“ Is it legal to convict a man before he is given a hearing?” he asked.

“不先听本人的口供，不知道他所做的事，难道我们的律法还定他的罪吗？”

“不先听本人的口供，查明他所做的事，难道我们的律法还定他的罪吗？”

“不先听本人的口供，查明他所做的事，难道我们的律法还定他的罪吗？”

“难道不听被告申辩，不查明事实真相，我们的律法就定祂的罪吗？”

“如果不先听取他本人的口供，查明他所作的事，我们的律法怎能把他定罪呢？”

“如果不先听本人的口供，并且了解他做了什么，我们的律法就定不了他的罪，难道不是吗？”

「不先聽本人的口供，不知道他所做的事，難道我們的律法還定他的罪嗎？」

「不先聽本人的口供，查明他所做的事，難道我們的律法還定他的罪嗎？」

「不先聽本人的口供，查明他所做的事，難道我們的律法還定他的罪嗎？」

「難道不聽被告申辯，不查明事實真相，我們的律法就定祂的罪嗎？」

“如果不先聽取他本人的口供，查明他所作的事，我們的律法怎能把他定罪呢？”

『若不先聽聽他本人的口供，而知道他所作的是甚麼事，難道我們的律法還定人的罪麼？』

「如果不先聽本人的口供，並且了解他做了什麼，我們的律法就定不了他的罪，難道不是嗎？」

未聽其言、不識其所為、而鞫之、豈我律乎、

未聽訟、不識其所為、我律豈罪之、

未究詰人、不識其所為、我律法豈罪之乎、

『未先聽訟、一究其所行、吾法豈能遽加以罪乎？』

“ Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”

“ Does our law find a man guilty without hearing him first? Doesn’t it want to find out what he is doing?”

“ Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”

“ Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”

“ Our Law does not judge the person unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?”

“ Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”

Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?

“ Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”

Doth our law judge[ any] man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

“ Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”

“ Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”

Spouting off before listening to the facts is both shameful and foolish.

But Paul said to him,“ God will slap you, you corrupt hypocrite! What kind of judge are you to break the law yourself by ordering me struck like that?”

and impartial in your judgments. Hear the cases of those who are poor as well as those who are rich. Don’t be afraid of anyone’s anger, for the decision you make is God’s decision. Bring me any cases that are too difficult for you, and I will handle them.’

“ Suppose a case arises in a local court that is too hard for you to decide— for instance, whether someone is guilty of murder or only of manslaughter, or a difficult lawsuit, or a case involving different kinds of assault. Take such legal cases to the place the Lord your God will choose,and present them to the Levitical priests or the judge on duty at that time. They will hear the case and declare the verdict.You must carry out the verdict they announce and the sentence they prescribe at the place the Lord chooses. You must do exactly what they say.After they have interpreted the law and declared their verdict, the sentence they impose must be fully executed; do not modify it in any way.

“ You must not convict anyone of a crime on the testimony of only one witness. The facts of the case must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.“ If a malicious witness comes forward and accuses someone of a crime,then both the accuser and accused must appear before the Lord by coming to the priests and judges in office at that time.The judges must investigate the case thoroughly. If the accuser has brought false charges against his fellow Israelite,you must impose on the accuser the sentence he intended for the other person. In this way, you will purge such evil from among you.

But never put a person to death on the testimony of only one witness. There must always be two or three witnesses.