Wo to them who commit wickedness, who praise and honour the word of falsehood; you have been lost in your way, and there is not in you a good life.
2Wo to you who change the words of righteousness, ye transgress the everlasting decree,
3And make the heads of those who are not sinners to be trodden down upon the earth.
4Oh ye righteous, in those days ye shall have been thought worthy of having your prayers to rise up for a remembrance, and they shall be set for a witness before the angels, that they may place the sins of sinners for a remembrance before the Most High.
5In those days the nations shall be amazed, but the generations of the nations shall be raised again in the day of destruction.
6And in those days they who shall become pregnant, shall go forth and tear their children, and for sake them, and their offspring shall fall from them, and while suckling them, they shall cast them away, and shall never return to them, and have no compassion for their beloved.
7Again I declare to you ye sinners, that crime has been appointed for the day of blood, which never ceases.
8They shall worship stones, and form images of gold, of silver, of wood, and of clay, and they shall worship unclean spirits, daemons, and every idol in temples, but no relief shall be found for them, and they shall become forgetful by reason of the folly of their hearts, and their eyes shall be blinded in the fears of their hearts, and in the visions of their dreams, in which they shall be wicked, and be afraid, because all their deeds are done in falsehood, and worshipping stones, and they shall be altogether destroyed.
9But in those days they shall be blessed, who receive the word of wisdom, who proclaim and receive the way of the Most High, who walk in the ways of righteousness, and who are not wicked with those who are wicked.
10Then they shall be secure.
11Wo to you who extend the wickedness of your neighbour, for in hell you shall be destroyed.
12Wo to you who lay the foundation of sin, and who are bitter upon earth, for upon it you shall be destroyed.
13Wo to you who build your houses by the labour of others, and all its fabric is brick, and the stone of sin; to you I declare that peace you shall never obtain.
14Wo to you, who consume the measure of the portion of your father, which is for ever, and your spirits follow after idols; for you there shall be no repose.
15Wo to them who work wickedness, and give aid to oppression, who slay their neighbour until the day of the great judgment, for your glory shall be cast down, malice shall be put in your hearts, and he shall stir up the spirit of his indignation, that he may destroy you all with the sword.
16Then all the righteous and the holy shall remember your crimes.