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Chapter 2 (do not steal)  
     
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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