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Y tu principio habrá sido pequeño,

Y tu postrimería acrecerá en gran manera.

Porque pregunta ahora á la edad pasada,

Y disponte para inquirir de sus padres de ellos;

Pues nosotros somos de ayer, y no sabemos,

Siendo nuestros días sobre la tierra como sombra.

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“Though your beginning was insignificant,
Yet your (A)end will increase greatly.

“Please (B)inquire of past generations,
And consider the things searched out by their fathers.
“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because (C)our days on earth are as a shadow.

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Your beginnings will seem humble,
    so prosperous(A) will your future be.(B)

“Ask the former generation(C)
    and find out what their ancestors learned,
for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,(D)
    and our days on earth are but a shadow.(E)

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