“ You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

“不可在穷人争讼的事上屈枉正直。

“不可在贫穷人的诉讼中屈枉正直。

“不可在贫穷人的诉讼中屈枉正直。

“不可在诉讼案中冤枉穷人。

不可在穷人诉讼的事上歪曲正义。

「不可在窮人爭訟的事上屈枉正直。

「不可在貧窮人的訴訟中屈枉正直。

「不可在貧窮人的訴訟中屈枉正直。

「不可在訴訟案中冤枉窮人。

不可在窮人訴訟的事上歪曲正義。

『不可在你的窮人的爭訟上屈枉正直。

貧者有訟、勿枉斷、

貧者有訟、毋反其正。

貧者有爭訟、毋偏斷、

“ Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

“ Be fair to your poor people in their court cases.

“ You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.

“ In a lawsuit, you must not deny justice to the poor.

“ You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit.

“ You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.

“ You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute.

Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.

“ You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit.

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

“ You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!

‘ Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say,‘ Amen!’

“‘ You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

“ You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,and you must not show partiality to a poor man in his lawsuit.

That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

“ I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the LORD who rules over all.

Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.

if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?

Respect the LORD and make careful decisions, for the LORD our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.”

I said,“ Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just,yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones.You devour my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot– like meat in a kettle.Someday these sinners will cry to the LORD for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.”

Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.

Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!

“ If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,

The filthy, stained city is as good as dead; the city filled with oppressors is finished!She is disobedient; she refuses correction. She does not trust the LORD; she does not seek the advice of her God.Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God’s laws.

I reported,“ All of them are the most stubborn of rebels! They are as hard as bronze or iron. They go about telling lies. They all deal corruptly.