請想一想，無辜的人有誰滅亡？哪有正直的人被剪除呢？

请你追想：无辜的人有谁灭亡？正直的人在何处剪除？

“请你追想：无辜的人有谁灭亡？正直的人何处被剪除？

“请你追想：无辜的人有谁灭亡？正直的人何处被剪除？

你想一想，哪有无辜的人灭亡？哪有正直的人遭殃？

请想一想，无辜的人有谁灭亡？哪有正直的人被剪除呢？

請你追想：無辜的人有誰滅亡？正直的人在何處剪除？

「請你追想：無辜的人有誰滅亡？正直的人何處被剪除？

「請你追想：無辜的人有誰滅亡？正直的人何處被剪除？

你想一想，哪有無辜的人滅亡？哪有正直的人遭殃？

『你請追想：無辜人有誰滅亡？正直人在哪裏被抹除呢？

試思無辜者伊誰淪沒、端正者何處見絕、

試思無辜者何時危亡、行義者何時見絕。

爾試思無辜者有誰喪亡、正直者何嘗見絕、

“ Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?

“ Here’s something to think about. Have people who aren’t guilty ever been wiped out? Have honest people ever been completely destroyed?

“ Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?

“ Stop and think! Do the innocent die? When have the upright been destroyed?

Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed?

“ Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed?

“ Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright ever cut off?

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

Consider: who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed?

Remember, I pray thee, who[ ever] perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed?

“ Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

我從前年幼，現在年老，從未見過義人被棄，也從未見過他的後裔討飯。

主知道怎樣搭救敬虔的人脫離試探，又把不義的人留下來，等候在審判的日子受刑罰，

看哪，神必不離棄完全人，也不扶助行惡的人之手；

在我虛空的日子裡，我見過這兩件事：有義人行義反而滅亡，有惡人行惡倒享長壽。

他的眼目時常看顧義人，他使他們與君王同坐寶座，他們永遠被高舉。

我留心這一切事，並加以闡明：就是義人、智慧人和他們所作的，都在神手裡。臨到他們的一切，無論是愛是恨，人都不領悟。眾人的命運都是一樣的：義人與惡人、好人與壞人、潔淨的與不潔淨的、獻祭的與不獻祭的，所遭遇的都是一樣的；好人怎樣，罪人也怎樣；起誓的怎樣，怕起誓的也怎樣。

當地的人看見那條蛇懸在他手上，就彼此說：“這個人一定是兇手，雖然從海裡脫險，天理也不容他活著！”

所以我說，善惡都是一樣，完全人和惡人，他都滅盡。災禍忽然把人殺害的時候，他就必嘲笑無辜人的遭遇。