「我吹笛、爾未舞；我悲歌、爾未哭。」

‘我们向你们吹笛，你们不跳舞；我们向你们举哀，你们不捶胸。’

‘我们为你们吹笛，你们不跳舞；我们唱哀歌，你们不捶胸。’

‘我们为你们吹笛，你们不跳舞；我们唱哀歌，你们不捶胸。’

“‘我们吹娶亲的乐曲，你们不跳舞；我们唱送葬的哀歌，你们不悲伤。’

说：‘我们给你们吹笛子，你们却不跳舞；我们唱哀歌，你们也不捶胸。’

说：‘我们为你们吹笛，你们却不跳舞；我们唱哀歌，你们也不捶胸。’

我們向你們吹笛，你們不跳舞；我們向你們舉哀，你們不捶胸。

『我們為你們吹笛，你們不跳舞；我們唱哀歌，你們不捶胸。』

『我們為你們吹笛，你們不跳舞；我們唱哀歌，你們不捶胸。』

『我們吹娶親的樂曲，你們不跳舞；我們唱送葬的哀歌，你們不悲傷。』

說：‘我們給你們吹笛子，你們卻不跳舞；我們唱哀歌，你們也不捶胸。’

「我們向你們吹笛，你們也不跳舞；我們向你們哀號，你們也不捶胸。」

說：『我們為你們吹笛，你們卻不跳舞；我們唱哀歌，你們也不捶胸。』

曰、我吹籥、爾不踊、我舉哀、爾不擗、

我吹籥、爾不踊、我悲歌、爾不傷、

我向爾吹笛、而爾不躍、我向爾悲歌、而爾不哭、

“‘ We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

“‘ We played the flute for you. But you didn’t dance. We sang a funeral song. But you didn’t become sad.’

“‘ We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

‘ We played wedding songs, and you didn’t dance, so we played funeral songs, and you didn’t mourn.’

We played the flute for you, but you didn’t dance; we sang a lament, but you didn’t mourn!

and say,‘ We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a song of mourning, and you did not mourn.’

and saying:‘ We played the flute for you, And you did not dance; We mourned to you, And you did not lament.’

and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.

We played the flute for you, but you didn’t dance; we sang a lament, but you didn’t mourn!

And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

‘ We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’

and say,‘ We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’

耶穌既抵會董家、見吹籥者已至、人聲嘈雜、狀至紊亂；乃諭之曰：

耶穌對曰：『新壻之友、方伴新壻、詎能哀泣？他日新壻被刼而去、斯彼齋戒時矣。

夫吾乃自由之人、眾人不得而奴焉；顧甘自為眾人之奴者何也、亦欲感化眾人、使最大多數棄邪歸正而已矣。故於猶太人、吾亦儼然以猶太人自居、所以感化猶太人也。於法內之人、吾亦儼然以法內之人自居、所以感化法內之人也；實則其法無與於我耳。於法外之人、吾亦儼然以法外之人自居、所以感化法外之人也；實則就天主及基督之妙法言之、吾亦法內之人耳。於弱者、吾亦欣然以弱者自居、所以感化弱者也。蓋我甘為一切人之一切所以拯救一切人也。吾之所為、莫非為福音之故；惟如此、始克共承福音所許之惠耳。

方宴、長子自田間歸、將及門、聞歌舞聲、