爾為斯道、亦既受多苦矣、今若此、不徒然乎、其可徒然歟、

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、

爾徒受如此之多苦乎、豈果徒然乎、

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？

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?

當憶曩曰、爾明道之始、屢忍患難、譬之戰爭、或已受詬誶艱辛、人視若優伶、或友受苦、爾與共之、蓋我在縲絏、爾體恤之、人奪爾業、爾喜受之、自知在天有愈美恆存之業、勿灰爾毅然之心、則可得大賚、爾必恆忍遵上帝命、以得所許之福、主來不濡滯、其至在須臾、義人以信得生、如背道者、吾不悅之、然吾儕惟信主以得救、非若背道者、至於沉淪、

爾守吾言、而信不虛、則以福音得救、

乃有始則明道、蒙天錫賚、共享聖神、知上帝至理、季世有妙用、後竟背教、其不克悔改自新、猶復釘上帝子於十字架、而顯辱之、

如善人去善就惡、行諸不義、我所痛疾者、豈得保生乎、其所行之善、不復追憶、既犯罪作惡、必使之亡。

如有人知救主耶穌基督道、不為污世所囿、復因憧擾而受陷、則其人之後患、較先時尤劇、既識道矣、猶棄所受之聖命、孰若不識道義之為美、然論此人、正如諺云、犬轉食其所吐、豕既潔、復淖於污泥之中、