¹Woe unto thee who work godlessness, And glory in lying and extol them: Ye shall perish, and no happy life shall be thine.

²Woe to them who pervert the words of uprightness, And transgress the eternal law, And transform themselves into what they were not [into sinners]: They shall be trodden under foot upon the earth.

³In those days make ready, ye righteous, to raise thy prayers as a memorial, And place them as a testimony before the angels, That they may place the sin of the sinners for a memorial before the Most High.

⁴In those days the nations shall be stirred up, And the families of the nations shall arise on the day of destruction.

⁵And in those days the destitute shall go forth and carry off their children, And they shall abandon them, so that their children shall perish through them: Yea, they shall abandon their children (that are still) sucklings, and not return to them, And shall have no pity on their beloved ones. 6,

⁶And again I swear unto thee, ye sinners, that sin is prepared for a day of unceasing bloodshed. And they who worship stones, and grave images of gold and silver and wood (and stone) and clay, and those who worship impure spirits and demons, and all kinds of idols not according to knowledge, shall get no manner of help from them.

⁷And they shall become godless by reason of the folly of their hearts, And their eyes shall be blinded through the fear of their hearts And through visions in their dreams.

⁸Through these they shall become godless and fearful; For they shall have wrought all their work in a lie, And shall have worshiped a stone: Therefore in an instant shall they perish.

⁹But in those days blessed are all they who accept the words of wisdom, and understand them, And observe the paths of the Most High, and walk in the path of His righteousness, And become not godless with the godless; For they shall be saved.

¹⁰Woe unto thee who spread evil to thy neighbours; For thou shalt be slain in Sheol.

¹¹Woe unto thee who make deceitful and false measures, And (to them) who cause bitterness on the earth; For they shall thereby be utterly consumed.

¹²Woe unto thee who build thy houses through the grievous toil of others, And all their building materials are the bricks and stones of sin; I tell thee ye shall have no peace.

¹³Woe to them who reject the measure and eternal heritage of their fathers And whose souls follow after idols; For they shall have no rest.

¹⁴Woe to them who work unrighteousness and help oppression, And slay their neighbours till the day of the great judgement.

¹⁵For He shall cast down thy glory, And bring affliction on thy hearts, And shall arouse His fierce indignation And destroy you all with the sword; And all the holy and righteous shall remember thy sins.