我友友原文作兄弟失誠、如溪之竭水、如澗之流而即涸、

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。

我昆弟行詐偽、如溪之竭、如澗之涸、

友我不卒、猶泉之忽竭、潦之立涸、

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;

我之痛楚、恆久不息、我之創傷甚危、不得醫痊何故、主使我失望、若人望得水、而泉源忽竭、

我身被傷時、我之良朋密友、皆旁立不顧、我之眷屬、亦皆遠立、

素與我交好為我所倚賴與我共食者、亦舉足踶我、舉足踶我原文作向我舉踵

時將至、今是矣、爾曹皆散、各歸其所、而遺我獨在、實則我非獨在、父偕我在也、

我言此、非指爾曹諸人、我所選者我知之、此為應經所載云、與我同食者、舉踵踶我、

毀謗我者、素非仇人、若是仇人、尚可忍耐、向我狂傲者、素非憾我之人、若是憾我之人、猶可隱避、不料是爾、爾原是我之同儕、我之密友、我之知已、爾與我談論悅心、在大會中、同登天主之殿、

我之密友皆憎我、我所愛之人、反來攻我、

彼在爾相愛之筵席、如礙石、如礙石或作為瑕為玷與爾同食、惟知自飽、無所忌憚、彼等如無雨之雲、為風所飄、如秋後無果之樹、死而又死、根株盡拔、

昔愛爾者、俱已忘爾、無人詢問爾、爾之愆尤甚多、爾之罪惡加增、故我以敵之擊擊爾、責爾惟嚴、

主使我之良朋密友、悉與我遠離、認識我者、亦皆隱避不見、

勿信同儔、勿恃密友、或作謹防同儔勿信密友向眷愛之妻、亦謹守爾口、蓋子侮父、女違母、媳逆姑、人之仇敵、即己家之人、

當謹防鄰里、勿信兄弟、因兄弟相欺、鄰里讒毀、各相欺誑、不言真實、舌習言誑、勞勞作惡、