Do you think we are mere animals? Do you think we are stupid?

我们为何算为畜生，在你眼中看作污秽呢？

我们为何被视为畜生，在你们眼中看为愚笨呢？

我们为何被视为畜生，在你们眼中看为愚笨呢？

为何你把我们当作牲畜，把我们视为蠢货？

我们为什么算为牲畜？为什么在你的眼中看为污秽呢？

我們為何算為畜生，在你眼中看作污穢呢？

我們為何被視為畜牲，在你們眼中看為愚笨呢？

我們為何被視為畜牲，在你們眼中看為愚笨呢？

為何你把我們當作牲畜，把我們視為蠢貨？

我們為甚麼算為牲畜？為甚麼在你的眼中看為污穢呢？

我們為甚麼算為牲口，而被你們看為不通呢？

曷以我儕為獸、目中視為不潔、

爾曷視我、冥頑若獸。

我儕何視為蠢畜、何為於爾目中視為不潔、

Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?

Why do you look at us as if we were cattle? Why do you think of us as being stupid?

Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?

Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

Why are we regarded as animals, As stupid in your eyes?

Why are we counted as beasts, And regarded as stupid in your sight?

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And are become unclean in your sight?

Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

Wherefore are we counted as beasts,[ and] reputed vile in your sight?

Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight?

Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?

I was so foolish and ignorant— I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.

You have closed their minds to understanding, but do not let them triumph.

“ As for all of you, come back with a better argument, though I still won’t find a wise man among you.

Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.

I also thought about the human condition— how God proves to people that they are like animals.

“ Just ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you. Let the fish in the sea speak to you.