I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.

我是用奶喂你们，没有用饭喂你们。那时你们不能吃，就是如今还是不能。

我用奶喂你们，没有用饭喂你们，因为那时你们不能吃。就是如今还是不能，

我用奶喂你们，没有用饭喂你们，因为那时你们不能吃。就是如今还是不能，

我只能用奶而不能用饭来喂养你们，因为你们当时不能消化，甚至现在也不能。

我喂给你们吃的是奶，不是饭，因为那时你们不能吃，就是现在还是不能，

我喂给你们吃的是奶，不是饭，原来你们那时还不能吃饭——其实现在也还是不能，

我是用奶餵你們，沒有用飯餵你們。那時你們不能吃，就是如今還是不能。

我用奶餵你們，沒有用飯餵你們，因為那時你們不能吃。就是如今還是不能，

我用奶餵你們，沒有用飯餵你們，因為那時你們不能吃。就是如今還是不能，

我只能用奶而不能用飯來餵養你們，因為你們當時不能消化，甚至現在也不能。

我餵給你們吃的是奶，不是飯，因為那時你們不能吃，就是現在還是不能，

我餵你們喝奶子，不餵硬食物，因為那時你們還不能喫，就是如今、還是不能，

我餵給你們吃的是奶，不是飯，原來你們那時還不能吃飯——其實現在也還是不能，

我曾哺爾以乳、不以糧、因爾素未能食、今仍未能也、

我哺爾以乳、不以糧者、因素未能食、今亦未能也、

我哺爾以乳、不飼爾以糧、因其時爾不能食、今仍不能、

故予惟能哺之以乳、而不能遽進以乾糧、以爾等當時猶未成熟耳。即就目今而論、爾等亦未有長進、

The words I spoke to you were like milk, not like solid food. You weren’t ready for solid food yet. And you still aren’t ready for it.

I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,

I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready,

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to consume it. But even now you are not yet able,

I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able;

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it: nay, not even now are ye able;

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,

I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able[ to bear it], neither yet now are ye able.

I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready,

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, you aren’t ready even now,

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

“ I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear.

We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand.In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.