en_tn/deu/16/18.md

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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"