Avoidit, do not passby it; Turnawayfrom it and passon.
Ifiniquityis in your hand,putit faraway,And do not let wickednessdwellin your tents;
"Ifyou returnto the Almighty,you will be restored;If you removeunrighteousnessfarfrom your tent,
"Keepfarfrom a false charge,and do not killthe innocentor the righteous,for I will not acquitthe guilty.
My son,do not walkin the waywith them. Keepyour feetfrom their path,
Do not be enviousof evilmen,Nordesireto be with them;
Do not enterthe pathof the wickedAnd do not proceedin the wayof evilmen.
For they cannotsleepunlessthey doevil;And they are robbedof sleepunlessthey make [someone] stumble.
Keepyour wayfarfrom her And do not gonearthe doorof her house,
Deliveryourselflike a gazellefrom [the hunter's] handAnd like a birdfrom the handof the fowler.
He who walksrighteouslyand speakswith sincerity,He who rejectsunjustgainAnd shakeshis handssothat they holdnobribe;He who stopshis earsfrom hearingabout bloodshedAnd shutshis eyesfrom lookingupon evil;
Do not participatein the unfruitfuldeedsof darkness,but insteadevenexposethem;
abstainfrom everyformof evil.
