here. Na only God sabi where e dey, and E tell human beings: fear God, turn from evil.
28 1"For true, dem get mine wey dem dey dig silver, and place wey dem dey refine gold. 2Dem dey take iron comot for di dust, and dem dey melt copper comot for di rock. 3Man dey set boundary for di darkness; e dey search reach di farthest end for ore wey dey inside gloom and deep shadow. 4E dey dig shaft far from where people dey live, for places where no foot never waka; for dia dem dey hang and dey swing, far from anybody. 5Di earth—na from am food dey come, but wetin dey under am, dem don turn am upside-down like fire. 6Im stones dey carry sapphire, and im dust dey carry gold. 7Na road wey no bird of prey sabi, one wey di falcon eye never see. 8Di proud animals never step for am, and lion never waka pass am. 9Man dey put im hand for di hard flint rock and e dey turn mountains upside-down for dia roots. 10E dey cut channels troway di rocks, and im eye dey see every precious thing. 11E dey hold back di small-small streams wey dey drip, and e dey bring hidden things come light.
12"But wisdom—na where person go fit find am? And na where di place of understanding dey? 13Man no sabi im worth, and dem no dey find am for di land of di living. 14Di deep talk say, 'E no dey inside me,' and di sea talk say, 'E no dey with me.' 15Dem no fit buy am with di best gold, and dem no fit weigh im price with silver. 16Dem no fit price am with di gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphire. 17Gold and crystal no fit reach am, and dem no fit change am for vessels of pure gold. 18Coral and crystal no even worth to mention; di price of wisdom pass rubies. 19Di topaz of Cush no fit reach am, and dem no fit price am with pure gold.
20"So, na where wisdom dey come from? And na where di place of understanding dey? 21E dey hide from di eyes of everything wey dey live, and dem cover am even from di birds of di sky. 22Destruction and Death talk say, 'Na with our ears we hear rumor about am.'
23"God understand di way to am, and E sabi im place. 24Because E dey look reach di ends of di earth and E dey see everything wey dey under di heavens. 25As E give di wind im weight and E measure di waters, 26wen E make decree for di rain and road for di thunderbolt, 27na den E see wisdom and E declare am; E establish am and E search am out.
28And E talk give mankind say, 'To fear God—na dat one be wisdom, and to turn comot from evil na understanding.'"
