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Rh ; õi-tit lâi tie̍h pí chiang-lâi kâi-hok a-bōi,
 * can it compare with future blessedness or not?


 * kiè-i chò--liáu, chò-nî-màiⁿ,
 * after you told him to make it, why did you not want it?


 * kàu-tî-kò khṳt-i lia̍h tie̍h,
 * whereabouts was it that he was caught?


 * chí-kâi thiⁿ-tī, chò-nî õi-tit-ũ,
 * these heavens and earth, how do they come to be?


 * khá-m̄ eng-tng tie̍h,
 * ought you not &c.


 * sĩ-mih-sîn hó-pài,
 * what God ought to be worshipped?


 * nâng ũ-chũe chò-nî hó-buah-tiāu,
 * if man has sin how can it be cancelled?


 * lṳ́ phah-sǹg-lṳ́ ka-kī ũ-chũe a-bô,
 * do you think you have sinned or not?


 * lṳ́ siẽⁿ pài-Siãng-tì õi-tit sì-kan sĩ-mih-hó,
 * do you think that by worshipping God you will get any worldly good?


 * uá eng-kai kám-siā i a-mién,
 * ought I to thank him or not?


 * ẽ-ji̍t huân-iáu àiⁿ-khṳ̀ pài-chóu-chong--mē,
 * in the future will you still go and worship your ancestors?


 * lṳ́ tńg-khṳ̀ pài-phû-sat, ũ sĩ-mih-chũe--bô,
 * if you go back and worship idols, will there be any sin or not?


 * ũ-sĩ-mih sîn-mêng sie-hũ,
 * is any god to help? What god helps?


 * sĩ-lṳ́ ka-kī õi a-bõi,
 * can you of yourself do this?


 * lṳ́ siẽⁿ eng-kai chò-nî,
 * what do you think ought to be done?


 * ũ-sĩ-mih hó--chhù,
 * what is the use of it?


 * lṳ́ ũ jie̍h-chōi-hùe
 * how old are you?


 * chí-kâi hieⁿ-lí sĩ-so̍k tî-kâi-kūiⁿ,
 * this village belongs to what district?


 * chí-kâi-sṳ̄, tõ-chiēⁿ-bûn soiⁿ ũ-kì-lo̍k a-bô,
 * this matter—is it previously recorded?


 * chiēⁿ-bûn ũ-tàⁿ chí-kâi-miâ a-bô,
 * is this name found in the previous part of the book?


 * kṳ̃n-ji̍t kâi-kuang-kéng chãi-seⁿ,
 * how are things these days?


 * siàu-ba̍k ti̍t a-būe,
 * is the account settled yet?


 * ẽ-ji̍t sĩ khá-hó lâi-hiâm pẽ-bó--mē,
 * in after days shall he come and blame his father and mother?


 * khá-m̄ chhi-chhám,
 * is it not very hard?


 * khá-m̄-sĩ eng-kai lâu-ma̍k-chap,
 * is it not a thing one ought to weep for?