求而不得者、以爾求之不以其道、蓋爾所求者、徒為縱情恣慾而已

你们求也得不着，是因为你们妄求，要浪费在你们的宴乐中。

你们求也得不着，是因为你们妄求，为了要浪费在你们的宴乐中。

你们求也得不着，是因为你们妄求，为了要浪费在你们的宴乐中。

你们求也得不到是因为你们动机不纯，只求享乐和满足自己的欲望。

你们求也得不到，因为你们的动机不良，要把所得的耗费在你们的私欲上。

你们求也不能得到，是因为你们求的动机不对，为了要花费在自己的私欲上。

你們求也得不着，是因為你們妄求，要浪費在你們的宴樂中。

你們求也得不着，是因為你們妄求，為了要浪費在你們的宴樂中。

你們求也得不着，是因為你們妄求，為了要浪費在你們的宴樂中。

你們求也得不到是因為你們動機不純，只求享樂和滿足自己的慾望。

你們求也得不到，因為你們的動機不良，要把所得的耗費在你們的私慾上。

你們求而無所得，因為你們妄求，要浪費在你們的宴樂中。

你們求也不能得到，是因為你們求的動機不對，為了要花費在自己的私慾上。

爾求而不得、以爾妄求、欲用之於爾慾也、

爾求而不得、妄求從欲故也、

爾求而不得、因爾妄求、欲以所求者、縱爾之慾、

When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

When you do ask for something, you don’t receive it. That’s because you ask for the wrong reason. You want to spend your money on your sinful pleasures.

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong— you want only what will give you pleasure.

You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with the wrong motives, so that you may spend what you request on your pleasures.

You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.

You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your evil desires.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume[ it] upon your lusts.

you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.

You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

若我愛友內省不疚、則更可從容自在、與天主心心相印、而所求必得矣。

然務必求之以信、莫存絲毫狐疑。狐疑之人、如海上波濤、因風而起、隨風而轉、漫無定止；若是之人、莫望有所受於主也。

爾中一切鬥爭紛擾、果何由而起？非由爾之情慾交戰於內乎？

我若懷邪。寧邀主聞。竟蒙眷顧。垂注吾音。

耶穌曰：『爾等亦昧于所求矣！我飲之爵、爾能飲乎？我受之洗、爾能受乎？』

克服眾仇兮。仗主之德也。敵人狼狽兮逃竄。仇人就戮兮無數。

耶穌應曰：『爾亦不知所求矣！我飲之爵、爾能飲乎？』曰：『能。』

無何、季挾貲離家、遠遊異域、荒淫無度、

耶穌又誨其徒曰：『昔有為富翁掌家者、人以其浪費財物、告其主、主召之曰：「聞人言爾、何竟至此、茲後解雇、其速交代、毋掌吾家。」

而此子狎妓耗財、返則宰肥犢以享之！」