Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?

于是我说：“哎！主耶和华啊，人都指着我说：他岂不是说比喻的吗？”

于是我说：“唉！主耶和华啊，人都指着我说：他不是说比喻的人吗？”

于是我说：“唉！主耶和华啊，人都指着我说：他不是说比喻的人吗？”

于是我说：“唉，主耶和华啊，他们在议论我说，‘这人岂不是在说比喻吗？’”

于是我说：“啊，主耶和华啊！人都指着我说：‘这人不是在说比喻吗？’”（本章第45~49节在《马索拉文本》为21:1~5）

於是我說：「哎！主耶和華啊，人都指着我說：他豈不是說比喻的嗎？」

於是我說：「唉！主耶和華啊，人都指着我說：他不是說比喻的人嗎？」

於是我說：「唉！主耶和華啊，人都指着我說：他不是說比喻的人嗎？」

於是我說：「唉，主耶和華啊，他們在議論我說，『這人豈不是在說比喻嗎？』」

於是我說：“啊，主耶和華啊！人都指著我說：‘這人不是在說比喻嗎？’”（本章第45~49節在《馬索拉文本》為21:1~5）

於是我說：『啊，主永恆主啊，人都議論我說：「這人豈不是個說比喻的麼？」』

我則曰、噫、主耶和華歟、人指我曰、彼非言譬語者乎、

以西結曰、主耶和華與、人以我言、皆為隱語。

我以西結曰、主天主歟、哀哉、人指我云、彼所言俱隱語、

Then I said,“ Sovereign Lord, they are saying of me,‘ Isn’t he just telling parables?’”

Then I said,“ Lord and King, people are talking about me. They are saying,‘ Isn’t he just telling stories?’ ”

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

Then I said,“ O Sovereign Lord, they are saying of me,‘ He only talks in riddles!’”

Then I said,“ Oh, Lord GOD, they are saying of me,‘ Isn’t he just composing parables?’”

Then I said,“ Oh, Lord God! They are saying of me,‘ Is he not just speaking in riddles?’ ”

Then I said,“ Ah, Lord God! They say of me,‘ Does he not speak parables?’”

Then I said,“ Oh, Lord God, they are saying of me,‘ Isn’t he just posing riddles?’”

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

Then I said,“ O sovereign LORD! They are saying of me,‘ Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?’”

Then I said,“ Ah Lord Yahweh! They say of me,‘ Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’”

These things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but shall tell you plainly of the Father.

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: