Then I said,“ Lord and King, people are talking about me. They are saying,‘ Isn’t he just telling stories?’ ”

于是我说：“哎！主耶和华啊，人都指着我说：他岂不是说比喻的吗？”

于是我说：“唉！主耶和华啊，人都指着我说：他不是说比喻的人吗？”

于是我说：“唉！主耶和华啊，人都指着我说：他不是说比喻的人吗？”

于是我说：“唉，主耶和华啊，他们在议论我说，‘这人岂不是在说比喻吗？’”

于是我说：“啊，主耶和华啊！人都指着我说：‘这人不是在说比喻吗？’”（本章第45~49节在《马索拉文本》为21:1~5）

於是我說：「哎！主耶和華啊，人都指着我說：他豈不是說比喻的嗎？」

於是我說：「唉！主耶和華啊，人都指着我說：他不是說比喻的人嗎？」

於是我說：「唉！主耶和華啊，人都指着我說：他不是說比喻的人嗎？」

於是我說：「唉，主耶和華啊，他們在議論我說，『這人豈不是在說比喻嗎？』」

於是我說：“啊，主耶和華啊！人都指著我說：‘這人不是在說比喻嗎？’”（本章第45~49節在《馬索拉文本》為21:1~5）

於是我說：『啊，主永恆主啊，人都議論我說：「這人豈不是個說比喻的麼？」』

我則曰、噫、主耶和華歟、人指我曰、彼非言譬語者乎、

以西結曰、主耶和華與、人以我言、皆為隱語。

我以西結曰、主天主歟、哀哉、人指我云、彼所言俱隱語、

Then I said,“ Sovereign Lord, they are saying of me,‘ Isn’t he just telling parables?’”

Then I said,“ Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me,‘ Is he not a maker of parables?’”

Then I said,“ O Sovereign Lord, they are saying of me,‘ He only talks in riddles!’”

Then I said,“ Oh, Lord GOD, they are saying of me,‘ Isn’t he just composing parables?’”

Then I said,“ Oh, Lord God! They are saying of me,‘ Is he not just speaking in riddles?’ ”

Then I said,“ Ah, Lord God! They say of me,‘ Does he not speak parables?’”

Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?

Then I said,“ Oh, Lord God, they are saying of me,‘ Isn’t he just posing riddles?’”

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

Then I said,“ O sovereign LORD! They are saying of me,‘ Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?’”

Then I said,“ Ah Lord Yahweh! They say of me,‘ Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’”

“ I have not been speaking to you plainly. But a time is coming when I will speak clearly. Then I will tell you plainly about my Father.

“ Son of man, tell the people of Israel a story about their kings. Let them know what will happen to them.

A group of Epicurean and Stoic thinkers began to argue with him. Some of them asked,“ What is this fellow chattering about?” Others said,“ He seems to be telling us about gods we’ve never heard of.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus. He was telling them that Jesus had risen from the dead.

Here is why I use stories when I speak to the people. I say,“ They look, but they don’t really see. They listen, but they don’t really hear or understand.In them the words of the prophet Isaiah come true. He said,“‘ You will hear but never understand. You will see but never know what you are seeing.