勿謂今不如古何耶、詢此、乃不智也、

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。

勿是古非今、而尚論其事、此非智者所為也。

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.

基甸曰、我主歟、如耶和華偕我、何至遭此、我祖嘗言耶和華導我出埃及、今其異蹟安在、茲乃棄我、付於米甸人手、

我必成我口所言、焚香灌奠於天后、循我及我祖、我王、我牧伯、在猶大諸邑、及耶路撒冷街衢所為、蓋其時我儕足食晏安、不遘災禍、自我不焚香灌奠於天后、則無不缺乏、亡於鋒刃饑饉、我焚香灌奠於天后、作餅以象其形、加以灌奠、我夫豈不與乎、

自稱為智、適成為愚、以不朽上帝之榮、而易以必朽之人、及禽獸昆蟲之狀、○故上帝任其心之嗜慾、陷於不潔、致互辱其身、彼以上帝之真、易之以偽、寧崇奉受造之物、不崇奉造物之主、夫上帝乃世世當頌者、阿們、○是以上帝任其可恥之慾、婦女以順性之用、變為逆性之用、男子亦然、棄婦女順性之用、嗜慾互爍、男與男行邪僻、自受謬妄當得之報、○彼知識中既不願有上帝、上帝遂任其喪心、行非宜之行、充諸不義、惡慝、貪婪、暴很、媢嫉、兇殺、爭鬥、詭譎、陰險、隱刺、毀謗、憎上帝、狎侮、傲慢、矜誇、造惡、違逆父母、愚昧、背約、不情、不慈、若輩既知上帝之定命、凡行此者宜死、乃不第自行之、又悅人行之、

然則何歟、我儕愈於彼乎、曰、否、不然、我曾證猶太人、希利尼人、咸在罪下、如經云、無義人、無其一也、無曉悟者、無尋求上帝者、皆棄正路、同為無益、無行善者、其一亦無也、厥喉如未封之墓、舌施詭詐、脣藏蝮毒、口盈呪詛荼苦、其足疾趨以流人血、其途翦滅殘傷、不識平康之路、目無上帝可畏、○我儕知律所言、乃為律下者言之、以塞眾口、使舉世服罪於上帝前、

耶和華自天垂鑒、欲察世人、有無明哲是具、上帝是求兮、眾皆偏詖、同變為污、無行善者、並無其一兮、

耶和華曰、我出爾母、離書安在、我鬻爾身、債主為誰、爾之見鬻、以爾罪故、爾母見出、以爾愆故、

舉世敗壞於上帝前、強暴充塞、上帝見世敗壞、凡有血氣者、行為邪僻、○