I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

我要开口说比喻；我要说出古时的谜语，

我要开口说比喻，我要解开古时的谜语，

我要开口说比喻，我要解开古时的谜语，

我要开口讲比喻，道出古时的奥秘，

我要开口用比喻，把古时隐秘的事说出来，

我要开口说比喻，吐露古时的谜题，

我要開口說比喻；我要說出古時的謎語，

我要開口說比喻，我要解開古時的謎語，

我要開口說比喻，我要解開古時的謎語，

我要開口講比喻，道出古時的奧秘，

我要開口用比喻，把古時隱祕的事說出來，

我要開口說箴言；我要傾吐古時的謎語，

我要開口說比喻，吐露古時的謎題，

我將啟口設譬、宣古秘語兮、

余將啟口設譬、以古所秘者闡揚之兮、

我啟口設喻言、述說古來之隱語、

啟脣設譬。發古之蘊。

I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old—

I will open my mouth and tell a story. I will speak about things that were hidden. They happened a long time ago.

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,

for I will speak to you in a parable. I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—

I will declare wise sayings; I will speak mysteries from the past—

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will tell riddles of old,

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

I will declare wise sayings; I will speak mysteries from the past—

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,“ I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.

to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

He answered them,“ To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.

Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.