I told you,before anybody take the law in his (own) hands.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Take somebody who perhaps suffers from some sort of compulsion to wash his hands.

就拿某些有洗手强迫症的人做例子。

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When he tries to take the things into his own hands, and in the process,to contravene the will of God, only terrible things can happen to him.

如果将某物据为己有,这个过程便违背了上帝的意愿,灾难将降临到他的头上

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