至吾儕本人、則空無所有、不足道也。吾儕之所有皆淵源於天主。

并不是我们凭自己能承担什么事；我们所能承担的，乃是出于神。

并不是我们凭自己配做什么事，我们之所以配做是出于上帝；

并不是我们凭自己配做什么事，我们之所以配做是出于神；

我们并不认为自己能够承担什么，我们能够承担全是靠上帝。

我们不敢以为自己有资格作什么，我们所能够作的是出于神。

并不是说，我们凭自己配得上把什么算做出于自己；而是说，我们之所以配得上是出于神。

並不是我們憑自己能承擔甚麼事；我們所能承擔的，乃是出於神。

並不是我們憑自己配做甚麼事，我們之所以配做是出於上帝；

並不是我們憑自己配做甚麼事，我們之所以配做是出於神；

我們並不認為自己能夠承擔什麼，我們能夠承擔全是靠上帝。

我們不敢以為自己有資格作甚麼，我們所能夠作的是出於神。

並不是說我們憑着自己能夠以甚麼事為出於自己。我們之所以能夠的、乃是出於上帝；

並不是說，我們憑自己配得上把什麼算做出於自己；而是說，我們之所以配得上是出於神。

非言自能有所揆度、我之能由上帝而已、

我不能擅自思索、吾之能由上帝、

非謂我儕恃己能由己而思何事、我之能由天主也、

Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.

In ourselves we are not able to claim anything for ourselves. The power to do what we do comes from God.

Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God,

It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.

It is not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God.

Not that we are adequate in ourselves so as to consider anything as having come from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

It is not that we are competent in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our competence is from God.

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency[ is] of God;

Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,

吾之得有今日、皆賴天主之寵佑；惟予黽勉勞苦、視他人有過無不及、則未辜負天主之寵佑也。雖然、是亦天主寵佑而已、初非予之功也。

總之、予恃全能之主、故能應付萬變、遊刃有餘耳。

然主謂吾曰：『吾之聖寵、已足助爾、蓋吾德之彰、即在柔弱中也。』故吾欣然以柔弱為樂、庶幾基督之神德、能常寓吾身。

吾為樹身、爾為樹枝。凡寓乎吾身、而有我寓乎其衷者、必結實繁多。離乎吾、爾將一無所能。

一切美德嘉惠、莫不來自天上、降自光明之父。惟父恆常不變、永無晦蝕。

應知一切善念、主實啟之；一切善工、主實佑之；爾有所成、莫非主之美意。

爾被解時勿慮將如何言、當作何語；屆時必示爾所當言；蓋言者非爾、實爾父之神、藉爾而言也。

予當賜爾靈慧口才、非爾敵人所能駁覆。

我種植之、亞波羅從而灌溉之；而使其發榮滋長者、則天主也。

然此真光之在吾人、猶珍寶之藏於瓦器也。應知可貴者在天主之德、而不在吾人之身。

天主賜我以聖寵、得充大匠、而奠其基；惟在基上建築其房屋者、固另有人在；但望其人善為建築而已、

識之哉！予將以吾父所許者、遣發於爾矣。惟爾曹宜暫留京中、靜候自天賦與之德能。』

惟於後者實為肅殺之陰氣、而於前者則為令人永生之淑氣耳。嗚呼、誰堪負此重任乎？