LXVIII.

332 Make not the balance to swerve (either) through thy falsification of the get weights,

333 Or through thy obliteration of the mouths of the measures (the characters or stamps on the weights and measures).

334 Make not a practice of preferring the measures of the fields,

335 Thou abandoning those in use in the house of silver (White House).

336 [An angel] sits by the side of the Scales,

337 And his heart acts as the tongue (pointer) thereof.

338 GOD removes, even as does [His great angel],

339 Him that is in the habit of finding these devices to do them.

340 Accustom not thyself to cheat by means of the get weights.

341 It is they (the cheaters) who multiply the [wrath] of the Divine Souls (Will) of GOD.

LXIX.

342 If thou seest another man stumbling from time to time,

343 Go with him and enable him to continue on his way.

LXX.

344 Covet not (be not greedy for) the precious metals.

345 Hate (avoid or reject) the beautiful singing woman.

346 What is it like? A fetter, a tie.

347 It makes (a man) to stumble (go astray) in the presence of GOD.

348 If a paddle of gold be scraped off from an object of the finest gold

349 At daybreak to-morrow morning it will be lead.