如彼有有原文作生子、見父所作之罪、而自忖思、不效之以行、

“他若生一个儿子，见父亲所犯的一切罪便惧怕，不照样去做；

“看哪，他若生了儿子，儿子见父亲所犯的一切罪，他见了，却不照样去做；

“看哪，他若生了儿子，儿子见父亲所犯的一切罪，他见了，却不照样去做；

“倘若这不肖子有一个好儿子，他看见父亲的所作所为，不愿步父亲的后尘。

“他若生一个儿子，这儿子看见他父亲所犯的一切罪，他虽然看见了，却不照样去作：

「他若生一個兒子，見父親所犯的一切罪便懼怕，不照樣去做；

「看哪，他若生了兒子，兒子見父親所犯的一切罪，他見了，卻不照樣去做；

「看哪，他若生了兒子，兒子見父親所犯的一切罪，他見了，卻不照樣去做；

「倘若這不肖子有一個好兒子，他看見父親的所作所為，不願步父親的後塵。

“他若生一個兒子，這兒子看見他父親所犯的一切罪，他雖然看見了，卻不照樣去作：

『但是他若生個兒子，這兒子見他父親所犯的一切罪，便懼怕，不照樣去行；

設斯人生子、見父所犯諸罪、則懼、而不效之、

如此惡人有子、見父作惡、思改其行、

“ But suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do such things:

“ But suppose this son has a son of his own. And the son sees all the sins his father commits. He sees them, but he does not do them.

“ Now suppose this man fathers a son who sees all the sins that his father has done; he sees, and does not do likewise:

“ But suppose that sinful son, in turn, has a son who sees his father’s wickedness and decides against that kind of life.

“ Now suppose he has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, and though he sees them, he does not do likewise.

“ Now behold, he has fathered a son who saw all his father’s sins which he committed, but he has seen them and does not do likewise.

“ If, however, he begets a son Who sees all the sins which his father has done, And considers but does not do likewise;

Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins, which he hath done, and feareth, and doeth not such like;

“ Now suppose he has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, and though he sees them, he does not do likewise.

Now, lo,[ if] he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,

“ But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example.

“ Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father’s sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not such like;

爾往為我、為以色列及猶大之餘民、因此書之言、問於主、我列祖不守主之言、不遵此書所載而行、主必向我大震烈怒、

善人之父必大樂、生子智慧、必因之歡悅、

因其忖思悛改所作之罪愆、必生存不死、

惟彼中心、不思我記其諸惡、今其作為纏繞之、纏繞之原文作已環之悉於我目前、

我傾耳細聽、聞彼出言不正、無人悔其惡行曰、我所為何哉、彼各仍奔其道、若馬之臨陣馳驟、

今萬有之主如是云、當察爾所為、當察爾所為或作於爾所作之事當留心察之下同

盍盈爾祖之量歟、

我在曠野、諭其子孫曰、勿從爾祖父之習俗、勿守其陋規、勿因其偶像、自染污穢、

爾曹當思念、此日以前、即九月二十四日、立主殿基之日以前、爾曹當思念情景若何、

心不思維、無識無知、獨不自問曰、此木之半、我焚之於火、在其炭上炊餅炙肉而食、則其所餘、豈可用作可憎之偶像、豈可俯伏而拜塊木乎、

既而省悟曰、我父傭人甚多、其糧有餘、而我餓死乎、我必起而歸我父、向之曰、父、我獲罪於天、亦獲罪於爾、不堪復稱為爾子、請視我如爾傭人之一、

萬有之主如是云、當察爾所為、

如彼有有原文作生子、為盜殺人、以上所言之善不作、所言之惡反作、食於山上獻偶像之祭物、淫人之妻、

必循我口所出之言而為、必焚香灌奠、奉事天后、循我平日所為、循昔我列祖與王公、在猶大諸邑、在耶路撒冷街衢所為、當時我得飽食享福、不遇患難、

蓋爾之妄行、由爾祖所傳者、爾得贖以脫之、知非以金銀可壞之物、

元年正月、啟主殿之門修葺之、召諸祭司及利未人至、集於東衢、謂之曰、利未人、宜聽我言、今爾當潔身、以潔主爾列祖之天主之殿、由聖所除其污穢、我祖父獲罪、行惡於主我列祖之天主前、違棄主、不顧其聖所、封閉大廊之門、滅其燈、不焚香、不在聖所獻火焚祭於以色列之天主、故主震怒猶大及耶路撒冷、使遭患難、受驚恐、被恥笑、如爾目睹、我祖父緣此被刀殺、我子女我妻緣此被擄掠、今我有意立約、必歸主以色列之天主、或作今我有意與主以色列之天主立約或主向我息怒、我子歟、今勿懈怠、蓋主選爾曹、侍立其前、奉事焚香、

我思念所行之道、轉步向主之法度、我遵守主之誡命、迅速不敢遲延、

放縱私欲、傚法其祖、崇拜巴力、

生子愚昧、必懷殷憂、愚者之父、難以喜樂、