2:1 我儿，你前去服事上主时，应固守正义与敬畏，并应预备你的心承受试探。
My son, when you come to serve the LORD, prepare yourself for trials. 2:2 使你的心居正不偏，坚忍不拔；应侧耳听取明智的言语；在灾难中，不要慌张。
Be sincere of heart and steadfast, undisturbed in time of adversity. 2:3 应静心等待天主的照顾，与天主保持联系，总不要离弃他，好使你至死充满幸福。
Cling to him, forsake him not; thus will your future be great. 2:4 凡降到你身上的，你都要接受；在痛苦中，你要忍受；在各种困苦中，你要多多忍耐；
Accept whatever befalls you, in crushing misfortune be patient; 2:5 因为金银应在火里锻炼，天主所喜悦的人，也应在谦卑的火炉中锻炼。
For in fire gold is tested, and worthy men in the crucible of humiliation. 2:6 你只管信赖天主，他必扶持你；你应修直你的道路，要仰望他，要保持敬畏他的心，至死不替。
Trust God and he will help you; make straight your ways and hope in him. 2:7 你们敬畏上主的，要等待他的仁慈；不要离开他，免得跌倒。
You who fear the LORD, wait for his mercy, turn not away lest you fall. 2:8 你们敬畏上主的，要信赖他，你们的赏报，就不会落空。
You who fear the LORD, trust him, and your reward will not be lost. 2:9 你们敬畏上主的，要希望幸福，及永远的喜乐和救恩。
You who fear the LORD, hope for good things, for lasting joy and mercy. 2:10 你们敬畏上主的，要爱慕他，你们的心灵，就会蒙光照。
Study the generations long past and understand; has anyone hoped in the LORD and been disappointed? Has anyone persevered in his fear and been forsaken? has anyone called upon him and been rebuffed? 2:11 请你们追念前代，看看有谁依赖了上主，而受了耻辱﹖
Compassionate and merciful is the LORD; he forgives sins, he saves in time of trouble. 2:12 有谁保持了对他的敬畏，而被遗弃﹖有谁呼求了他，而被他轻视﹖
Woe to craven hearts and drooping hands, to the sinner who treads a double path! 2:13 因为，上主富于慈惠宽仁；在患难中，赦免罪过，并施救恩。他是一切真心寻求他的护卫者。
Woe to the faint of heart who trust not, who therefore will have no shelter! 2:14 祸哉，怯懦的心，邪恶的口，虚弱的手，及徘徊于两条路的罪人!
Woe to you who have lost hope! what will you do at the visitation of the LORD? 2:15 祸哉，心无志气的人!他既对天主没有信赖，决得不到他的保护。
Those who fear the LORD disobey not his words; those who love him keep his ways. 2:16 祸哉，你们失去坚忍，离弃正道，喜欢走邪路的人!
Those who fear the LORD seek to please him, those who love him are filled with his law. 2:17 因为，当上主视察你们时，你们将作什么﹖
Those who fear the LORD prepare their hearts and humble themselves before him. 2:18 凡敬畏上主的，决不背弃他的言语；爱慕他的，必遵循他的道路。
Let us fall into the hands of the LORD and not into the hands of men, For equal to his majesty is the mercy that he shows.2:19 凡敬畏上主的，必寻求他的欢心；爱慕他的，必饱尝他法律的奥义。
2:20 凡敬畏上主的，必常预备自己的心，在他面前谦卑自下。
2:21 凡敬畏上主的，必遵守他的诫命，直到他来看顾，常怀着忍耐。
2:22 他们说：假使我们不悔改，我们就必落在上主的手里，而不是落在人的手里；
2:23 因为他是多么伟大，他的仁慈又多么伟大。