2:10 也没有看见小鸟在我上面的墙上,它们的热粪落到我的眼里,即起了一层白膜;我去求医诊治,但是愈给我敷药,我的眼睛愈被白膜所遮蔽,以致完全失明。四年之久,我甚么也看不见。我的众兄弟都为我悲伤,阿希加养了我两年,直到他去厄蓝为止。
I did not know there were birds perched on the wall above me, till their warm droppings settled in my eyes, causing cataracts. I went to see some doctors for a cure, but the more they anointed my eyes with various salves, the worse the cataracts became, until I could see no more. For four years I was deprived of eyesight, and all my kinsmen were grieved at my condition. Ahiqar, however, took care of me for two years, until he left for Elymais.