The original 12 sentences:

This is true and remote from all cover of falsehood

这是真理，远离虚假之真理

Whatever is below is similar to that which is above. Through this the marvels of the work of one thing are procured and perfected.

要造出"唯一之物"的奇迹，须明白，那上界之物与下界相同，而下界之物也与上界无异

Also, as all things are made from one, by the [consideration] of one, so all things were made from this one, by conjunction.

唯一缔造万物，万物皆生于同一

The father of it is the sun, the mother the moon. The wind bore it in the womb. Its nurse is the earth, the mother of all perfection.

太阳是它的父亲，月亮是母亲，它在风的子宫里孕育，大地养育了它，是一切完美之母

Its power is perfected. If it is turned into earth.

当它与大地融为一体，它拥有全能的力量

Separate the earth from the fire, the subtle and thin from the crude and [coarse], prudently, with modesty and wisdom.

它能将泥土从火中隔离，也能让精妙之物从粗物中呈现出来

This ascends from the earth into the sky and again descends from the sky to the earth, and receives the power and efficacy of things above and of things below.

它能从地面飞升到天空，然后，它还能再降落到地面，积聚上界和下界的所有力量。

By this means you will acquire the glory of the whole world,And so you will drive away all shadows and blindness.

由此你将获得全世界最卓绝的荣光，所有的阴暗都将从你身边消散

For this by its fortitude snatches the palm from all other fortitude and power. For it is able to penetrate and subdue everything subtle and everything crude and hard.

这是强大力量中的最强者，它能超越所有的精妙之物，也能渗透入所有坚固之体

By this means the world was founded

世界被如此创造

And hence the marvelous conjunctions of it and admirable effects, since this is the way by which these marvels may be brought about.

按这一过程，从这"惟一之物"中产生了众多非凡的变化

And because of this they have called me Hermes Tristmegistus since I have the three parts of the wisdom and philosophy of the whole universe.My speech is finished which I have spoken concerning the solar work.

我之所以被称为三重伟大的赫尔墨斯，是因为我承担了全宇宙哲学与智慧的三重角色，关于"太阳的工作"