果爾、則爾向之所受一切痛苦艱難、亦有何益、將非盡付東流乎？

你们受苦如此之多，都是徒然的吗？难道果真是徒然的吗？

你们受这么多的苦都是徒然的吗？如果真是徒然的，

你们受这么多的苦都是徒然的吗？如果真是徒然的，

你们受了许多苦，难道都是徒然的吗？都白受了吗？

你们受了这么多的苦，都是白受的吗？恐怕真是白受的了。

你们受了这么多的苦，都没有意义吗？会不会真的没有意义呢！

你們受苦如此之多，都是徒然的嗎？難道果真是徒然的嗎？

你們受這麼多的苦都是徒然的嗎？如果真是徒然的，

你們受這麼多的苦都是徒然的嗎？如果真是徒然的，

你們受了許多苦，難道都是徒然的嗎？都白受了嗎？

你們受了這麼多的苦，都是白受的嗎？恐怕真是白受的了。

你們受苦這麼多，都是徒然的麼？——如果真是徒然的話，

你們受了這麼多的苦，都沒有意義嗎？會不會真的沒有意義呢！

爾徒受若許之苦乎、果徒然乎、

爾為斯道、亦既受多苦矣、今若此、不徒然乎、其可徒然歟、

爾徒受如此之多苦乎、豈果徒然乎、

Have you experienced so much in vain— if it really was in vain?

Have you experienced so much for nothing? And was it really for nothing?

Did you suffer so many things in vain— if indeed it was in vain?

Have you experienced so much for nothing? Surely it was not in vain, was it?

Did you experience so much for nothing— if in fact it was for nothing?

Did you suffer so many things in vain— if indeed it was in vain?

Have you suffered so many things in vain— if indeed it was in vain?

Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if it be indeed in vain.

Did you suffer so much for nothing— if in fact it was for nothing?

Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if[ it be] yet in vain.

Have you suffered so many things for nothing?– if indeed it was for nothing.

Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?

爾等當一憶曩昔初蒙光照之日、爾等如何備嘗艱苦、頻遭橫逆、不惟自身受垢蒙辱、若優伶之演劇、供眾一粲；即同道中有遭此垢辱者、爾等亦莫不痛苦身受。爾等不惟體恤囹圄中人、即自己產業之被劫奪、亦能逆來順受、且欣然自樂、固知另有盡善盡美、可大可久之嗣業在也。惟望毋失勇毅之氣、必有厚報。蓋欲奉行天主之旨而獲所諾、則耐德尚矣。『尚待片晷、須臾之間、彈指之頃、而將臨者自至、其必不復稽延矣！然『為吾之忠僕者、當恃信德而生；若畏首畏尾、非吾心所喜。』吾人則非畏首畏尾、終致淪亡之徒也；乃浩然不疑、自求靈祉之人也。

爾能恪守福音、如吾所傳、則蒙救也必矣。若是而不蒙救者、其惟所信者妄歟？

蓋人若曾蒙光照、曾味靈寵、曾受聖神、曾悟天主聖道之盡善盡美、與夫新興時代之偉大、而竟中途背棄聖道、若而人者、不啻親手重釘基督於十字架上、且當眾而辱之也。欲其再行悔過自新、尚可得乎？

夫既因認識吾主耶穌基督、而脫濁世之習氣、今復重入羅網、從此休矣！且其晚節必有較前更醜者焉。蓋與其知道而背命、孰若初未聞道之為愈乎？諺云：「犬有所吐、轉復茹之；母豬方潔、又入泥中。」此言茲若人之儔歟。