1·Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! They say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
于是我说，哎。主耶和华阿，人都指着我说，他岂不是说比喻的吗。
2·And he said unto them, know ye not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables?
又对他们说，你们不明白这比喻吗。这样怎能明白一切的比喻呢。
3·This is why I speak to them in parables: "though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand."
所以我用比喻对他们讲，是因他们看也看不见，听也听不见，也不明白。
4·That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
这是要应验先知的话说，我要开口用比喻，把创世以来所隐藏的事发明出来。
5·It was a day of working miracles, preaching, speaking in parables, and confronting the unbelievers.
这是行神迹、讲道、做比喻和面对非信徒的一天。