Good News Translation
My child, have you sinned? Don't do it again, and pray for forgiveness for what you have already done.

New Revised Standard Version
Have you sinned, my child? Do so no more, but ask forgiveness for your past sins.

Contemporary English Version
Students, if you are sinning, stop. Ask God to forgive you.

New American Bible
My child, if you have sinned, do so no more, and for your past sins pray to be forgiven.

Douay-Rheims Bible
My son, hast thou sinned? do so no more: but for thy former sins also pray that they may be forgiven thee.

My son, hast thou sinned? do so no more: but for thy former sins also pray that they may be forgiven thee.

Sirach 20:32
O Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is not seen: what profit is there in them both?

Sirach 20:33
Better is he that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.

Sirach 21:2
Flee from sins as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest near them, they will take hold of thee.

Sirach 21:3
The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, killing the souls of men.