善人有如喜马拉雅山，虽在远处亦明显可见；恶人有如在黑夜里放射的箭，虽在近处亦看不到。
305．He who sits alone, sleeps alone, and walks alone, who is strenuous and subdues himself alone, will find delight in the solitude of the forest. 他独坐、独处、独行地勤修、独自克服自己、乐于住在林中。 第廿二：地狱品 Hell
306．The liar goes to the state of woe; also he who, having done (wrong), says, \did not do it.\in the other world.
说妄语者堕入地狱；造恶后说“我没有做”的人也堕入地狱。他们两者都是造恶者，死后来世同样在（地狱）里受苦。
307．There are many evil characters and uncontrolled men wearing the saffron robe. These wicked men will be born in states of woe because of their evil deeds.
许多身穿袈裟覆盖及颈的人，性格恶劣而不自制。由于自己的恶业，这些造恶者死后堕入地狱。
308．It would be better to swallow a red-hot iron ball, blazing like fire, than as an immoral and uncontrolled monk to eat the alms of the people.
对于无戒行与不自制的人，吞下烧得火红的铁球也好过食用人们供养的食物。
309．Four misfortunes befall the reckless man who consorts with another's wife: acquisition of demerit, disturbed sleep, ill-repute, and (rebirth in) states of woe. 放纵自己而与他人之妻通奸者会遭受四种不幸，即：有恶业、睡不安眠、受到谴责与在地狱里受苦。
310．Such a man acquires demerit and an unhappy birth in the future. Brief is the pleasure of the frightened man and woman, and the king imposes heavy punishment. Hence, let no man consort with another's wife.
这是有恶业又会堕入地狱的。受惊吓的男女之享受是短暂的，而且国王又会给予重罚。因此男人不应与他人之妻通奸。 311．Just as kusa grass wrongly handled cuts the hand, even so, a recluse's life wrongly lived drags one to states of woe.
如同不握好古沙草就会割伤手，胡乱的出家生活拖该比丘入地狱。 312．Any loose act, any corrupt observance, any life of questionable celibacy — none of these bear much fruit.
散漫的行为、腐败的修行、可疑的梵行，皆无大果报。
313．If anything is to be done, let one do it with sustained vigor. A lax monastic life stirs up the dust of passions all the more.
有该做的即应当好好地做、稳健与精进地做，因为散漫的比丘生活会散播更多（烦恼）的尘埃。
314．An evil deed is better left undone, for such a deed torments one afterwards. But a good deed is better done, doing which one repents not later. 最好别造恶业；恶业过后会折磨造恶者。最好是行善业；行善后不会苦恼。
315．Just as a border city is closely guarded both within and without, even so, guard yourself. Do not let slip this opportunity (for spiritual growth). For those who let slip this opportunity grieve indeed when consigned to hell.
比如边界之城内外都需要防护，你也应如此防护自己。莫错失这大好机会，错失这机会的人
去到地狱时就会悲痛。
316．Those who are ashamed of what they should not be ashamed of, and are not ashamed of what they should be ashamed of — upholding false views, they go to states of woe. 对不应羞耻的感到羞耻、对应羞耻的不感到羞耻、及持有邪见的人，将会堕入恶趣。
317．Those who see something to fear where there is nothing to fear, and see nothing to fear where there is something to fear — upholding false views, they go to states of woe.
对无险的视为危险、对危险的视为无险、及持有邪见的人，将会堕入恶趣。
318．Those who imagine evil where there is none, and do not see evil where it is — upholding false views, they go to states of woe.
把无恶的想成有恶，对恶的又不见其恶，及持有邪见的人，将会堕入恶趣。
319．Those who discern the wrong as wrong and the right as right — upholding right views, they go to realms of bliss.
知道恶的是恶、知道善的是善、及持有正见的人，将会投生至善趣。
第廿三：象品 Elephants
320．As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse. There are many, indeed, who lack virtue.
如同在战场上的象忍受箭射，我亦应忍受（他人的）毁谤。诚然，多数人是无戒行的。 321．A tamed elephant is led into a crowd, and the king mounts a tamed elephant. Best among men is the subdued one who endures abuse.
只有已受驯服的（马和象）才可被带往人群；国王只骑已受驯服的（马和象）。在众人之中的最上者是已制伏自己及能忍受毁谤的人。
322．Excellent are well-trained mules, thoroughbred Sindhu horses and noble tusker elephants. But better still is the man who has subdued himself.
已受驯服的骡、骏马与大象是优良的；然而能以（道智）制伏自己者更为优良。
323．Not by these mounts, however, would one go to the Untrodden Land (Nibbana), as one who is self-tamed goes by his own tamed and well-controlled mind. 以任何车乘皆不能去到未到过之地(涅盘)；只有完全制御自己的人才能到达其地。
324．Musty during rut, the tusker named Dhanapalaka is uncontrollable. Held in captivity, the tusker does not touch a morsel, but only longingly calls to mind the elephant forest.
那名为护财的象发怒时是难以制伏的，被捕后它绝食，只想着要回去象林（照顾母亲）。 325．When a man is sluggish and gluttonous, sleeping and rolling around in bed like a fat domestic pig, that sluggard undergoes rebirth again and again. 愚人怠惰、贪吃又如饱食的猪般懒睡。这愚人必须不断地轮回。
326．Formerly this mind wandered about as it liked, where it wished and according to its pleasure, but now I shall thoroughly master it with wisdom as a mahout controls with his ankus an elephant in rut.
在过去，此心随着自己的喜好四处飘荡。现在，我将善御己心，如象师持钩制伏发狂的象。 327．Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts! Draw yourself out of this bog of evil, even as an elephant draws himself out of the mud.
当乐于精进、防护己心。如受困的象脱出泥沼般，你亦应使自己脱离烦恼的泥沼。
328．If for company you find a wise and prudent friend who leads a good life, you should, overcoming all impediments, keep his company joyously and mindfully. 若人能找到有德及有智慧的圣者为伴，他应欢喜及有正念地与其人共同生活，而克服一切危难。
329．If for company you cannot find a wise and prudent friend who leads a good life, then, like a king who leaves behind a conquered kingdom, or like a lone elephant in the elephant forest, you should go your way alone.
若人不能找到有德及有智慧的圣者为伴，他就应该独自生活，如舍弃所征服的国土之王，又如玛当伽象在森林里独行。
330．Better it is to live alone; there is no fellowship with a fool. Live alone and do no evil; be carefree like an elephant in the elephant forest.
宁可独自生活，亦绝不与愚人为友。所以人们应当独自过活、不造恶，如玛当伽象般在森林里自由自在地独行。
331．Good are friends when need arises; good is contentment with just what one has; good is merit when life is at an end, and good is the abandoning of all suffering (through Arahantship).
在需要时有朋友是乐，对所拥有的感到满足是乐，临命终时有善业是乐，脱离一切苦是乐。 332．In this world, good it is to serve one's mother, good it is to serve one's father, good it is to serve the monks, and good it is to serve the holy men.
在这世上，事奉母亲是乐，事奉父亲也是乐。在这世上，事奉沙门是乐，事奉婆罗门(佛陀、辟支佛与阿罗汉)也是乐。
333．Good is virtue until life's end, good is faith that is steadfast, good is the acquisition of wisdom, and good is the avoidance of evil.
能够持戒到老是乐，有不动摇的信心是乐，获得智慧是乐，不造恶是乐。 第廿四：渴爱品 Craving 334．The craving of one given to heedless living grows like a creeper. Like the monkey seeking fruits in the forest, he leaps from life to life (tasting the fruit of his kamma).
沉于怠惰之人的渴爱有如蔓藤般滋长。他有如林里贪吃果子的猴子，从这一世跳到那一世。 335．Whoever is overcome by this wretched and sticky craving, his sorrows grow like grass after the rains.
在这世上，对于为卑劣的渴爱所控制的人，他的痛苦就会增长，有如受到好好浇水的野草般增长。
336．But whoever overcomes this wretched craving, so difficult to overcome, from him sorrows fall away like water from a lotus leaf.
在这世上，对于能克服这难以克服的卑劣渴爱之人，他的痛苦则会消失，就有如水珠从荷叶上掉落一般。
337．This I say to you: Good luck to all assembled here! Dig up the root of craving, like one in search of the fragrant root of the birana grass. Let not Mara crush you again and again, as a flood crushes a reed. 如是我当向你们这些在此集会的人宣说此善法：“有如在掘一枝良好的树根一样，把渴爱连根拔起。别让魔王不断地折磨你，有如洪水不断冲击芦苇般折磨你。”
338．Just as a tree, though cut down, sprouts up again if its roots remain uncut and firm, even so, until the craving that lies dormant is rooted out, suffering springs
up again and again.
被砍倒的树，若其根未受损而深固，它即会重生。同样地，若潜伏的渴爱未被根除，此苦（生老死）即会不断地生起。 339．The misguided man in whom the thirty-six currents of craving strongly rush toward pleasurable objects, is swept away by the flood of his passionate thoughts. 那持有邪见及具有奔向欲境的三十六道强（爱）流之人，为欲思惟冲走。
340．Everywhere these currents flow, and the creeper (of craving) sprouts and grows. Seeing that the creeper has sprung up, cut off its root with wisdom. 渴爱之流奔向一切感官目标；渴爱之藤自（六门）而生，及缠住（六尘）。看到渴爱之藤在滋长，你应以道智砍断其根。 341．Flowing in (from all objects) and watered by craving, feelings of pleasure arise in beings. Bent on pleasures and seeking enjoyment, these men fall prey to birth and decay.
在众生之中，流着的是受到渴爱滋润的快乐。那些执著与追求欲乐的众生，必须遭受生与老。 342．Beset by craving, people run about like an entrapped hare. Held fast by mental fetters, they come to suffering again and again for a long time.
渴爱所困的人惊慌得有如落网的野兔。他被束缚紧紧地绑住，必须长期受苦（生死轮回）。 343．Beset by craving, people run about like an entrapped hare. Therefore, one who yearns to be passion-free should destroy his own craving.
渴爱所困的人惊慌得有如落网的野兔。因此，想令自己获得解脱者应灭除渴爱。
344．There is one who, turning away from desire (for household life) takes to the life of the forest (of a monk). But after being freed from the household, he runs back to it. Behold that man! Though freed, he runs back to that very bondage! 在舍弃欲林（即俗家生活）之后，他去到修行林（即比丘生活）。但当离开欲林之后，他却又赶着回去那欲林。
看吧，这已获得自由者又赶着重投束缚。
345-346．That is not a strong fetter, the wise say, which is made of iron, wood or hemp. But the infatuation and longing for jewels and ornaments, children and wives — that, they say, is a far stronger fetter, which pulls one downward and, though seemingly loose, is hard to remove. This, too, the wise cut off. Giving up sensual pleasure, and without any longing, they renounce the world.
智者不会说由铁、木与麻绳所造的束缚是坚牢的；他们只说对珠宝、妻子与儿女的渴爱执著的束缚才是坚牢的。
它们把人拖到（恶道）去；虽然看似柔软却难以解除。智者断除此渴爱之束缚，坚决地舍弃欲乐与出家去。
347．Those who are lust-infatuated fall back into the swirling current (of samsara) like a spider on its self-spun web. This, too, the wise cut off. Without any longing, they abandon all suffering and renounce the world.
执著渴爱的人随着自己所造的欲流而去，如蜘蛛投向自己所结的网。智者断除渴爱之束缚，舍离一切苦而遨游。
348．Let go of the past, let go of the future, let go of the present, and cross over to the farther shore of existence. With mind wholly liberated, you shall come no more to birth and death.
舍弃过去、未来与现在。在到达最后一生之后，心已解脱一切，你将不会再有生与老。
349．For a person tormented by evil thoughts, who is passion-dominated and given to the pursuit of pleasure, his craving steadily grows. He makes the fetter strong, indeed.
对于受到欲念扰乱的人，他的渴爱很强，不断把事物看成美好，其渴爱也不断地增长。诚然，他弄到自己的束缚更为坚牢。
350．He who delights in subduing evil thoughts, who meditates on the impurities and is ever mindful — it is he who will make an end of craving and rend asunder Mara's fetter.
乐于平息（欲）念及时刻保持正念的人，观照（身等）不净，肯定能够脱离渴爱。此人将会断除魔王的束缚。
351．He who has reached the goal, is fearless, free from craving, passionless, and has plucked out the thorns of existence — for him this is the last body. 已证得阿罗汉果的人是无畏、无贪与无烦恼的。他已断除了生命之刺（例如渴爱）。这是他的最后一生。
352．He who is free from craving and attachment, is perfect in uncovering the true meaning of the Teaching, and knows the arrangement of the sacred texts in correct sequence — he, indeed, is the bearer of his final body. He is truly called the profoundly wise one, the great man. 无贪欲、无执著、通达圣典的词义语法与次第的人是为“此生是最后一生的大智者、大丈夫”。 353．A victor am I over all, all have I known. Yet unattached am I to all that is conquered and known. Abandoning all, I am freed through the destruction of craving. Having thus directly comprehended all by myself, whom shall I call my teacher? 我已征服了一切、了知一切、不执著一切、舍弃一切。在灭除了贪欲之后（即证得阿罗汉果），我脱离了诸烦恼。自证四圣谛之后，我应称谁为师？
354．The gift of Dhamma excels all gifts; the taste of the Dhamma excels all tastes; the delight in Dhamma excels all delights. The Craving-Freed vanquishes all suffering.
在一切施之中，法施最殊胜；在一切味之中，法味最殊胜；在一切悦之中，法悦最殊胜；灭除渴爱战胜了一切苦（生死轮回）。
355．Riches ruin only the foolish, not those in quest of the Beyond. By craving for riches the witless man ruins himself as well as others.
财富毁灭了愚人，但毁不了寻求彼岸之人。愚人以对财富的贪欲毁灭了自己，如害他人般害了自己。
356．Weeds are the bane of fields, lust is the bane of mankind. Therefore, what is offered to those free of lust yields abundant fruit.
杂草损坏了田地；贪欲害惨了众生。因此施与离贪者，必将获得大果报。
357．Weeds are the bane of fields, hatred is the bane of mankind. Therefore, what is offered to those free of hatred yields abundant fruit.
杂草损坏了田地；嗔恨害惨了众生。因此施与离嗔者，必将获得大果报。
358．Weeds are the bane of fields, delusion is the bane of mankind. Therefore, what is offered to those free of delusion yields abundant fruit.
杂草损坏了田地；愚痴害惨了众生。因此施与离痴者，必将获得大果报。
359．Weeds are the bane of fields, desire is the bane of mankind. Therefore, what is offered to those free of desire yields abundant fruit.