16. And there was nobody there save the two elders, that had hid themselves, and watched her.
17. Then she said to her maids, Bring me oil and washing balls, and shut the garden doors, that I may wash me.
18. And they did as she bade them, and shut the garden doors, and went out themselves at the side doors to fetch the things that she had commanded them: and they saw not the elders, because they were hid.
19. Now when the maids were gone forth, the two elders rose up, and ran to her, saying,
20. Behold, the garden doors are shut, that no man can see us, and we are in love with you; therefore consent to us, and lie with us.
21. If you will not, we will bear witness against you, that a young man was with you: and therefore you did send away your maids from you.
22. Then Susanna sighed, and said, I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death to me: and if I do it not, I can’t escape your hands.
23. It is better for me to fall into your hands, and not do it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.
24. With that Susanna cried with a loud voice: and the two elders cried out against her.
25. Then ran the one, and opened the garden doors.