O Lord Almighty, you God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the dead Israelites, and of the children of them which were sinners before you, that didn’t listen to the voice of you their God: for the which cause these plagues clave to us.
3:5
ኢትዘከርኒ፡ ኀጢአተ፡ አበዊነ፡ ተዘከር፡ እዴከ፡ ወስመከ፡ በዝ፡ መዋዕል።
求你不要記念我們祖先的罪孽,但求你在此時記念你的大能和你的名。
Remember not the iniquities of our fathers: but remember your power and your name now at this time.
3:6
እስመ፡ አንተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አምላክነ፡ ወንሴብሐከ፡ እግዚኦ።
因為你是上主我們的天主,上主啊,我們要讚美你。
For you are the Lord our God, and you, O Lord, will we praise.
For for this cause you have put your fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon your name: and we will praise you in our captivity, for we have called to mind all the iniquity of our fathers, that sinned before you.
Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where you have scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to penalty, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the Lord our God.
3:9
ስማዕ፡ እስራኤል፡ ትእዛዘ፡ ሕይወት፡ ወአጽምዕ፡ ምክረ፡ ጥበብ።
以色列啊,你要聽生命的誡命;要側耳聆聽,好明白智慧。
Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life: give ear to understand wisdom.
3:10
ምንት፡ ውእቱ፡ እስራኤል፡ ወለምንት፡ ውስተ፡ ብሔረ፡ ፀር፡ ሀሎ።
以色列啊,這是怎麼一回事?你怎麼竟在仇敵之地,在異邦衰老,
How is it, O Israel, that you are in your enemies’ land, that you have become old in a strange country, that you are defiled with the dead,
Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding; that you may know also where is length of days, and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.
3:15
መኑ፡ ረከበ፡ ብሔራ፡ ወመኑ፡ ቦአ፡ ውስተ፡ መዛግብቲሃ።
誰找到了智慧的所在?誰進入了她的寶庫?
Who has found out her place? and who has come into her treasuries?
3:16
አይቴ፡ እሙንቱ፡ መላእክተ፡ አሕዛብ፡ እለ፡ ቀነይዎሙ፡ ለአራዊተ፡ ገዳም።
萬民的首領,那些轄制地上走獸的人,如今在哪裏呢?
Where are the princes of the heathen, and such as ruled the beasts that are upon the earth;
those who had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and those who hoarded up silver and gold, wherein men trust; and of whose getting there is no end?
3:18
እስመ፡ እለ፡ ይነድቁ፡ ብሩረ፡ ይተግሁ፡ ወአልቦ፡ እከ፡ ፈጠራ፡ ለግብሮሙ።
那些精工製造銀器、勞心焦慮、作品深奧難測的人,
For those who wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are past finding out,
3:19
ኀልቁ፡ ወወረዱ፡ ሲኦለ፡ ወተንሥኡ፡ ህየንቴሆሙ፡ ካኣን።
也都消逝無蹤,下到陰府去了,另有別人起來頂替了他們。
they are vanished and gone down to the grave, and others are come up in their steads.
The sons also of Agar that seek understanding, which are in the land, the merchants of Merran and Teman, and the authors of fables, and the searchers out of understanding; none of these have known the way of wisdom, or remembered her paths.
3:24
እስራኤል፡ እፎ፡ ዐቢይ፡ ቤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወነዋኅ፡ ብሔሩ።
以色列啊,天主的居所何其廣大!祂所擁有的地方何其遼闊!
O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!
But he that knows all things knows her, he found her out with his understanding: he that prepared the earth for evermore has filled it with four-footed beasts:
3:33
ወይፌኑ፡ ብርሃኖ፡ ወየሐውር፡ ዘይጼውዖ፡ ወይትኤዘዞ፡ በፍርሃት።
祂發出光明,光便照耀;祂一呼喚,光便戰兢地聽從祂。
he that sends forth the light, and it goes; he called it, and it obeyed him with fear:
3:34
ወከዋክብትኒ፡ ያበርሁ፡ በጊዜሆሙ፡ ወይትፌሥሑ።
眾星在自己的崗位上閃耀,歡欣喜樂;
and the stars shined in their watches, and were glad: when he called them, they said, Here we be; they shined with gladness to him that made them.
3:35
ወይጼውዖሙ፡ ወይብሉ፡ መጻእነ።
祂一呼喚,它們便說:『我們在這裏。』它們便向那造它們的主歡欣地閃耀。
This is our God, and there shall none other be accounted of in comparison of him.
3:36
ውእቱ፡ አምላክነ፡ እስመ፡ አልቦ፡ ባዕድ፡ ዘይመስል፡ ኪያሁ።
這位就是我們的天主,沒有別的可與祂相比。
He has found out all the way of knowledge, and has given it to Jacob his servant, and to Israel that is beloved of him.