| 1 | Do not move the markers on the borders of fields. |
| 2 | Nor shift the position of the measuring-cord. |
| 3 | Do not be greedy for a cubit of land. |
| 4 | Nor encroach on the boundaries of a widow. |
| 5 | The trodden furrow worn down by time, |
| 6 | he who disguises it in the fields, |
| 7 | when he has snared it by false oaths, |
| 8 | he will be caught by the might of the Moon. |
| 9 | Recognize him who does this on earth ! |
| 10 | He is an oppressor of the weak, |
| 11 | a foe working to destroy your body. |
| 12 | The taking of life is in his eye, |
| 13 | his house is an enemy to the town, |
| 14 | his barns will be destroyed, |
| 15 | his wealth wiIl be seized from his children's hands, and |
| 16 | his possessions will be given to another. |
| 17 | Beware of destroying the borders of fields, |
| 18 | lest a terror carry You away. |
| 19 | One pleases god with the might of the Lord,30 |
| 20 | when one discerns the borders of fields. |
| 21 | Desire your being to be sound. |
| 22 | Beware of the Lord of ALL ! |
| 23 | Do not erase another's furrow, |
| 24 | it profits You to keep it sound. |
| 25 | Plow your fields and You will find what You need, |
| 26 | You will receive bread from your own threshing-floor. |
| 27 | Better is a bushel given You by the god, |
| 28 | than five thousand through wrongdoing. |
| 29 | They stay not a day in bin and barn, |
| 30 | they make no food for the beer jar. |
| 31 | A moment is their stay in the granary, |
| 32 | comes morning, and they have vanished. |
| 33 | Better is poverty in the hand of the god, |
| 34 | than wealth in the storehouse. |
| 35 | Better is bread with a happy heart, |
| 36 | than wealth with vexation. |
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6 Steal no Land and east from your own field