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Teach a child how to follow the right way;
    even when he is old, he will stay on course.
The rich lord it over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave to the lender.
Those who sow injustice reap disaster,
    and their methods of oppression will fail.

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Start(A) children off on the way they should go,(B)
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.(C)

The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,(D)
    and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.(E)

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