願得在上帝前、明辨其冤、如與同儕言者然、

愿人得与神辩白，如同人与朋友辩白一样；

愿人可与上帝理论，如同人与朋友一样；

愿人可与神理论，如同人与朋友一样；

但愿人与上帝之间有仲裁者，如同人与人之间。

但愿人可以为人与神分辩，正如世人为朋友辩白一样。

願人得與神辯白，如同人與朋友辯白一樣；

願人可與上帝理論，如同人與朋友一樣；

願人可與神理論，如同人與朋友一樣；

但願人與上帝之間有仲裁者，如同人與人之間。

但願人可以為人與神分辯，正如世人為朋友辯白一樣。

但願人得以同上帝辯訴，就如同人跟朋友訴說一樣。

願上帝為人辨冤於其前、並在人之鄰里中、

願世人得與天主辯論、如人與人辯論然、

on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.

He makes his appeal to God to help me as a person pleads for a friend.

that he would argue the case of a man with God, as a son of man does with his neighbor.

I need someone to mediate between God and me, as a person mediates between friends.

I wish that someone might argue for a man with God just as anyone would for a friend.

That one might plead for a man with God As a son of man with his neighbor!

Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor!

That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!

I wish that someone might arbitrate between a man and God just as a man pleads for his friend.

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man[ pleadeth] for his neighbour!

and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.

that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!

人若陶器、居於土壤、如與造化主爭、禍必及之。譬諸塗泥、豈能謂陶人曰、奚造我若此、受造之物、豈能謂造之者、毫無技能。

如主不加譴責、使我驚懼、則我猶敢言、無所畏葸、今則不能也。

我欲籲呼上帝、赴訴於全能之主、

耶和華又語約百曰、我全能之上帝也、爾昔欲與我辨、今何詞以對。約百曰、渺我微軀、弗能應對、無以措辭、我昔言之、一而再、今則不敢復贅一說。

此我自訟之言也、願全能之主垂聽、而降其旨、有訟我者、請陳其說。

我則曰、爾何人、敢詰上帝耶、受造之物、豈能對造者云、何造我若此乎、

彼居何方、願聞其地、吾將往、以所抱之冤抑、陳於其前、折辨不已、則彼定擬之意可知矣。彼必不以大能責我、反加體恤。可得自辨、明我為義、則人無從罪我。

斯時也、爾問我對、我請爾示。

粵稽古昔、始摶土以為人、由此得名、以迄於今、若此焉得與全能者辯。