1 Be expectant, you righteous; for suddenly the sinners shall perish before you, and you shall have authority over them according to your desires.
2 And in the day of the tribulation of the sinners, your children shall arise and rise as eagles, and higher than the vultures will be your nest, and you shall ascend and enter the crevices of the earth, and the clefts of the rock forever as rabbits before the unrighteous, and the demons shall sigh because of you, and weep.
3 Therefore fear not, you that have suffered; for healing shall be your portion, and a bright light shall enlighten you, and the voice of rest you shall hear from the shamayim.
4 Woe unto you, you sinners, for your riches make you appear like the righteous, but your hearts convict you of being sinners, and this fact shall be a witness against you for a remembrance of evil deeds.
5 Woe to you who devour the finest of the wheat, and drink wine in large bowls, and tread the lowly under foot with your might.
6 Woe to you who drink water from every fountain, for suddenly you shall be consumed and wither away, because you have forsaken the fountain of ḥai.
7 Woe to you who work unrighteousness and deceit and blasphemy: it shall be a remembrance against you for evil.
8 Woe to you, you mighty, who with might oppress the righteous; for the day of your destruction is coming. In those days many and good days shall come to the righteous in the day of your judgment.