15. Sace tva.m ya.t.thiyaa kukkura.m pahareyyaasi so .daseyya.
if / you / with walking stick / dog / would hit / it / would bite
If you hit the dog with the walking stick, it will bite.
16. Maya.m sappurisaa bhavitu.m aaka'nkhamaanaa sama.ne upasa'nkamma
dhamma.m sutvaa kusala.m kaatu.m aarabhimha.
we / virtuous men / to become / hoping / monks / having
approached / doctrine / having heard / good / to do / started
Hoping to become good men we approached monks, listened to the
doctrine and started to do good (work).
17. Paapakammehi anubandhitaa asappurisaa coraa niraye (purgatory)
uppajjitvaa dukkha.m vindanti.
by evil deeds / followed / wicked / robbers / in purgatory /
having being borned / suffering / experience
The wicked robbers, being chased by (their) evil deeds, are
born in purgatory and experience suffering.
18. Maa puñña.m parivajjetvaa paapa.m karotha, sace kareyyaatha
manussalokamhaa cavitvaa dukkha.m vindissatha.
do not / merit / having avoided / evil / do! / if / (you) do /
from human world / having departed / suffering / would
experience
Do not avoid merit and do evil; if you do, you will experience
suffering after being departed from the human world.