起初神创造天地。
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
他斥责海，使海乾了，使一切江河乾涸。巴珊和迦密的树林衰残，黎巴嫩的花草也衰残了。
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
于是二人同行，来到伯利恒。她们到了伯利恒，合城的人就都惊讶。妇女们说，这是拿俄米吗。
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
因为耶和华知道义人的道路。恶人的道路，却必灭亡。
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
当主日我被圣灵感动，听见在我后面有大声如吹号说，
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
有报信的来见约伯，说，牛正耕地，驴在旁边吃草。
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
我们要为你编上金辫，镶上银钉。
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
锡安的路径因无人来守圣节就悲伤。她的城门凄凉。她的祭司叹息。她的处女受艰难，自己也愁苦。
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
约翰为他作见证，喊着说，这就是我曾说，那在我以后来的，反成了在我以前的。因他本来在我以前。
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
神就造出空气，将空气以下的水，空气以上的水分开了。事就这样成了。
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.