I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.

我要侧耳听比喻，用琴解谜语。

我要侧耳听比喻，用琴解谜语。

我要侧耳听比喻，用琴解谜语。

我要侧耳听箴言，弹琴解释人生之谜。

我要留心聆听箴言；我要弹琴解开谜语。

我要侧耳听箴言，弹竖琴解开谜题。

我要側耳聽比喻，用琴解謎語。

我要側耳聽比喻，用琴解謎語。

我要側耳聽比喻，用琴解謎語。

我要側耳聽箴言，彈琴解釋人生之謎。

我要留心聆聽箴言；我要彈琴解開謎語。

我要傾耳聽箴言，我要用琴解開我的難題。

我要側耳聽箴言，彈豎琴解開謎題。

必傾耳聽喻言、鼓琴解秘語兮、

諺言隱語、我傾耳以諦聽、鼓琴以詠歌兮。

我欲側耳而聽喻言、彈琴以解隱語、

吾言具眞慧。平生涵玄默。

I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle:

I will pay attention to a proverb. I will explain my riddle as I play the harp.

I listen carefully to many proverbs and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp.

I turn my ear to a proverb; I explain my riddle with a lyre.

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

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will disclose my dark saying on the harp.

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

I turn my ear to a proverb; I explain my riddle with a lyre.

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.

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

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

This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:“ I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”

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

And Balaam took up his discourse and said,“ From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains:‘ Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!’

With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

And at the latter end of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their limit, a king of bold face, one who understands riddles, shall arise.

Then I said,“ Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me,‘ Is he not a maker of parables?’”

Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops.

Since we have such a hope, we are very bold,

And he answered them,“ To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:“‘“ You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.”For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’