盜賊夜間挖牆行竊，日間躲藏起來，不想認識光明。

盗贼黑夜挖窟窿；白日躲藏，并不认识光明。

盗贼黑夜挖洞；他们白日躲藏，并不认识光明。

盗贼黑夜挖洞；他们白日躲藏，并不认识光明。

盗贼夜间挖墙行窃，日间躲藏起来，不想认识光明。

盗贼黑夜挖穿屋子，白天却躲藏起来，他们不想认识光明。

盜賊黑夜挖窟窿；白日躲藏，並不認識光明。

盜賊黑夜挖洞；他們白日躲藏，並不認識光明。

盜賊黑夜挖洞；他們白日躲藏，並不認識光明。

盜賊黑夜挖穿屋子，白天卻躲藏起來，他們不想認識光明。

盜賊在黑暗中挖進人的房屋，白日閉門不出，硬不認識亮光。

行竊者昏夜穿屋、旦晝匿跡、不識光明、

穿窬於昏夜、匿跡於旦晝、不以昭昭為樂、

黑夜穿窬、白晝藏匿、不知何為光明、

In the dark, thieves break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.

In the dark, thieves break into houses. But by day they shut themselves in. They don’t want anything to do with the light.

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light.

Thieves break into houses at night and sleep in the daytime. They are not acquainted with the light.

In the dark they break into houses; by day they lock themselves in, never experiencing the light.

In the darkness they dig into houses, They shut themselves up by day; They do not know the light.

In the dark they break into houses Which they marked for themselves in the daytime; They do not know the light.

In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day- time; They know not the light.

In the dark they break into houses; by day they lock themselves in, never experiencing the light.

In the dark they dig through houses,[ which] they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don’t know the light.

作惡的人恨光，不肯接近光，恐怕他們的罪行暴露出來。

「有人與光明為敵，不認識光明之道，也不走光明之路。

「你生平可曾向晨曦發號施令，為黎明的曙光指定崗位，使陽光普照大地，抖出藏匿的惡人？

倘若有人打死正入屋偷竊的賊，這人不算犯殺人罪。倘若事情發生在白天，家主就犯了殺人罪。倘若盜賊被擒，他就要賠償家主，若他一無所有，就要把他賣為奴隸作賠償。

你們都知道，如果一家的主人知道賊會在半夜幾點來，就必警醒，不讓賊入屋偷竊。

你要當著他們的面在牆上挖一個洞，帶著行裝鑽出去。你要在天黑時當著他們的面背著行裝出發。你要蒙著臉使自己看不見地，因為我要使你成為以色列人被擄的預兆。」於是，我遵命而行。白天我把預備流亡的行裝拿出來，晚上用手挖通了牆，當著他們的面背著行裝在夜色中出發。

「不要為自己在世上積攢財寶，世上有蟲子咬，會生銹，又有賊闖進來偷。

不可參與那些黑暗無益的事，反要揭發斥責，因為那些人暗地裡做的事就是提起來都覺得可恥。然而，一切的事被光一照，都會真相大白，

他們當中的首領必在黑夜背著行裝出發，在牆上挖洞鑽出去，而且必蒙著臉，看不見地。