亞伯漢。主之僕。雅谷伯。蒙拔擢。聖祖裔。可不勉。能敬主。庶無忝。

他仆人亚伯拉罕的后裔啊！他所拣选的人，雅各的子孙哪！

他僕人亞伯拉罕的後裔啊！他所揀選的人，雅各的子孫哪！

爾曹當追念主所行之奇事、追念主之異跡、並主口宣之判語、原文五節作六節六節作五節

you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.

Remember what he has done, you children of his servant Abraham. Remember it, you people of Jacob, God’s chosen ones.

O offspring of Abraham, his servant, children of Jacob, his chosen ones!

you children of his servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.

you offspring of Abraham his servant, Jacob’s descendants— his chosen ones.

You descendants of Abraham, His servant, You sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!

O seed of Abraham His servant, You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!

O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

you offspring of Abraham His servant, Jacob’s descendants— His chosen ones.

O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

雅谷膺主選。義塞承主恩。

俾我親沾。天民之福。俾我同享。帝族之樂。爾國發榮。吾心乃足。

爾未擇予、而予擇爾、且命爾進而結實、長保厥實。如此、則爾因我名以求於父者、莫不見賜。

我兄弟骨肉者、義塞人也；其名分則屬天主之子女；凡光榮、盟約、律法、禮儀、以及重重恩諾、無一而非其固有之家業；列祖其祖也、依血統而論、即基督亦彼之所出；然而基督者、固萬有共仰、萬世爭誦之造化主也。然則天主果食其言矣乎？無是理也！蓋出自義塞者、非必盡為義塞人；而亞伯漢之苗裔、亦非必盡為其子女。經云：『惟依灑格所生、乃得稱為汝裔。』於此可見天主之子女、不以血統為據、而惟恩諾是憑。恩諾云何？曰：『明年此時、予當重臨、灑蕾必產麟兒。』不第此也、尚有莉百嘉者、從吾祖依灑格而懷雙胎。當時二子尚未出生、善惡未形、而天主欲明示簡選之不憑人力、惟憑恩旨也、乃謂莉百嘉曰：『來日長當事幼。』經云：『余愛雅谷伯、而憎伊梢』、此之謂也。然則吾將何說？豈在天主亦有不義乎？無是理也！昔天主曾告摩西曰：『吾欲寵者寵之、吾欲憐者憐之。』此固非人意與人力、所得而左右、惟在慈惠天主之矜恤而已。經中又載告諭法老之言曰：『吾使爾崛興、用顯吾能於爾身、用彰吾名於普世。』蓋矜恤人者惟天主、使人冥頑、亦惟天主而已。爾將謂予曰：既如此、則天主尚何復責人？夫孰能違其意乎？嗟爾蒼生、爾何人斯、乃敢質問天主！被製之物、豈能反詰製之者曰：汝何為而造我如此耶？抑陶人於泥無自由處置之權、而不能於同一撮土中、製成貴賤不同之器耶？若天主欲宣其威而彰其德、對於可惡可毀之器、已予百般容忍、而對於吾人預定為榮貴之器、沛加恩澤、以揚其無窮之榮、且從猶太及天下萬國之中、甄而別之、召而集之；果有何不可乎？天主於阿塞亞書中亦云：『本非我子民、我將子民之。未蒙寵愛者、我將寵愛之。』又曰：『昔者但聞爾非吾民者、異日將稱為永生天主之子女矣。』意灑雅亦曾大聲疾呼、而告國人曰：『即使義塞子孫多於海沙、蒙救者亦不過餘數而已。蓋主將厲行其道於全世、以完成其正義耳。』且意灑雅前已言之曰：『若非萬有之主為吾族保留後裔、則吾人早與索多馬及蛾摩拉同歸於盡矣。』

主永懷。夙所言。亦未忘。鼻祖賢。

而爾等則為蒙選之族、赫赫司祭、雍雍神國實天主之眷屬也。天主既召爾等出於黑暗入於靈光、爾等可不表彰大德乎。