友我不卒、猶泉之忽竭、潦之立涸、

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、

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;

予創傷未痊、殘缺未醫、曷故。爾之待我、若泉之忽竭、使人絕望、曷故。

親戚友朋、見我傷而遙立兮、

我之友朋、予所恃兮、乃與我共食、舉踵踶予兮、

時至、今日是已、爾曹星散、各歸其所、遺我獨處、然我非獨處、父偕我也、

我言非指爾眾、我所選者我知之、應經言、與我食者、舉踵踶我也、

今有人焉、矜詡侮予、非予寇讎、非予仇隙、設或是之、猶可隱忍、杜門不出、予知斯人、乃予同儔、乃予密友、昔與心交、同詣上帝之室、

同心之友、厭棄我躬、眷愛之人、反來攻我、

爾曹相愛、肆筵設席、彼必與焉、是謀哺啜、玷爾潔清、終無所懼、彼偽師如密雲不雨、為風飄搖、如秋末之樹、果落莖枯、根株盡拔、

雖有良朋、棄爾弗顧、因爾眾愆尤屢蹈、故我加爾以重傷、罹爾以嚴酷。

友朋遠余、惟與陰府為鄰、俱爾所使兮。

謹防鄰里、勿信友朋、對眷愛之妻、勿言機密之事、子欺父、女爭母、媳逆姑、則門內之人、等諸仇敵矣、

當謹防鄰里、勿信兄弟、蓋兄弟相欺、鄰里譭謗、各相欺誑、不言真實、舌出誑詞、孳孳為惡。