我的弟兄詭詐，好像河道，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、

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;

我的痛苦為何長久不止呢？我的傷痕為何無法可醫，不能痊癒呢？難道你以詭詐待我，像流乾的河道嗎？

我遭遇災病，良朋密友都袖手旁觀，我的親戚本家也遠遠站立。

連我知己的朋友，我所信賴、吃我飯的人也用腳踢我。

看哪，時候將到，其實已經到了，你們要分散，各歸自己的地方，留下我獨自一人；然而我不是獨自一人，因為有父與我同在。

我不是指着你們眾人說的，我知道我所揀選的是誰；但是要應驗經上的話：『吃我飯的人用腳踢我。』

原來，不是仇敵辱罵我，若是仇敵，還可忍受；也不是恨我的人向我狂妄自大，若是恨我的人，我必躲避他。不料是你；你原與我同等，是我的朋友，是我的知己！我們素常彼此交談，以為甘甜；我們結伴在上帝的殿中同行。

我的知心朋友都憎惡我；我平日所愛的人向我翻臉。

這樣的人是你們愛筵上的污點；他們無所懼怕地同你們宴樂，彷彿牧人只顧餵飽自己。他們是無雨的浮雲，被風飄蕩；是秋天沒有果子的樹，死而又死，連根被拔出來；

你所親愛的都忘記你，不來探望你。我因你罪孽甚大，罪惡眾多，曾藉仇敵加的傷害傷害你，藉殘忍者懲治你。

你把我的良朋密友隔在遠處，使我所認識的人都在黑暗裏。

不可倚賴鄰舍，不可信靠密友；甚至對躺在你懷中的妻子也要守住你的口。因為兒子藐視父親，女兒抵擋母親，媳婦抗拒婆婆，人的仇敵就是自己家裏的人。

你們各人當謹防鄰舍，不可信賴弟兄；因為弟兄盡行欺騙，鄰舍也都往來毀謗人。他們互相欺騙，不說真話，訓練自己的舌頭說謊，竭盡所能地作惡。