¹Therefore, my brethren, I have written unto thee, that you may comfort yourselves regarding the multitude of thy tribulations.

²For know you that our Maker will assuredly avenge us on all our enemies, according to all that they have done to us, also that the consummation which the Most High will make is very nigh, and His mercy that is coming, and the consummation of His judgment, is by no means far off.

³For lo! we see now the multitude of the prosperity of the Gentiles, Though they act impiously, But they shall be like a vapor:

⁴And we behold the multitude of their power, Though they do wickedly, But they shall be made like unto a drop:

⁵And we see the strength of their might. Though they resist the Mighty One every hour, But they shall be accounted as spittle.

⁶And we consider the glory of their greatness, Though they do not keep the statutes of the Most High, But as smoke shall they pass away.

⁷And we meditate on the beauty of their gracefulness, Though they have to do with pollutions, But as grass that withers shall they fade away.

⁸And we consider the strength of their cruelty, Though they remember not the end (thereof), But as a wave that passeth shall they be broken.

⁹And we remark the boastfulness of their might, Though they deny the beneficence of God, who gave (it) to them, But they shall pass away as a passing cloud.