Catholic Public Domain Version
"Then you responded to me: ‘What you intend to do is a good thing.’ "
— Deuteronomy 1:14, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.”
“And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. ”
“You answered me, and said, "The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do."”
“You replied to me that what I had said to you was good.”
“Then you answered me: The thing is good which thou meanest to do.”
“And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.”
“And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.”
May the Lord, the God of your fathers, add to this number many thousands more, and may he bless you, just as he has said.
Alone, I do not have the strength to endure your arbitrations and judgments and disputes.
Offer, from among you, wise and experienced men, those whose conversation has been proven within your tribes, so that I may appoint them as your rulers.’
Then you responded to me: ‘What you intend to do is a good thing.’
And so, I took from your tribes men, wise and noble, and I appointed them as rulers, as tribunes and centurions, and as leaders over fifty and over ten, who would teach you each thing.
And I instructed them, saying: ‘Listen to them, and judge what is just, whether he is one of your citizens or a sojourner.
There shall be no favoritism to any persons. So you shall listen to the little as well as to the great. And you shall not accept anyone’s reputation, for this is the judgment of God. But if anything seems difficult to you, then refer it to me, and I will hear it.’