[1] “Es hott bletz vo silvah gegrawva is, un bletz vo gold kshmolsa vatt.
[2] Eisa vatt aus di eaht gnumma, un kubbah vatt aus di shtay kshmolsa.
[3] Mennah nemma lichtah in di dunkla bletz; si sucha in di deefshta lechah fa keshtlichi shtay, drunna vo's oahrich dunkel is.
[4] Si grawva lechah veit vekk funn leit, in bletz vo leit iahra fees nett lawfa; si henka un shvinga funn shtrikk, un grawva di shtay raus.
[5] Ovva uf di eaht dutt ess-sach vaxa, avvah unna drunnah vatt alles ivvah-gedrayt es vi mitt feiyah.
[6] Sapphires kumma funn shtay, un da shtawb hott gold drinn.
[7] Da voi in di luft vayst nett vo selli bletz sinn, em awdlah sei awk hott si nett ksenna.
[8] Shtolsi diahra lawfa nett drivvah, un da layb gayt nett datt fabei.
[9] Da mann grawbt da flint-shtay, un drayt da grund ivvah unna an di berga.
[10] Eah grawbt lechah deich di felsa, un sei awwa sayna awl's keshtlich sach.
[11] Eah damd di revvahra uf es si nett lawfa, un vass fashtekkeld is bringd eah raus in's licht.
[12] Avvah vo kann veisheit kfunna sei? Vo kenna miah lanna fa fashtay?
[13] Da mensh fashtayt nett vass veisheit veaht is, un veisheit vatt nett kfunna im land funn di levendicha.
[14] 'S deefa sawkt, ‘See is nett in miah,’ un da say sawkt, ‘See is nett mitt miah.’
[15] See kann nett gekawft sei mitt em beshta gold, un genunk silvah kann nett raus gvohwa sei difoah.
[16] See kann nett gekawft sei mitt em gold funn Ophir, adda mitt keshtlich onyx un sapphires.
[17] Gold un sheinich glaws kann ma nett fagleicha mitt iahra, un ma kann see nett fahandla fa goldichi sacha.
[18] Coral un crystal is nett diveaht shvetza diveyya; veah veisheit grikt, hott may es keshtlichi pearls.
[19] Topaz aus em land Kush is di veisheit nett gleich, un see kann nett gekawft sei mitt pyuah gold.
[20] Dann vo kumd di veisheit bei? Vo kenna miah lanna fa fashtay?
[21] See is fashtekkeld funn di awwa funn alles levendiches, even funn di fekkel in di luft.
[22] Di fadeahvung un's grawb sawwa, ‘Unsah oahra henn shund keaht difunn.’
[23] Gott fashtayt di veisheit iahra vayk, eah laynich vayst vo see bleibt.
[24] Eah kann's end funn di eaht sayna, eah saynd alles unnich em himmel.
[25] Vo eah em vind sei macht gevva hott, un di vassahra raus gmessa hott,
[26] vo eah ausgmacht hott vo da reyyah falla soll, un en pawt gmacht hott fa da gviddah-shtoahm,
[27] no hott eah di veisheit ksenna un see ivvah-gegukt, eah hott see eiksetzt un see ausbroviaht.
[28] Un zumm mensh hott eah ksawt, ‘Gukk moll, di furcht fumm Hah, sell is veisheit, un fa sich vekk halda funn evil, sell is fashtendes.’”