| 1 | Beware of robbing a poor wretch, |
| 2 | of attacking a cripple. |
| 3 | Do not stretch out your hand to touch an old man, |
| 4 | nor snatch at the word of a great one. |
| 5 | Do not let yourself be sent on a wicked errand, |
| 6 | nor be friends with him who does it. |
| 7 | Do not raise an outcry against one who attacks You, |
| 8 | nor return him an answer yourself. |
| 9 | He who does evil, the shore rejects him, |
| 10 | its floodwater carries him away, |
| 11 | the north wind comes down to end his hour, |
| 12 | it mingles with the thunderstorm, and |
| 13 | the storm cloud is tall, the crocodiles are vicious. |
| 14 | You heated man, how are You now ? |
| 15 | He cries out, his voice reaches heaven. |
| 16 | It is the Moon 20 who declares his crime. |
| 17 | Steer, so that we may ferry the wicked over, |
| 18 | as we do not act like his kind ! |
| 19 | Lift him up, give him your hand, |
| 20 | commit him in the hands of the god. |
| 21 | Fill his belly with bread of your own, |
| 22 | that he be sated and see. |
| 23 | Another thing good in the heart of the god: |
| 24 | to pause before speaking. |
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2 Do Not Steal