Mocked were (many) messengers before thee; but their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.
Forthwith he (starts) constructing the Ark: Every time that the chiefs of his people passed by him, they threw ridicule on him. He said: "If ye ridicule us now, we (in our turn) can look down on you with ridicule likewise!
Mocked were (many) messenger before thee; But their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.
在你之前,有许多使者,确已被人嘲笑,但嘲笑者所嘲笑的(刑罚),已降临他们了。
他正在造船。他的宗族中的贵族们每逢从他面前走过,都嘲笑他,他说:“如果你们嘲笑我们,我们也必定要像你们嘲笑我们一样嘲笑你们。
在你之前,有许多使者,确已被人愚弄,而愚弄的刑罚已降临愚弄者了。