『你請追想：無辜人有誰滅亡？正直人在哪裏被抹除呢？

请你追想：无辜的人有谁灭亡？正直的人在何处剪除？

“请你追想：无辜的人有谁灭亡？正直的人何处被剪除？

“请你追想：无辜的人有谁灭亡？正直的人何处被剪除？

你想一想，哪有无辜的人灭亡？哪有正直的人遭殃？

请想一想，无辜的人有谁灭亡？哪有正直的人被剪除呢？

請你追想：無辜的人有誰滅亡？正直的人在何處剪除？

「請你追想：無辜的人有誰滅亡？正直的人何處被剪除？

「請你追想：無辜的人有誰滅亡？正直的人何處被剪除？

你想一想，哪有無辜的人滅亡？哪有正直的人遭殃？

請想一想，無辜的人有誰滅亡？哪有正直的人被剪除呢？

試思無辜者伊誰淪沒、端正者何處見絕、

試思無辜者何時危亡、行義者何時見絕。

爾試思無辜者有誰喪亡、正直者何嘗見絕、

“ Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?

“ Here’s something to think about. Have people who aren’t guilty ever been wiped out? Have honest people ever been completely destroyed?

“ Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?

“ Stop and think! Do the innocent die? When have the upright been destroyed?

Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed?

“ Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed?

“ Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright ever cut off?

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

Consider: who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed?

Remember, I pray thee, who[ ever] perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed?

“ Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

我從前年幼，現在年老，卻未曾見過義人受撇棄，也未見過他的後裔討過飯。

既然如此，主當然也曉得怎樣援救敬虔的人脫離試煉，怎樣拘留不義的人、等候着審判的日子來受刑罰；

『看吧，上帝必不棄絕純全人，也不拉作壞事者的手。

在我虛幻的日子裏、我都見過以下的事：有義人在行義，反而早死；有惡人在行惡，倒享長壽。

他目不轉睛地看顧義人，使他們跟君王在寶座上永遠同坐而被高舉。

我將這一切事放在心上，我的心就看明了這一切：就是義人和智慧人、以及他們所作的、都在上帝手中：或是愛，或是恨，人都不能知；在他們面前一切都是虛空。眾人都有一樣的遭遇：義人和惡人、好人和壞人、潔淨人和不潔淨的人、獻祭的和沒獻祭的、都一樣：好人怎樣，好犯罪的人也怎樣；起誓的怎麼，怕起誓的也怎樣。

蠻野人看見那活物懸在保羅手上，就彼此說：『這個人一定是兇手，他從海裏平安得了救，天理報應還不容他活着。』

反正都一樣；故此我說：無論純全邪惡、他都滅盡。若有災禍突然使人死亡，他是調弄無辜人之絕望。