Give up your faults and direct your hands aright, and cleanse your heart from all sin: The focus in Good News Translation here is not quite correct. A better rendering is:

• Correct your faults and resolve to do what is right. Rid yourself of every sin [or, Put every sin out of the way].

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Sirach. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2008. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.