240.As rust sprung from iron, eats itself away when arisen; even so his own deeds lead the transgressor2 to states of woe.

如鐵自生銹，生已自腐蝕，犯罪者亦爾，自業導惡趣。

241.Non-recitation is the rust of doctrines; non-exertion3 is the rust of homes; sloth is the taint of beauty; carelessness is the flaw of a watcher.

不誦經典穢，不勤為家穢。懶惰為色穢，放逸護衛穢。

242.Misconduct is the taint of a woman; stinginess4 is the taint of a donor. Taints, indeed, are all evil things both in this world and in the next.

邪行婦人穢，吝嗇施者穢。此界及他界，惡法實為穢。

243.A worse taint than these is Ignorance, the greatest taint. Abandoning this taint be taintless, O bhikkhus!

此等諸垢中，無明垢為最，汝當除此垢，成無垢比丘！

244.Easy is the life of a shameless one who, with the boldness5 of a crow, is back-biting, forward, arrogant, and corrupt.

生活無慚愧，魯莽如烏鴉，詆毀（於他人），大膽自誇張，傲慢邪惡者，其人生活易。