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."
44. But the Lord heeded her voice.
45. And when she was led away to death, the Lord raised up the holy spirit of a young boy, whose name was Daniel.
46. And he cried out with a loud voice, "I am clean of the blood of this one."
47. And all the people, turning back towards him, said, "What is this word that you are saying?"
48. But he, while standing in the midst of them, said, "Are you so foolish, sons of Israel, that without judging and without knowing what the truth is, you have condemned a daughter of Israel?
49. Return to judgment, because they have spoken false witness against her."
50. Therefore, the people returned with haste, and the old men said to him, "Come and sit down in our midst and show us, since God has given you the honor of old age."
51. And Daniel said to them, "Separate these at a distance from one another, and I will judge between them."
52. And so, when they were divided, one from the other, he called one of them, and he said to him, "You deep-rooted ancient evil, now your sins have come out, which you have committed before,
53. judging unjust judgments, oppressing the innocent, and setting free the guilty, though the Lord declares, 'The innocent and the just you must not put to death.'
54. Now then, if you saw her, declare under which tree you saw them conversing together." He said, "Under an evergreen mastic tree."