Moses continues speaking to the people of Israel.

## within your city gates ##

AT: “within your town” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## they will be taken ##

AT: "you will take them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## judge the people with righteous judgment ##

AT: "judge the people fairly"

## you must not force justice ##

"you must not distort justice"

## a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise ##

AT: "a bribe causes a wise person to do what is wrong" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## and perverts the words of the righteous ##

AT: "and causes a righteous person to lie"

## follow after justice, after justice alone ##

AT: "do only what is fair"