10 And MAKE two men,+ good-for-nothing+ fellows,* sit in front of him, and let them bear witness against him,+ saying, ‘You have cursed* God and the king!’+ And BRING him out and stone him that he may die.”+
14 And justice was forced to move back,+ and righteousness itself kept standing simply far off.+ For truth has stumbled even in the public square, and what is straightforward is unable to enter.+
3 [Their] hands are upon what is bad, to do [it] well;+ the prince is asking [for something], and the one who is judging [does so] for the reward,+ and the great one is speaking forth the craving of his soul, his very own;+ and they interweave it.