8. Come and behold, this is why THE EVIL INCLINATION comes early TO JOIN with man, from the day he is born, so that man will believe in it. Later, when the Good Inclination arrives, man will find it difficult to believe in it, AND ITS WORDS will seem burdensome. Similarly, we have learned that he who is a subtle evil monger hastens to plead his case in front of a judge before the arrival of his colleague, the litigant, as written, "The one who pleads first seems to be in the right" (Mishlei 18:17).
8. תָּא חֲזֵי, עַל דָּא אַקְדִים עִם בַּר נָשׁ בְּיוֹמָא דְאִתְיְלֵיד, בְּגִין דִּיהֵימִין לֵיהּ, דְּהָא כַּד אָתֵי יֵצֶר טוֹב, לָא יָכֵיל בַּר נָשׁ לִמְהֵימְנָא לֵיהּ, וְדָמֵי עֲלֵיהּ כְּמָטוֹלָא, כְּגַוְונָא דָא תָּנִינָן, מַאן הוּא רָשָׁע עָרוּם, דָּא הוּא מַאן דְּאַקְדֵּים לְאַטְעָנָא מִלּוֹי לְקַמֵּי דַיְינָא, עַד לָא יֵיתֵי חַבְרֵיהּ מָארֵי דְדִינָא, כד"א צַדִּיק הָרִאשׁוֹן בְּרִיבוֹ וגו.'