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

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:

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

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

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

The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself,‘ Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,

“ Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”“ Their feet are swift to shed blood,ruin and misery are in their paths,and the way of peace they have not known.”“ There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

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.

“‘ See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths!

When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,the young men would see me and step aside, and the old men would get up and remain standing;the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.“ As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

O LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,

But you choose from the people capable men, God-fearing, men of truth, those who hate bribes, and put them over the people as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.They will judge the people under normal circumstances, and every difficult case they will bring to you, but every small case they themselves will judge, so that you may make it easier for yourself, and they will bear the burden with you.

Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the LORD.”Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow the LORD God of their ancestors.He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah.He told the judges,“ Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the LORD, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.Respect the LORD and make careful decisions, for the LORD our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.”In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites, priests, and Israelite family leaders to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes among the residents of Jerusalem.He commanded them:“ Carry out your duties with respect for the LORD, with honesty, and with pure motives.

He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The LORD says,‘ That is a good example of what it means to know me.’But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.

Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect.