版本很多：
【直译】
The pathetic man certainly have something to be despised.
Those who are pitiful must have a cause for having sunk to their lows.
whoever pitiful is hateful.
【意译】
英国有一个俗语 as miserable as sin. 原本说的是very miserable 的意思,但感觉这里却很合适.
还有其他英语俚语：The chickens have come home to roost. 这个有因果报应的意思在里面.
莎士比亚『哈姆雷特』里面也有一句：Hoist with his own petard.
英文不那么直接说,一般笼统地说：
Everything happens for a reason.
You reap what you sow.
You make the bed that you lie in.
There's a lid for every pot.
Water seeks its own level.
You deserved what you got.