大山未曾奠定，小山未有之先，我已生出。

大山未曾奠定，小山未有之先，我已出生。

大山未曾奠定，小山未有之先，我已出生。

大山未曾奠定，小丘未曾形成，我已经出生。

大山未曾奠定，小山未有以先，我已经出生。

在群山被安置以先、冈陵被安置之前，我已经诞生。

大山未曾奠定，小山未有之先，我已生出。

大山未曾奠定，小山未有之先，我已出生。

大山未曾奠定，小山未有之先，我已出生。

大山未曾奠定，小丘未曾形成，我已經出生。

大山未曾奠定，小山未有以先，我已經出生。

大山未曾奠下，小山未有之先，我已誕生；

在群山被安置以先、岡陵被安置之前，我已經誕生。

山嶽未奠、岡陵未有、

山嶽尚未奠定、岡陵尚未有之先、我已先生、

before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth,

Before the mountains were settled in place, I was born. Before there were any hills, I was born.

Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth,

Before the mountains were formed, before the hills, I was born—

Before the mountains were established, prior to the hills, I was given birth—

Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was born;

Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was brought forth;

Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;

I was delivered before the mountains and hills were established,

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

before the mountains were set in place– before the hills– I was born,

Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was born;

山崗未為爾所立、寰宇未為爾所造、自亘古迄叔季、爾為上帝、無始無終兮、

爾元始肇基乎地、創造乎天兮、彼必崩、爾恆存、彼必敝如衣服、爾更易之兮、惟爾不變、爾年靡暨兮、爾僕之子孫、必恆在爾前兮。

生人之始豈爾乎、有山以前豈爾乎。上帝之意、豈爾能知、哲人之辭、豈爾獨得。

又曰、主歟、爾元始肇基乎地、創造乎天、

我肇基大地之時、汝安在、知則告我。誰為量度、誰為準繩、何地築址基、何人立四隅、當時星使欣咏、天神謳歌、海水初生、孰堤防之、若閉其門、其蔽以密雲、遮以靉靆、定其界址、設其門楗、語之曰、至此則可、不得越其防、爾之洪濤澎湃、至此而止者、非我乎。