“ There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect man.

说：“某城里有一个官，不惧怕神，也不尊重世人。

他说：“某城有一个官，不惧怕上帝，也不尊重人。

他说：“某城有一个官，不惧怕神，也不尊重人。

祂说：“某城有一位既不敬畏上帝也不尊重人的审判官。

他说：“某城里有一个法官，不惧怕神，也不尊敬人。

他说：“某城里有一个审判官，他既不敬畏神，也不尊重人。

說：「某城裏有一個官，不懼怕神，也不尊重世人。

他說：「某城有一個官，不懼怕上帝，也不尊重人。

他說：「某城有一個官，不懼怕神，也不尊重人。

祂說：「某城有一位既不敬畏上帝也不尊重人的審判官。

他說：“某城裡有一個法官，不懼怕神，也不尊敬人。

他說：『某城裏有一個審判官不敬畏上帝，也不尊敬人。

他說：「某城裡有一個審判官，他既不敬畏神，也不尊重人。

曰、邑有士師、不畏上帝、不禮世人、

曰、邑有士師、不畏上帝、不禮世人、

曰、某邑有一士師、不畏天主、不禮世人、

曰『昔有邑宰、不敬天主、無恤於人。

He said:“ In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.

He said,“ In a certain town there was a judge. He didn’t have any respect for God or care about what people thought.

He said,“ In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.

“ There was a judge in a certain city,” he said,“ who neither feared God nor cared about people.

“ There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect people.

saying,“ In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect any person.

saying:“ There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man.

saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man:

Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

He said,“ In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

saying,“ There was a judge in a certain city who didn’t fear God, and didn’t respect man.

The righteous person knows the rights of the poor, but the wicked one does not understand these concerns.

“ For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself,‘ Even though I don’t fear God or respect man,

Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.Their feet are swift to shed blood;ruin and wretchedness are in their paths,and the path of peace they have not known.There is no fear of God before their eyes.

Then I said,“ Now listen, leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones.You eat the flesh of my people after you strip their skin from them and break their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”

“ Look, every prince of Israel within you has used his strength to shed blood.Father and mother are treated with contempt, and the foreign resident is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you.You despise My holy things and profane My Sabbaths.

When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the town square,the young men saw me and withdrew, while older men stood to their feet.City officials stopped talking and covered their mouths with their hands.The noblemen’s voices were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.When they heard me, they blessed me, and when they saw me, they spoke well of me.For I rescued the poor man who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice.I clothed myself in righteousness, and it enveloped me; my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.I was a father to the needy, and I examined the case of the stranger.I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with Your majesty.Because of Your adversaries, You have established a stronghold from the mouths of children and nursing infants to silence the enemy and the avenger.When I observe Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You set in place,what is man that You remember him, the son of man that You look after him?

But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating bribes. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.They should judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you every important case but judge every minor case themselves. In this way you will lighten your load, and they will bear it with you.

However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have decided to seek God.”Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.He appointed judges in all the fortified cities of the land of Judah, city by city.Then he said to the judges,“ Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the matter of judgment.And now, may the terror of the Lord be on you. Watch what you do, for there is no injustice or partiality or taking bribes with the Lord our God.”Jehoshaphat also appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites and priests and some of the heads of the Israelite families for deciding the Lord’s will and for settling disputes of the residents of Jerusalem.He commanded them, saying,“ In the fear of the Lord, with integrity, and with a whole heart, you are to do the following:

He took up the case of the poor and needy, then it went well. Is this not what it means to know Me? This is the Lord’s declaration.But you have eyes and a heart for nothing except your own dishonest profit, shedding innocent blood and committing extortion and oppression.

The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. An agreement has been broken, cities despised, and human life disregarded.