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 ; 不可盜取人個物
 * M̄-móⁿ thau-khiéh nâng kâi muéh
 * Mustn't steal other peoplespeoples' [sic] things.


 * 此個賊是危險
 * Chí-kâi tshát sĩ lî-keng
 * This thief is dangerous.


 * 昨夜伊剌死壹人
 * Tsa-mêⁿ i tshǹg-sí nâng
 * Last night he stabbed a man to deat.h


 * 伊被我掠着
 * I khoih uá liáh--tiéh
 * He was caught by me.


 * 我就掠伊去衙門處
 * Uá chiũ liáh i khṳ̀ gê-mn̂g--kō
 * And I took him to the yamên.


 * 交伊與差役個手
 * Kau i pun chhe-hiáh kái chhiú
 * And handed him over to the police.


 * 着打伊到重 [sic]重
 * Tiéh-phah i kàu lok-lok
 * Must beat him very severely;


 * 下日伊正不敢
 * Ẽ-jít i chiàⁿ-m̄-káⁿ
 * So that he may not dare to do it again.


 * 此個官府公道
 * Chí-kâi kuaⁿ-hú kong-tãu
 * This mandarin is just.


 * 無枉屈人
 * Bô-uáng-khut nâng,
 * He does not deal with people unjustly.


 * 亦無食人個錢
 * Iā bô chiáh nâng kâi chîⁿ
 * Nor does he take bribes.


 * 人忠直
 * Nâng tong-tít
 * He is a straight-forward man.


 * 百姓稱誦此個官府
 * Peh-sèⁿ o-ló chí-kâi kuaⁿ-hú
 * The people praise this mandarin.


 * 伊要高陞了
 * I àiⁿ-kau-seng--lō
 * He is going to be promoted.


 * 雖然律是嚴. 還了恁着順
 * Sui-jiên lút sĩ ngiâm, huân-lióu nín tiéh sũn
 * Though the law is strict, yet you must obey it.


 * 犯律個人着受罰
 * Huãm-lút--kâi-nâng tiéh siũ-huát
 * Those who break the law should be punished.


 * 在澄海縣有壹個秀才. 有犯着律
 * Tõ Thêng-hái-kūiⁿ ũ chék-kâi siù-tsâi, ũ huãm-tiéh-lút
 * There was a graduate in the district of Theng-hai, who had broken the law.


 * 伊就去被官府審
 * I chiũ khṳ̀-pun kuaⁿ-hú sím
 * And he went to be tried by the mandarin.