勿是古非今、而尚論其事、此非智者所為也。

不要说：先前的日子强过如今的日子，是什么缘故呢？你这样问，不是出于智慧。

不要说：为什么先前的日子强过现今的日子呢？你这样问不是出于智慧。

不要说：为什么先前的日子强过现今的日子呢？你这样问不是出于智慧。

不要问为什么过去比现在好，因为这样问不明智。

你不要说：“为什么从前的日子胜过现在的呢？”你这样问，不是出于智慧。

不要说：“为什么先前的日子好过现在的日子呢？”因为你这样问不是出于智慧。

不要說：先前的日子強過如今的日子，是甚麼緣故呢？你這樣問，不是出於智慧。

不要說：為甚麼先前的日子強過現今的日子呢？你這樣問不是出於智慧。

不要說：為甚麼先前的日子強過現今的日子呢？你這樣問不是出於智慧。

不要問為什麼過去比現在好，因為這樣問不明智。

你不要說：“為甚麼從前的日子勝過現在的呢？”你這樣問，不是出於智慧。

你不要說：『為甚麼先前的日子比如今這些日子好呢？』因為你問到這事、並不是出於智慧。

不要說：「為什麼先前的日子好過現在的日子呢？」因為你這樣問不是出於智慧。

勿謂今不如古何耶、詢此、乃不智也、

爾勿問云、緣何今日不如昔日、爾如是問、則非出於智慧、

Do not say,“ Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions.

Don’t say,“ Why were things better in the good old days?” It isn’t wise to ask that kind of question.

Say not,“ Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.

Don’t long for“ the good old days.” This is not wise.

Don’t say,“ Why were the former days better than these?” since it is not wise of you to ask this.

Do not say,“ Why is it that the former days were better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.

Do not say,“ Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not inquire wisely concerning this.

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

Don’t say,“ Why were the former days better than these?” since it is not wise of you to ask this.

Say not thou, What is[ the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

Do not say,“ Why were the old days better than these days?” for it is not wise to ask that.

Don’t say,“ Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.

其田曰、我主與、如耶和華祐我、奚至所遇若此、我嘗聞我父之言、昔耶和華導我族出埃及、今其異跡安在、斯時耶和華遺棄我儕、付我於米田人手。

我所欲者我必為之、昔我列祖、王公、在猶大諸邑、耶路撒冷逵衢焚香灌奠、奉事天后、當時咸得果腹、所遇亨通、不遘患難、我不焚香灌奠奉事天后、我則缺乏、又遇鋒刃饑饉而亡。諸婦女曰、昔我焚香、灌奠、為餅、以事天后、豈非我夫所許乎。

自稱為智、適成愚魯、不崇永生上帝之榮、反拜速朽世人禽獸昆蟲之像、故上帝聽其心之嗜慾、淪於污穢、互辱其身、夫恆久所當頌美者上帝也、乃人棄真尚偽、崇奉受造之物、不崇奉造化之主、是以上帝聽其縱慾污行、婦女以順性之用、變為逆性之施、男子亦然、棄婦女順性之用、嗜慾灼爍、男與男作愧恥之事、身受悖戾當得之報、彼既不以上帝存於中、上帝聽其喪心、行所不當行、充諸不義、淫行、惡慝、貪婪、暴狠、媢嫉、兇殺、爭鬥、詭譎、澆俗、隱刺、毀謗、怨上帝、狎侮、驕傲、矜誇、機詐、違逆父母、頑梗、背約、不情、搆怨、中無惻隱、凡若此、上帝擬之以死、而彼知之、乃不獨自入於惡、又以他人之惡是樂也、

曰、是何歟、我儕有勝乎、曰、無、我曾明言猶太希利尼人、咸服罪、如經云、悉無義人、無人曉悟、無人求上帝、皆棄正就邪、未有行仁者、厥喉似破塋、其舌施詭詐、其唇藏蝮毒、滿口咒詛惡言、欲屠人血、而足疾趨、所過殘害、不由平康、心目中不畏上帝、吾儕知律法所言、指法下人言之、以塞諸口、使舉世服罪於上帝前、

耶和華在天、遍察民人、欲知其中、可有智慧是具、上帝是欽兮、則皆就邪棄正、未嘗有行善之民兮、

耶和華告以色列族曰、爾母見出、必有離書、離書云何、爾身見鬻、必有所償、所償伊誰、爾母見出、爾身見鬻、乃罪應爾。

時人於上帝前、壞其心術、暴虐徧行。上帝乃鑒觀斯世、億兆喪心、行為邪僻。