English Original
Two men were buying meat at a butcher's stall in the marketplace. While the butcher's back was turned, one of them snatched up a joint of meat and hastily thrust it under the other's cloak, where it could not be seen.
When the butcher turned round, he missed the meat at once and charged them with having stolen it. The one who had taken it denied the theft, and the one who received it also claimed innocence.
The butcher felt sure they were deceiving him, but he only said, "You may cheat me with your lying, but you can't cheat the gods, and they won't let you off so lightly."
Prevarication often amounts to perjury.
中文翻译
两个人在市场里的肉摊买肉。屠夫刚一转身，其中一人便抓起一块腱子肉，迅速塞进另一个人的斗篷里藏了起来。
屠夫转过身，立刻发现肉少了，便指控他们偷窃。拿了肉的人矢口否认，得到肉的人也声称自己无辜。
屠夫确信他们在欺骗自己，但只是说道：“你们可以用谎言欺骗我，却骗不了神明，他们不会轻易放过你们的。”
推诿狡辩常常等同于作伪证。