1Wait in hope, ye righteous, for suddenly the sinners shall be destroyed before you, and you shall have dominion over them according to your will.
2In the day of the affliction of sinners your off spring shall be exalted, and lifted up like eagles, and your nest shall be higher than that of the vultures, you shall ascend and enter into the holes of the earth, and into the clefts of the rocks for ever, like rabbits from the sight of the unrighteous.
3And they shall groan over you, and weep like sirens.
4And you shall not fear those who trouble you, for there shall be healing for you, a brilliant light shall shine around, and the voice of peace shall be heard from heaven. Wo to you ye sinners, for your riches make you like the righteous, but your hearts reproach you that you are sinners. This word shall be a witness against you for the remembrance of wickedness.
5Wo to you who feed upon the best of the wheat, and drink the strength of the root of the spring, and in your power tread down the humble.
6Wo to you who drink water at pleasure, for suddenly you shall be rewarded, for ye shall be consumed, and withered, because ye have forgotten the fountain of life.
7Wo to you, who practice wickedness, deceit, and blasphemy, there shall be a remembrance against you for the evil.
8Wo to you, ye mighty, who with your power strike down righteousness, for the day of your destruction shall come, but at that time, the time of your judgment, there shall be many and delightful days for the righteous.