愚者不喜達道、惟喜顯露己意、

愚昧人不喜爱明哲，只喜爱显露心意。

愚昧人不喜爱聪明，只喜爱表达自己的心意。

愚昧人不喜爱聪明，只喜爱表达自己的心意。

愚人不喜欢悟性，只喜欢发表意见。

愚昧人不喜欢明白事理，只喜欢显露自己的心意。

愚昧人不喜欢聪慧，只喜欢显露自己的心思。

愚昧人不喜愛明哲，只喜愛顯露心意。

愚昧人不喜愛聰明，只喜愛表達自己的心意。

愚昧人不喜愛聰明，只喜愛表達自己的心意。

愚人不喜歡悟性，只喜歡發表意見。

愚昧人不喜歡明白事理，只喜歡顯露自己的心意。

愚頑人不喜愛明哲，只喜愛表露心意。

愚昧人不喜歡聰慧，只喜歡顯露自己的心思。

蠢者不欲明哲、惟願彰其心意、

愚者不志於道、時形其拙。

Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.

Foolish people don’t want to understand. They take delight in saying only what they think.

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

Fools have no interest in understanding; they only want to air their own opinions.

A fool does not delight in understanding, but only wants to show off his opinions.

A fool does not delight in understanding, But in revealing his own mind.

A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.

A fool does not delight in understanding, but only wants to show off his opinions.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

達人自藏所識、愚人之心、自是其愚、

凡達人所行、俱憑知識、愚者則揚己拙、

不從惡人之計謀、不登罪人之道途、不坐褻慢人之座位、惟喜悅主之律法、晝夜思維、似此之人、即為有福、

敬畏天主、是為智慧之本、愚昧人藐視智慧與訓誨、

愚者既無頴悟、執金於手以市智慧、亦屬徒然、

論及祭偶像之物、我儕知我眾皆有知識、但知識使人自大、惟愛建德、

乃作歌曰、比珥子巴蘭曰、目開展之人曰、得聞天主言、得知至上主之妙義、得觀全能者之異象、身臥而目明之人曰、

如是、爾曹既慕神之恩賜、則多求其能建教會之德者、

舉邑出迎耶穌、見之、求離其境、

愚者行於途時亦顯其無知、如明以告眾曰、我愚者也、○

離正道而入迷途、從波朔子巴蘭之道、巴蘭因貪利行惡、因貪利行惡原文作慕行惡之值為其惡見責、不能言之驢作人聲、而止先知之狂、彼眾如無水之井、如飛雲為狂風所飄、無際之幽暗、為之永存、出言矜誇虛誕、以肉體之嗜慾及邪侈之事、誘惑甫脫於妄行之人、以自由許人、而己為罪惡之奴、蓋勝人者、人即為其奴也、

人傳基督、為嫉妒分爭者有之、為善意者亦有之、

曰、爾拙者悅於拙、侮慢者樂於侮慢、愚者厭惡知識、將至何時、