36. And the appointed elders said, "While we were talking a walk in the orchard alone, this one came in with two maids, and she shut the doors of the orchard, and she sent the maids away from her.
37. And a young man came to her, who was in hiding, and he lay down with her.
38. Furthermore, since we were in a corner of the orchard, seeing this wickedness, we ran up to them, and we saw them consorting together.
39. And, indeed, we were unable to catch him, because he was stronger than us, and opening the doors, he leaped out.
40. But, since we had apprehended this one, we demanded to know who the young man was, but she was unwilling to tell us. On this matter, we are witnesses."
41. The multitude believed them, just as if they were elders and the judges of the people, and they condemned her to death.
42. But Susanna cried out with a loud voice and said, "Eternal God, who knows what is hidden, who knows all things before they happen,
43. you know that they have borne false witness against me, and behold, I must die, though I have done none of these things, which these men have maliciously invented against me."