此何故、曰、因非由信而求、乃由行而求、蓋蹶於此蹶人之石上、

这是什么缘故呢？是因为他们不凭着信心求，只凭着行为求；他们正跌在那绊脚石上。

这是什么缘故呢？是因为他们不凭着信心，而是凭着行为，他们正跌在那绊脚石上。

这是什么缘故呢？是因为他们不凭着信心，而是凭着行为，他们正跌在那绊脚石上。

为什么会这样呢？因为他们不凭信心，只靠自己的行为去追求义，结果就在那块“绊脚石”上跌倒了。

这是什么缘故呢？因为他们不凭信心，只靠行为。他们绊倒在那绊脚石上，

这是为什么呢？因为他们不是本于信，倒像是本于行为去追求的，所以他们就绊倒在那“绊脚的石头”上。

這是甚麼緣故呢？是因為他們不憑着信心求，只憑着行為求；他們正跌在那絆腳石上。

這是甚麼緣故呢？是因為他們不憑着信心，而是憑着行為，他們正跌在那絆腳石上。

這是甚麼緣故呢？是因為他們不憑着信心，而是憑着行為，他們正跌在那絆腳石上。

為什麼會這樣呢？因為他們不憑信心，只靠自己的行為去追求義，結果就在那塊「絆腳石」上跌倒了。

這是甚麼緣故呢？因為他們不憑信心，只靠行為。他們絆倒在那絆腳石上，

為甚麼緣故呢？這是因為他們不本着信心而求，反以為可本着行為而求：他們正碰倒在那碰腳的石頭上啊！

這是為什麼呢？因為他們不是本於信，倒像是本於行為去追求的，所以他們就絆倒在那「絆腳的石頭」上。

此何故耶、曰不由於信、而由於行、乃蹶於躓人之石、

曰、求之不以信主、惟以行法、其蹶此石上、

何以故？以其求之不以信、而以法耳。

Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

Why not? Because they tried to do it without faith. They tried to be right with God by what they did. They tripped over the stone that causes people to trip and fall.

Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,

Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law instead of by trusting in him. They stumbled over the great rock in their path.

Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though they could by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone.

Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

Wherefore? Because[ they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but( as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

亦為蹶人之石、礙人之磐、彼不信道者因之蹶焉、彼等亦為此預定也、

惟我儕宣釘十字架之基督、猶太人視為礙、礙或作可厭希拉人視為愚、

遂厭棄之、原文作為之躓蹶耶穌謂之曰、先知於故土室家之外、莫不尊焉、

凡不因我而躓蹶者福矣、

西緬祝之、謂耶穌之母瑪利亞曰、此子被立、為使以色列多人、或傾仆、或興起、亦為異跡、被人誹謗、

導之出、曰、先生、原文作吾主我當何為、乃可得救、曰、當信主耶穌基督、則爾與爾家必得救矣、二人遂以主道訓彼及其家人、是夜獄吏濯二人之傷、遂與全家受洗禮、乃延之入室、設席款之、且與全家、因信天主甚喜、

我曰、以色列人躓蹶、以致傾仆乎、非也、乃因其躓蹶、躓蹶原文作過失下同異邦人得救、而使以色列人發奮、

此乃天主之證、證其子者、人之證我尚納之、天主之證更大、信天主之子者、有此證在其心、不信天主之子者、則以天主之言為誑、因不信天主證其子之證、天主以永生賜我、而此永生在其子內、此乃其證、信子者原文作有子者則有生命、不信不信原文作無有天主子者、則無生命、○

蓋彼不識天主之義、而欲立己之義、故未服天主之義、

是以為嗣子乃因乎信、使所許者、因恩而定、且歸眾苗裔、不獨歸於屬律法者、亦歸於有亞伯拉罕之信之人、亞伯拉罕於天主前、為我眾之父、如經載云、我立爾為萬民之父、天主能使死復生、命無為有、亞伯拉罕信之、

時有一少者就之原文作有一人就之曰、善哉師乎、我當行何善、以得永生、耶穌曰、何為以善稱我、有原文抄本作何為問我以善天主外無一善者、爾欲入於生、則當守誡、曰、何誡、耶穌曰、勿殺人、勿姦淫、勿盜竊、勿妄證、敬爾父母、愛人如己、少者曰、此誡、我自幼盡守之、尚有何缺乎、

毋為可壞之糧而勞、當為存至永生之糧而勞、即人子所將賜爾者、蓋父天主曾以印印證之矣、眾曰、我當何為、以行天主之事乎、耶穌曰、信天主所遣者、即行天主之事、