雅基的儿子亚古珥的言语，就是谕言。这人对以铁，对以铁和乌甲说：
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh. The oracle. / The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:

我比众人更蠢笨，也没有人的聪明；
Surely I am more stupid than any man, / And do not have a man's understanding;

我没有学得智慧，也不认识至圣者。
And I have not learned wisdom, / Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

谁升天又降下来？谁聚风在掌握中？谁包水在衣服里？谁立定地的四极？祂名叫什么？祂儿子名叫什么，你知道么？
Who has ascended into heaven and descended? / Who has gathered the wind in His fists? / Who has wrapped up the waters in His garment? / Who has established all the ends of the earth? / What is His name, and what is His Son's name, if you know?

神的言语，句句都是炼净的；投靠祂的，祂便作他们的盾牌。
Every word of God is tried; / He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

祂的言语，你不可加添，恐怕祂责备你，你就显为说谎言的。
Do not add to His words, / Lest He reprove you and you be found a liar.

我求你两件事，在我死前，不要不应允我：
Two things I have asked of You; / Do not refuse me before I die:

求你使虚假和谎言远离我。求你使我也不贫穷也不富足；我需用的那分饮食，求你供给我，
Remove far from me falsehood and lies. / Give me neither poverty nor riches; / Feed me with the food that is my portion,

免得我饱足了，就否认你，说，耶和华是谁？又免得我贫穷就偷窃，以致亵渎我神的名。
Lest I become full and deny You and say, Who is Jehovah? / Or lest I become poor and steal and profane the name of my God.

你不要向主人谗谤仆人，恐怕他咒诅你，你便为有罪。
Do not slander a servant to his master, / Lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

有一代人咒诅父亲，不给母亲祝福。
There is a generation that curse their father, / And do not bless their mother.

有一代人自以为清洁，却没有洗去自己的污秽。
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, / And yet are not washed from their filthiness.

有一代人眼目何其高傲，眼皮也是傲然高抬。
There is a generation — oh how lofty are their eyes, / And their eyelids are raised arrogantly.

有一代人，牙如剑，齿如刀，要吞灭地上的困苦人，和人间的穷乏人。
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, / And their jaw teeth like knives, / To devour the afflicted from off the earth, / And the needy from among men.

蚂蟥有两个女儿，常说，给呀，给呀。有三样不知足的，连不说够的共有四样，
The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give. / There are three things that are never satisfied, / Indeed, four that do not say, Enough:

就是阴间，和不孕的胎，吸水不知足的地，和不说够的火。
Sheol and the barren womb, / The earth that is not satisfied with water, / And the fire that does not say, Enough.

戏笑父亲、藐视而不听从母亲的，他的眼睛必为谷中的乌鸦啄出来，为雏鹰所吃。
The eye that mocks his father / And despises to obey his mother, / The ravens of the valley will pick it out, / And the young eagles will eat it.

我所测不透的奇妙有三样，连我所不知道的共有四样，
There are three things which are too wonderful for me, / Indeed four which I do not know:

就是鹰在空中飞的道，蛇在磐石上爬的道，船在海中行的道，男与女交合的道。
The way of an eagle in the sky, / The way of a serpent upon a rock, / The way of a ship in the midst of the sea, / And the way of a man with a maiden.

淫妇的道是这样：她吃了，把嘴一抹就说，我没有行恶。
This is the way of an adulterous woman: / She eats and wipes her mouth / And says, I have done no wickedness.

使地震动的有三样，连地担不起的共有四样，
Under three things the earth quakes, / And under four, it cannot bear up:

就是仆人作王，愚顽人吃饱；
Under a servant when he is king, / And a fool when he is filled with food;

讨人厌的女子出嫁，婢女接续主母。
Under a hated woman when she gets married, / And a servant girl who is heir to her mistress.

地上有四样小物，却极有智慧：
Four things are small on the earth, / But they are exceedingly wise:

蚂蚁是无力之类，却在夏天预备粮食；
The ants are a clan without strength, / Yet they prepare their food in the summer;

石獾是软弱之类，却在磐石中造屋；
The rock badgers are a clan without might, / Yet they make their houses in the rocks;

群蝗没有君王，却分队而出；
The swarming locusts have no king, / Yet all of them go out in ranks;

守宫可给人手抓捕，却住在王宫。
The lizard can be grasped with the hands, / Yet she is in kings' palaces.

步行威武的有三样，连行走威武的共有四样，
There are three things which are stately in their step, / Indeed four which are stately in walking:

就是狮子，乃百兽中最为雄猛、面对任何野兽都不躲避的，
The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, / And does not turn back before any;

昂首阔步、束着腰的雄鸡，公山羊，和率领军兵的君王。
The strutting cock girded in the loins, or a male goat, / And a king who has a band of soldiers with him.

你若行事愚顽，高抬自己，或是筹思恶计，就当用手捂口。
If you have been foolish in exalting yourself, / Or if you have thought an evil scheme, / Put your hand upon your mouth.

搅动牛奶必出奶油，挤压鼻子必出血；照样，激动怒气必起争端。
For the churning of milk produces butter, / And the wringing of the nose brings forth blood, / So the pressing of wrath brings forth strife.