『你請查問前代，注意他們列祖所考察的；（

“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。

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、

爾考問前代、追念列祖所經驗、

“ 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.

就是智慧人從他們列祖所受、所傳說而不隱瞞的；

『試問在你以前過去的日子，自從上帝創造人在地上以來，從天這邊到天那邊、何嘗有過以下這樣的大事呢？像這樣的事、又何曾有人聽見過呢？

『你要追記往古之日，要思念代代之年；問你父親，請他告訴你；問你的長者，請他對你說。

他們所遭遇的這些事都有象徵性；記載下來是要警戒我們、我們這些萬世之終局所達到的人。

我們中間有白頭髮的，有年紀老的，歲數比你父親還大呢。

惟獨活人、活人才會稱謝你，像我今日一樣；為父的總要使兒女知道你的忠信。

凡從前所寫的經，都是要讓我們受教訓而寫的，使我們由於堅忍、由於經上的鼓勵、能持守着盼望。

你說年老的有智慧，長壽的有明哲。

是我們所聽過所知道的，我們祖宗對我們敘述過的。我們不將這些事向他們的子孫隱瞞；我們乃要將永恆主可頌可讚的事和他的能力、及他所行的奇妙作為、向後代的人敘說。

布西人巴拉迦的兒子以利戶應時地說：「我年紀輕，你們老前輩，因此我退縮畏懼，不敢向你們陳訴意見。我心裏說：「應當讓年老的說話；讓壽高的以智慧教訓人。」

上帝啊，你在古日我們列祖的日子所顯的作為、我們列祖給我們敘述過的、我們都親耳聽見了。