1“Es hott bletz vo silvah gegrawva is,
un bletz vo gold kshmolsa vatt.
2Eisa vatt aus di eaht gnumma,
un kubbah vatt aus di shtay kshmolsa.
3Mennah nemma lichtah in di dunkla bletz;
si sucha in di deefshta lechah fa keshtlichi shtay,
drunna vo's oahrich dunkel is.
4Si grawva lechah veit vekk funn leit,
in bletz vo leit iahra fees nett lawfa;
si henka un shvinga funn shtrikk, un grawva di shtay raus.
5Ovva uf di eaht dutt ess-sach vaxa,
avvah unna drunnah vatt alles ivvah-gedrayt es vi mitt feiyah.
6Sapphires kumma funn shtay,
un da shtawb hott gold drinn.
7Da voi in di luft vayst nett vo selli bletz sinn,
em awdlah sei awk hott si nett ksenna.
8Shtolsi diahra lawfa nett drivvah,
un da layb gayt nett datt fabei.
9Da mann grawbt da flint-shtay,
un drayt da grund ivvah unna an di berga.
10Eah grawbt lechah deich di felsa,
un sei awwa sayna awl's keshtlich sach.
11Eah damd di revvahra uf es si nett lawfa,
un vass fashtekkeld is bringd eah raus in's licht.
12Avvah vo kann veisheit kfunna sei?
Vo kenna miah lanna fa fashtay?
13Da mensh fashtayt nett vass veisheit veaht is,
un veisheit vatt nett kfunna im land funn di levendicha.
14'S deefa sawkt, ‘See is nett in miah,’
un da say sawkt, ‘See is nett mitt miah.’
15See kann nett gekawft sei mitt em beshta gold,
un genunk silvah kann nett raus gvohwa sei difoah.
16See kann nett gekawft sei mitt em gold funn Ophir,
adda mitt keshtlich onyx un sapphires.
17Gold un sheinich glaws kann ma nett fagleicha mitt iahra,
un ma kann see nett fahandla fa goldichi sacha.
18Coral un crystal is nett diveaht shvetza diveyya;
veah veisheit grikt, hott may es keshtlichi pearls.
19Topaz aus em land Kush is di veisheit nett gleich,
un see kann nett gekawft sei mitt pyuah gold.
20Dann vo kumd di veisheit bei?
Vo kenna miah lanna fa fashtay?
21See is fashtekkeld funn di awwa funn alles levendiches,
even funn di fekkel in di luft.
22Di fadeahvung un's grawb sawwa,
‘Unsah oahra henn shund keaht difunn.’
23Gott fashtayt di veisheit iahra vayk,
eah laynich vayst vo see bleibt.
24Eah kann's end funn di eaht sayna,
eah saynd alles unnich em himmel.
25Vo eah em vind sei macht gevva hott,
un di vassahra raus gmessa hott,
26vo eah ausgmacht hott vo da reyyah falla soll,
un en pawt gmacht hott fa da gviddah-shtoahm,
27no hott eah di veisheit ksenna un see ivvah-gegukt,
eah hott see eiksetzt un see ausbroviaht.
28Un zumm mensh hott eah ksawt,
‘Gukk moll, di furcht fumm Hah, sell is veisheit,
un fa sich vekk halda funn evil, sell is fashtendes.’ ”