there, they invoked
God as witness and appealed to God as judge of the offense, and they
deferred with such reverence to the verdict given by the fortune of the one
struck down (whichever of the two it was) that, even if the one originally
wronged was vanquished, he was considered the guilty party.
Orada, Tanrı'yı şahit olarak çağırdılar ve suçun hakimi olarak Tanrı'ya başvurdular ve (hangisi olursa olsun) yere serilen kişinin kaderinin verdiği karara öyle bir saygı gösterdiler ki, başlangıçta haksızlığa uğrayan kişi yenilse bile, suçlu taraf olarak kabul edildi.