我昆弟行詐偽、如溪之竭、如澗之涸、

我的弟兄诡诈，好像溪水，又像溪水流干的河道。

我的弟兄诡诈，好像河道，像溪水流过的河床，

我的弟兄诡诈，好像河道，像溪水流过的河床，

我的弟兄难以信赖，如同季节河，又像变化无常的河道——

我的兄弟诡诈像干涸的溪流，又像流干的溪水；

我的弟兄詭詐，好像溪水，又像溪水流乾的河道。

我的弟兄詭詐，好像河道，像溪水流過的河床，

我的弟兄詭詐，好像河道，像溪水流過的河床，

我的弟兄難以信賴，如同季節河，又像變化無常的河道——

我的兄弟詭詐像乾涸的溪流，又像流乾的溪水；

我的弟兄浮躁無恆像溪水，像溪水流過的河床。

友我不卒、猶泉之忽竭、潦之立涸、

我友友原文作兄弟失誠、如溪之竭水、如澗之流而即涸、

But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow

But my friends have stopped being kind to me. They are like streams that only flow for part of the year. They are like rivers that flow over their banks

My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrential streams that pass away,

My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook that overflows its banks in the spring

My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi, as seasonal streams that overflow

My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which drain away,

My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook, Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;

My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi, as seasonal streams that overflow

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook,[ and] as the stream of brooks they pass away;

My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.

My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;

我之痛苦、奚久不已、我之創傷、何為不瘳、爾之於我、果如無常之溪、無水之井乎、○

我遘惡疾、友朋遠離、親屬遙立兮、

我之密友、我之所恃、食我餅者、舉踵敵我兮、

時將至、亦已至矣、爾將離散、各歸其所、遺我獨在、然我非獨在、父偕我也、

我言非概指爾眾、我所選者我知之、但俾經得驗、食我餅者、舉踵敵我也、

非敵我者詬我、若然、尚可容忍、非憾我者驕我、若然、則必退避兮、乃爾也、我之同儔、我之伴侶、我之密友兮、素昔和衷共議、偕眾行於上帝室兮、

契合之友乃憎我、眷愛之人反攻我、

彼與爾同餐、則於爾之愛筵、有如暗礁、為無懼之牧者、惟己是飼、為無雨之雲、因風飄蕩、為無果之秋樹、再死根拔、

爾之情人俱忘爾、而不訪問爾、緣爾愆尤重大、罪惡增多、故我以敵人所加之傷傷爾、以暴者所加之懲懲爾、

爾使我之良朋密友遠我、相譏隱匿於暗兮、

勿信鄰里、勿恃友朋、對爾懷中之婦、亦守爾口、蓋子藐其父、女敵其母、媳敵其姑、人之仇讐、即其家人也、○

爾曹各當謹防鄰里、勿信昆弟、蓋昆弟相欺特甚、鄰里往來讒毀、各迋其鄰、不言誠實、舌習誑言、作惡致憊、