Note: I am posting this translation not becuase I endorse it or think its the definitive translation but because it is freely available and you can copy/print or do what you want with it. Saying that it is quite good.

Translated from the Chinese By LIONEL GILES, M.A. (1910)

I. LAYING PLANS

1. Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State.

2. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.