35 Through her tears she looked up to heaven, for she trusted in the Lord wholeheartedly. 34 In the midst of the people the two elders rose up and laid their hands on her head. 33 All her relatives and the onlookers were weeping. Before all the people they ordered: 29 “Send for Susanna, the daughter of Hilkiah, the wife of Joakim.” When she was sent for, 30 she came with her parents, children and all her relatives. 28 When the people came to her husband Joakim the next day, the two wicked elders also came, fully determined to put Susanna to death. 27 At the accusations by the old men, the servants felt very much ashamed, for never had any such thing been said about Susanna. 26 When the people in the house heard the cries from the garden, they rushed in by the side gate to see what had happened to her. 23 Yet it is better for me to fall into your power without guilt than to sin before the Lord.” 24 Then Susanna shrieked, and the old men also shouted at her, 25 as one of them ran to open the garden doors. “If I yield, it will be my death if I refuse, I cannot escape your power. 21 If you refuse, we will testify against you that you dismissed your maids because a young man was here with you.” 22 “I am completely trapped,” Susanna groaned. 20 “Look,” they said, “the garden doors are shut, and no one can see us give in to our desire, and lie with us. 17 “Bring me oil and soap,” she said to the maids, “and shut the garden doors while I bathe.” 19 As soon as the maids had left, the two old men got up and hurried to her. 16 Nobody else was there except the two elders, who had hidden themselves and were watching her. She decided to bathe, for the weather was warm. 15 One day, while they were waiting for the right moment, she entered the garden as usual, with two maids only. 9 They suppressed their consciences they would not allow their eyes to look to heaven, and did not keep in mind just judgments. 8 When the old men saw her enter every day for her walk, they began to lust for her. 7 When the people left at noon, Susanna used to enter her husband’s garden for a walk. 5 That year, two elders of the people were appointed judges, of whom the Lord said, “Wickedness has come out of Babylon: from the elders who were to govern the people as judges.” 6 These men, to whom all brought their cases, frequented the house of Joakim. 4 Joakim was very rich he had a garden near his house, and the Jews had recourse to him often because he was the most respected of them all. 1 In Babylon there lived a man named Joakim, 2 who married a very beautiful and God-fearing woman, Susanna, the daughter of Hilkiah 3 her pious parents had trained their daughter according to the law of Moses.
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