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 form 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.
13:26. So when the servants of the house heard the cry in the orchard, they rushed in by the back door, to see what was the matter.
13:27. But after the old men had spoken, the servants were greatly ashamed: for never had there been any such word said of Susanna. And on the next day,
13:28. When the people were come to Joakim, her husband, the two elders also came full of wicked device against Susanna, to put her to death.