Then I said,“ Oh, Lord GOD, they are saying of me,‘ Isn’t he just composing parables?’”

于是我说：“哎！主耶和华啊，人都指着我说：他岂不是说比喻的吗？”

于是我说：“唉！主耶和华啊，人都指着我说：他不是说比喻的人吗？”

于是我说：“唉！主耶和华啊，人都指着我说：他不是说比喻的人吗？”

于是我说：“唉，主耶和华啊，他们在议论我说，‘这人岂不是在说比喻吗？’”

于是我说：“啊，主耶和华啊！人都指着我说：‘这人不是在说比喻吗？’”（本章第45~49节在《马索拉文本》为21:1~5）

於是我說：「哎！主耶和華啊，人都指着我說：他豈不是說比喻的嗎？」

於是我說：「唉！主耶和華啊，人都指着我說：他不是說比喻的人嗎？」

於是我說：「唉！主耶和華啊，人都指着我說：他不是說比喻的人嗎？」

於是我說：「唉，主耶和華啊，他們在議論我說，『這人豈不是在說比喻嗎？』」

於是我說：“啊，主耶和華啊！人都指著我說：‘這人不是在說比喻嗎？’”（本章第45~49節在《馬索拉文本》為21:1~5）

於是我說：『啊，主永恆主啊，人都議論我說：「這人豈不是個說比喻的麼？」』

我則曰、噫、主耶和華歟、人指我曰、彼非言譬語者乎、

以西結曰、主耶和華與、人以我言、皆為隱語。

我以西結曰、主天主歟、哀哉、人指我云、彼所言俱隱語、

Then I said,“ Sovereign Lord, they are saying of me,‘ Isn’t he just telling parables?’”

Then I said,“ Lord and King, people are talking about me. They are saying,‘ Isn’t he just telling stories?’ ”

Then I said,“ Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me,‘ Is he not a maker of parables?’”

Then I said,“ O Sovereign Lord, they are saying of me,‘ He only talks in riddles!’”

Then I said,“ Oh, Lord God! They are saying of me,‘ Is he not just speaking in riddles?’ ”

Then I said,“ Ah, Lord God! They say of me,‘ Does he not speak parables?’”

Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?

Then I said,“ Oh, Lord God, they are saying of me,‘ Isn’t he just posing riddles?’”

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

Then I said,“ O sovereign LORD! They are saying of me,‘ Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?’”

Then I said,“ Ah Lord Yahweh! They say of me,‘ Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’”

“ I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. A time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

“ Son of man, pose a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said,“ What is this ignorant show-off trying to say?” Others replied,“ He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”— because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

That is why I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.Isaiah’s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says: You will listen and listen, but never understand; you will look and look, but never perceive.