Mishnah 8 - Chapter 5 - Pirkei Avot

Shiv'ah minei fur'aniyot ba'in la'olam al shiv'ah gufei averah. Miktzatan me'asserin umiktzatan einan me'asserin, ra'av shel batzoret ba'ah, miktzatan re'evim umiktzatan seve'im. Gameru shello le'asser, ra'av shel mehumah veshel batzoret ba'ah. Veshello littol et hachallah, ra'av shel kelayah ba'ah. Dever ba la'olam al mitot ha'amurot battorah shello nimseru leveit din, ve'al perot shevi'it. Cherev ba'ah la'olam al innui haddin, ve'al ivvut haddin, ve'al hammorim battorah shello chahalachah.

Seven kinds of punishment come to the world for seven categories of transgression:When some of them give tithes, and others do not give tithes, a famine from drought comes some go hungry, and others are satisfied. When they have all decided not to give tithes, a famine from tumult and drought comes; [When they have, in addition, decided] not to set apart the dough-offering, an all-consuming famine comes. Pestilence comes to the world for sins punishable by death according to the Torah, but which have not been referred to the court, and for neglect of the law regarding the fruits of the sabbatical year. The sword comes to the world for the delay of judgment, and for the perversion of judgment, and because of those who teach the Torah not in accordance with the accepted law.

Seven (different) types of punishments come to the world for seven types of transgressions: If some (men) tithe and some do not tithe, a famine of dearth comes to the world. [Rain is scarce, as a result of which prices rise] — some are hungry and some are sated. If (all) resolved not to tithe, a famine of tumult [(The harvest cannot be gathered because of invading armies)] and dearth comes. If (they resolved) not to take challah, a famine of destruction comes. [The heavens are like iron and the earth like copper.] Pestilence comes to the world for the death penalties in the Torah, which did not come to [adjudication in ] the beth-din and for the fruits of the sabbatical year, [with which business was done and which were not kept in the sanctity of the sabbatical year.] A sword comes to the world for delay of judgment, [when it is known where the din inclines] and for perversion of justice, [vindicating the guilty and incriminating the innocent], and for ruling in Torah (law) not in accordance with the halachah, [forbidding the permitted, and permitting the forbidden].