οὕτως ἐχόντων
From LSJ
πάτερ, ἄφες αὐτοῖς, οὐ γὰρ οἴδασιν τί ποιοῦσιν → father, forgive them, for they know not what they do
Greek > English (Woodhouse)
in this contingency, in this emergency, such being the state of things, under these circumstances, under these conditions, things being thus
