De inscriptie luidt ten dele: „Dit nu is de geschiedenis van de doorboring. Terwijl de arbeiders nog voortdurend houweel na houweel ophieven in elkanders richting, en nog slechts drie el (= bijna anderhalve meter) doorboord moest worden, hoorden zij elkanders stemmen, terwijl zij elkander toeriepen, aangezien er aan de rechterkant een spleet in de rots was.
The inscription reads, in part: “And this was the way in which it was cut through: —While [. . .] (were) still [. . .] axe(s), each man toward his fellow, and while there were still three cubits to be cut through, [there was heard] the voice of a man calling to his fellow, for there was an overlap in the rock on the right [and on the left].jw2019 jw2019