You who aren’t wise, pay attention. You foolish people, when will you become wise?

你们民间的畜类人当思想；你们愚顽人到几时才有智慧呢？

百姓中像畜牲一般的人当思想，你们愚昧人要到几时才有智慧呢？

百姓中像畜牲一般的人当思想，你们愚昧人要到几时才有智慧呢？

愚昧的人啊，你们要思想；无知的人啊，你们何时才能明白呢？

民间的愚昧人哪！你们要留心；愚顽人哪！你们要到几时才能明白呢？

民中的愚拙人哪，你们要有悟性！愚昧人哪，你们什么时候才有智慧呢？

你們民間的畜類人當思想；你們愚頑人到幾時才有智慧呢？

百姓中像畜牲一般的人當思想，你們愚昧人要到幾時才有智慧呢？

百姓中像畜牲一般的人當思想，你們愚昧人要到幾時才有智慧呢？

愚昧的人啊，你們要思想；無知的人啊，你們何時才能明白呢？

民間的愚昧人哪！你們要留心；愚頑人哪！你們要到幾時才能明白呢？

民間的畜類人哪，你們要明白；愚頑人哪，你們到幾時才能通達呢？

民中的愚拙人哪，你們要有悟性！愚昧人哪，你們什麼時候才有智慧呢？

愚蠢之民、爾其思之、蒙昧之輩、何時為智乎、

愚蠢之人、懵然無知、何日明此理兮、

民間無知者、爾曹當悟、愚蠢之輩、爾曹何時方明、

麻木焉得仁。冥頑何時靈。

Take notice, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?

Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?

Think again, you fools! When will you finally catch on?

Pay attention, you stupid people! Fools, when will you be wise?

Pay attention, you stupid ones among the people; And when will you understand, foolish ones?

Understand, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when will you be wise?

Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Pay attention, you stupid people! Fools, when will you be wise?

Understand, ye brutish among the people: and[ ye] fools, when will ye be wise?

Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?

Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

Here is something that people without sense don’t know. Here is what foolish people don’t understand.

Everyone can see that even wise people die. People who are foolish and who have no sense also pass away. All of them leave their wealth to others.

No one understands. No one trusts in God.

At one time we too acted like fools. We didn’t obey God. We were tricked. We were controlled by all kinds of desires and pleasures. We were full of evil. We wanted what belongs to others. People hated us, and we hated one another.

All of them are foolish. They don’t have any sense. They think they are taught by worthless wooden gods.

I wish they were wise. Then they would understand what’s coming. They’d realize what would happen to them in the end.

“ How long will you childish people love your childish ways? How long will you rude people enjoy making fun of God and others? How long will you foolish people hate knowledge?

I didn’t have any sense. I didn’t know anything. I acted like a wild animal toward you.

You who are childish, get some good sense. You who are foolish, set your hearts on getting it.

Anyone who loves correction loves knowledge. Anyone who hates to be corrected is stupid.

When their twigs are dry, they will be broken off. Then women will come and make fires with them. The people of Jacob don’t understand the Lord. So the God who made them won’t be concerned about them. Their Creator won’t be kind to them.

I have listened carefully. But they do not say what is right. They refuse to turn away from their sins. None of them says,‘ What have I done?’ Each of them goes their own way. They are like horses charging into battle.Storks know when to fly south. So do doves, swifts and thrushes. But my people do not know what I require them to do.“‘ “How can you people say,‘ We are wise. We have the law of the Lord’? Actually, the teachers of the law have told lies about it. Their pens have not written what is true.