42 Don’t be ashamed of these things,

and don’t sin to save face:

2 of the law of the Most High and his covenant,

of judgement to do justice to the ungodly,

3 of reckoning with a partner and with travellers,

of a gift from the inheritance of friends,

4 of exactness of scales and weights,

of getting much or little,

5 of bargaining dealing with merchants,

of frequent correction of children,

and of making the back of an evil slave to bleed.

6 A seal is good where an evil wife is.

Where there are many hands, lock things up.

7 Whatever you hand over, let it be by number and weight.

In giving and receiving, let all be in writing.

8 Don’t be ashamed to instruct the unwise and foolish,

and one of extreme old age who contends with those who are young.

So you will be well instructed indeed

and approved in the sight of every living man.