1.Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.
你尽可在臼中将愚人舂碎，但他的昏愚却永不能铲除。
2.For there is no other God but thou, who hast care of all, that thou shouldst shew that thou dost not give judgment unjustly.
因为，除你以外，别无照顾万物的神，你应向他指明你的审判，并非不公；
3.But this is very much the same as if thou shouldst be grieved because those who have lived before thee did not praise thee.
而这就像你竟然因为生活在你前面的人没有赞扬你而感到悲哀一样可笑之至。
4.deserting these, thou leavest me to grieve, thus having been, that thou shouldst cease to be!
你放弃了这些，把悲伤留给我，
5.Desdemona. What wouldst thou write of me, if thou shouldst praise me?
苔丝狄蒙娜要是叫你赞美我，你要怎麽编法呢？
6.Surely, if he in his wisdom sees fit now to chasten thee, thou shouldst not complain.
若智慧的神认为现在管教你是合适的时候，那末你就不应当怨尤。
7.Let not thy hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldst give.
你的手不要只为领取才伸开，而在施恩时缩回。
8.That thou shouldst keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and fear him.
所以你当谨守上主你天主的诫命，遵行他的道路，敬畏他。
9.And in the one thou shouldst see immediately to what end it refers, but in the other watch carefully what is the thing signified.
在一件事里你应当直接洞察它所指向的目的，而在另一件事里你应当仔细观察事物所表示的意义。
10.And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?
你愿意我引导你认识你的主，而你畏惧他吗？