我生無幾日、如影靡定、知識未擴、所貴乎博稽古昔、取法前人、

“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、

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.

即哲人之箴規、祖考之遺訓。

粵稽往古、自上帝造人、迄於今日、由天涯至地極、除爾之外、曾亦聞上帝之言由火中出、人聽其聲尚能生存者乎、曠觀斯世、果有若此之大事乎。

往古之日、當憶勿忘、歷代之年、思念在心、問之於父、父必示爾、詰諸長老、彼將告爾。

此亦可為我鑒、摩西筆之於書、以警我後世、

我中尚有老成人、皓然白首、其年較爾父尤長、

生者能頌美爾、余今得生、揄揚爾名、維爾真實無妄、父言之、子聞之、世傳勿替。

昔經所載、皆以訓我、因經言忍言慰、使我得望、

智與年而俱進、慧與壽以並增。

耶和華之巨能異跡、我列祖所流傳、余聞而知之、必告後世之子孫兮。

乃曰、我幼爾老、故中心退讓、不敢率爾陳我意。竊思有年者當先言、以道指示。

上帝兮、粵若古昔、爾行異跡兮、維予列祖、傳之於予、予聞而知之兮、