爾考問前代、追念列祖所經驗、

“请你考问前代，追念他们的列祖所查究的。

“请你询问上代，思念他们祖先所查究的。

“请你询问上代，思念他们祖先所查究的。

“你要请教先辈，探究祖先的经验。

请你查问前几代，留意他们列祖所查究的。

請你考問前代，追念他們的列祖所查究的。

「請你詢問上代，思念他們祖先所查究的。

「請你詢問上代，思念他們祖先所查究的。

「你要請教先輩，探究祖先的經驗。

請你查問前幾代，留意他們列祖所查究的。

『你請查問前代，注意他們列祖所考察的；（

我為昨日之人、罔有知識、在世之日如影、請爾詢於前代、務厥祖所考驗、

我生無幾日、如影靡定、知識未擴、所貴乎博稽古昔、取法前人、

“ Ask the former generation and find out what their ancestors learned,

“ Find out what our parents taught. Discover what those who lived before them learned.

“ For inquire, please, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have searched out.

“ Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.

For ask the previous generation, and pay attention to what their ancestors discovered,

“ Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.

“ For inquire, please, of the former age, And consider the things discovered by their fathers;

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out

For ask the previous generation, and pay attention to what their fathers discovered,

For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

“ For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;

“ Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.

即哲人所受於列祖、不隱而傳於人者、

天主由火中宣言、爾聽其聲、尚能生存、試問爾以前已往之世代、自天主造人在世以來、自天此極至天彼極、曾有何人聞天主言之聲而猶能生乎、若是之大事、豈曾有乎、豈曾聞乎、

爾當追憶往古之日、亦當思念歷代之年、當問爾父彼必示爾、問爾長者彼必告爾、

彼等遇此諸事、皆可以為鑒、且書之於經、以警我儕末世之人、

我中有老者、壽高者、較之爾父、其年尤長、

惟有生活之人、生活之人、方頌美主、如我今日頌美主、為父者以主之誠實、傳於子孫、

昔所書之經、皆為訓我而書、使我儕由經學忍得慰而有望、

老者有智慧、年高者有明哲、

我儕所聞所知、與我列祖所傳授、必不隱其子孫、必將主之榮耀權能、並主所行之奇跡、傳於後世、

布西人巴拉迦子以利戶曰、我年幼、爾年老、故畏懼、不敢陳我意於爾前、以為年老者當辯論、壽高者必以智慧訓人、

天主歟、主在古昔在我列祖時所行之事、我儕曾已親聞、列祖又向我傳述、