Ask now about the days of long ago. Find out what happened long before your time. Ask about what has happened since the time God created human beings on the earth. Ask from one end of the world to the other. Has anything as great as this ever happened? Has anything like it ever been heard of?

“你且考察在你以前的世代，自神造人在世以来，从天这边到天那边，曾有何民听见神在火中说话的声音，像你听见还能存活呢？这样的大事何曾有、何曾听见呢？

“你去问，在你先前的时代，自从上帝造人在地上以来，从天这边到天那边，曾有过或听过这样的大事吗？

“你去问，在你先前的时代，自从神造人在地上以来，从天这边到天那边，曾有过或听过这样的大事吗？

“你们可以查考历史，自上帝创造世人以来，这样的奇事，天地之间何曾有过？谁曾听闻？

“你问问在你以前过去的日子，自从神创造人在地上以来，从天这边到天那边，有没有人行过这样的大事，听过像这样的事呢？

「你且考察在你以前的世代，自神造人在世以來，從天這邊到天那邊，曾有何民聽見神在火中說話的聲音，像你聽見還能存活呢？這樣的大事何曾有、何曾聽見呢？

「你去問，在你先前的時代，自從上帝造人在地上以來，從天這邊到天那邊，曾有過或聽過這樣的大事嗎？

「你去問，在你先前的時代，自從神造人在地上以來，從天這邊到天那邊，曾有過或聽過這樣的大事嗎？

「你們可以查考歷史，自上帝創造世人以來，這樣的奇事，天地之間何曾有過？誰曾聽聞？

“你問問在你以前過去的日子，自從神創造人在地上以來，從天這邊到天那邊，有沒有人行過這樣的大事，聽過像這樣的事呢？

『試問在你以前過去的日子，自從上帝創造人在地上以來，從天這邊到天那邊、何嘗有過以下這樣的大事呢？像這樣的事、又何曾有人聽見過呢？

粵稽往古、自上帝造人於世、由天涯至地極、有如此之大事乎、曾聞之乎、

粵稽往古、自上帝造人、迄於今日、由天涯至地極、除爾之外、曾亦聞上帝之言由火中出、人聽其聲尚能生存者乎、曠觀斯世、果有若此之大事乎。

天主由火中宣言、爾聽其聲、尚能生存、試問爾以前已往之世代、自天主造人在世以來、自天此極至天彼極、曾有何人聞天主言之聲而猶能生乎、若是之大事、豈曾有乎、豈曾聞乎、

Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of?

“ For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of.

“ Now search all of history, from the time God created people on the earth until now, and search from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything as great as this ever been seen or heard before?

“ Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created mankind on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of?

“ Indeed, ask now about the earlier days that were before your time, since the day that God created mankind on the earth, and inquire from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it?

“ For ask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether any great thing like this has happened, or anything like it has been heard.

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

“ Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created man on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of?

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and[ ask] from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been[ any such thing] as this great thing[ is], or hath been heard like it?

Indeed, ask about the distant past, starting from the day God created humankind on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether there has ever been such a great thing as this, or even a rumor of it.

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been anything as great as this thing is, or has been heard like it?

“ Find out what our parents taught. Discover what those who lived before them learned.

He will send his angels with a loud trumpet call. They will gather his chosen people from all four directions. They will bring them from one end of the heavens to the other.

Elders, listen to me. Pay attention, all you who live in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your whole life? Did it ever happen to your people who lived long ago?

God, we have heard what you did. Those who came before us have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.

Remember the days of long ago. Think about what the Lord did through those many years. Ask your father. He will tell you. Ask your elders. They’ll explain it to you.

So God created human beings in his own likeness. He created them to be like himself. He created them as male and female.

Suppose you have been forced to go away to the farthest land on earth. The Lord your God will bring you back even from there.

He will send his angels. He will gather his chosen people from all four directions. He will bring them from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.