故予惟能哺之以乳、而不能遽進以乾糧、以爾等當時猶未成熟耳。即就目今而論、爾等亦未有長進、

我是用奶喂你们，没有用饭喂你们。那时你们不能吃，就是如今还是不能。

我用奶喂你们，没有用饭喂你们，因为那时你们不能吃。就是如今还是不能，

我用奶喂你们，没有用饭喂你们，因为那时你们不能吃。就是如今还是不能，

我只能用奶而不能用饭来喂养你们，因为你们当时不能消化，甚至现在也不能。

我喂给你们吃的是奶，不是饭，因为那时你们不能吃，就是现在还是不能，

我喂给你们吃的是奶，不是饭，原来你们那时还不能吃饭——其实现在也还是不能，

我是用奶餵你們，沒有用飯餵你們。那時你們不能吃，就是如今還是不能。

我用奶餵你們，沒有用飯餵你們，因為那時你們不能吃。就是如今還是不能，

我用奶餵你們，沒有用飯餵你們，因為那時你們不能吃。就是如今還是不能，

我只能用奶而不能用飯來餵養你們，因為你們當時不能消化，甚至現在也不能。

我餵給你們吃的是奶，不是飯，因為那時你們不能吃，就是現在還是不能，

我餵你們喝奶子，不餵硬食物，因為那時你們還不能喫，就是如今、還是不能，

我餵給你們吃的是奶，不是飯，原來你們那時還不能吃飯——其實現在也還是不能，

我曾哺爾以乳、不以糧、因爾素未能食、今仍未能也、

我哺爾以乳、不以糧者、因素未能食、今亦未能也、

我哺爾以乳、不飼爾以糧、因其時爾不能食、今仍不能、

I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.

The words I spoke to you were like milk, not like solid food. You weren’t ready for solid food yet. And you still aren’t ready for it.

I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,

I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready,

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to consume it. But even now you are not yet able,

I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able;

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it: nay, not even now are ye able;

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,

I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able[ to bear it], neither yet now are ye able.

I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready,

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, you aren’t ready even now,

當如新生之嬰、一心愛慕純粹乳汁、日漸月漬、涵養心靈、以邀救恩。

尚有多端、欲與爾言、惟此時爾尚不堪受之。

吾人於此點、實言不勝言；即言之亦難邀領悟、以爾等不敏於聽故也。以資歷論、爾等此時應可為人師矣；而在實際、仍須人教爾等以淺近之教理、一如乳臭兒之未可遽進以乾糧也。蓋哺乳者稚氣未脫、對於義理詎能精通；惟長成之人能吸收乾糧、蓋平素涵養純熟、故能明辨是非、密察善惡、絲毫不爽耳。