en_tn/deu/16/18.md

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"