如花之發生、頃刻枯槁、如影之奔馳、不能停留、

出来如花，又被割下，飞去如影，不能存留。

他出来如花，凋谢而去；他飞逝如影，不能存留。

他出来如花，凋谢而去；他飞逝如影，不能存留。

他如花盛开，转眼凋谢；如影消逝，无法久留。

他生长如花，又遭割下；他飞去如影，并不停留。

出來如花，又被割下，飛去如影，不能存留。

他出來如花，凋謝而去；他飛逝如影，不能存留。

他出來如花，凋謝而去；他飛逝如影，不能存留。

他如花盛開，轉眼凋謝；如影消逝，無法久留。

他生長如花，又遭割下；他飛去如影，並不停留。

他長出如花草，又被割下；他飛去如影兒，並不停留。

其出如花、而遭翦伐、如影之馳、不得停留、

若花之向榮、而遭翦伐、若影之倏忽、而無定在。

They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.

They grow like flowers, and then they dry up. They are like shadows that quickly disappear.

He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.

We blossom like a flower and then wither. Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.

He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.

Like a flower he comes out and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow and does not continue.

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

我儕自昨日始有、毫無所知、我儕在世之日、猶如虛影、

經載云、凡有血氣者如草、人之諸榮如草之花、草枯花謝、

有聲曰、爾當宣告、問曰、我當何所宣告、曰、凡有血氣者如草、其榮如田野之花、草枯花雕、因主之氣吹噓其上、斯民誠如草矣、草枯花雕、惟我天主之言、永存不朽、

我儕在主前如客旅寄居、無異列祖、我在世之日如影、難冀常存、

世人之歲月如草、其生發如野地之花、一經風吹、便歸無有、其原處亦不復識之、

但明日究竟如何、爾不知也、爾之生命如何、乃如雲霧暫現、頃刻即不見矣、

世人有如虛幻、其年壽如影易逝、

我之年歲、如日影已斜、我亦枯槁如草、

惡人不敬畏天主、終不得享福、雖長壽、不為長壽、如虛影而已、

善人興發如巴勒瑪樹、榮華茂盛、如利巴嫩之柏香木、

我日速逝、較驛卒而尤速、趨而不見福祉、我日已逝、速如扁舟、又如鵰鷹、飛以攫物、

惡人興盛似草、為非者發旺如花、終必永滅、

富者謙卑當樂、或作富者可因謙卑而誇因其如草花必雕、日出曝之、草枯花謝、其色之美亡矣、富者於其所為必衰殘、亦若是、○

主使人逝世如水之流、亦使之如睡、青年如草、速然凋殘、清晨生發、隨即衰殘、至暮刈割、便皆枯槁、我儕因主震怒、幾至消亡、因主施威、皆甚驚惶、主將我儕罪愆、列於主前、將我隱惡、陳於主面光之中、因主震怒、致我儕日月速然而逝、我儕度年、疾如轉念、