我的弟兄浮躁無恆像溪水，像溪水流過的河床。

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、

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;

我的傷痛為甚麼長久不止呢？我受的擊傷為甚麼無法醫治，拒絕受治療呢？難道你待我、就像欺人的河流，靠不住的溪水麼？

我的愛友良朋都因我的災病而站在一旁；我的親戚也遠遠站着。

連我的盟友、我所倚靠的、喫過我飯的、也勾腳跟使我摔倒。

看哪，時候必到，且已到了；你們必分散，各歸各自的地方去，留下我獨自一人。其實我不是獨自一人，因為有父與我同在。

我不是指着你們眾人說的；我認識我所揀選的；但這是要應驗經上所說：「嚼我的餅的舉起腳跟來踢我」！

原來不是仇敵在辱罵我；若是，我還可以容忍；也不是恨我的人向我妄自尊大；若是，我還可以躲避他。乃竟是你、與我平等的、我的良友、我的知己。我們常常同作甜蜜的交談；我們在上帝殿中往往情投意合地同行。

我親密的人都厭惡我，我平日所愛的人竟向我翻臉。

這些人是你們愛席上的污點；在宴會時只顧牧養自己，毫無畏懼！嘿，沒有水份的雲，被風飄蕩着！深秋時沒有果子的樹，死了又死，連根都拔出來！

你的親愛者都忘記了你，都不來探望你；因為我曾用仇敵加的擊傷擊傷了你，用殘忍者的懲罰懲罰了你，都因你罪孽之眾多、你罪惡之重大、的緣故。

你使我的愛友良朋都跟我遠離，我的知己都在黑暗地方。

不要信靠你的同伴，不要信任你的友人；要守住你的嘴脣，別向躺在你懷中的妻子透露。因為兒子辱沒着父親，女兒起來忤逆着母親，兒媳婦忤逆着婆婆；人的仇敵就是他自己家裏的人。

你們各人都要提防鄰舍，不要信靠弟兄；因為弟兄都欺欺騙騙、像雅各，鄰舍都走來走去、搬弄是非：永恆主發神諭說。他們各人都愚弄鄰舍，不說真話；乃是教練舌頭說假話；他們犯罪作孽，懶着悔改；