Но он долгое время не хотел. А после сказал сам в себе: «хотя я и Бога не боюсь и людей не стыжусь,
“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think,
For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
“For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Even though I do not fear God nor respect man,
The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people,
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man,
And he would not for a time; but afterwards he said within himself, If even I fear not God and respect not man,