13:16. And there was nobody there, but the two old men that had hid themselves, and were beholding her.
13:17. So she said to the maids: Bring me oil, and washing balls, and shut the doors of the orchard, that I may wash me.
13:18. And they did as she bade them: and they shut the doors of the orchard, and went out by a back door to fetch what she had commanded them, and they knew not that the elders were hid within.
13:19. Now when the maids were gone forth, the two elders arose, and ran to her, and said:
13:20. Behold the doors of the orchard are shut, and nobody seeth us, and we are in love with thee: wherefore consent to us, and lie with us.
13:21. But if thou wilt not, we will bear witness against thee, that a young man was with thee, and therefore thou didst send away thy maids from thee.
13:22. 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 shall not escape your hands.
13:23. But it is better for me to fall into your hands without doing it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.
13:24. With that Susanna cried out with a loud voice: and the elders also cried out against her.
13:25. And one of them ran to the door of the orchard, and opened it.