3. And all the †angels shall execute their commands† And shall seek to hide themselves from the presence of the Great Glory, And the children of earth shall tremble and quake; And ye sinners shall be accursed for ever, And ye shall have no peace. 4. Fear ye not, ye souls of the righteous, And be hopeful ye that have died in righteousness. 5. And grieve not if your soul into Sheol has descended in grief, And that in your life your body fared not according to your goodness, But =wait for= the day of the =judgement= of sinners, And for the day of cursing and chastisement. 6. And yet when ye die the sinners speak over you: “As we die, so die the righteous, And what benefit do they reap for their deeds? 7. Behold, even as we, so do they die in grief and darkness, And what have they more than we? From henceforth we are equal. 8. And what will they receive and what will they see for ever? Behold, they too have died, And henceforth for ever shall they see no light.” 9. I tell you, ye sinners, ye are content to eat and drink, and rob and sin, and strip men naked, and acquire wealth and see good days. 10. Have ye seen the righteous how their end falls out, that no manner of violence is found in them till their death? 11. “Nevertheless they perished and became as though they had not been, and their spirits descended into Sheol in tribulation.” CIII. _Different Destinies of the Righteous and the Sinners: fresh Objections of the Sinners._ CIII. 1. Now, therefore, I swear to you, the righteous, by the glory of the Great and Honoured and Mighty One in dominion, and by His greatness I swear to you: 2. I know a mystery And have read the heavenly tablets, And have seen the holy books, And have found written therein and inscribed regarding them: 3. That all goodness and joy and glory are prepared for them, And written down for the spirits of those who have died in righteousness, And that manifold good shall be given to you in recompense for your labours, And that your lot is abundantly beyond the lot of the living. 4. And the spirits of you who have died in righteousness shall live and rejoice, And their spirits shall not perish, nor their memorial from before the face of the Great One Unto all the generations of the world: wherefore no longer fear their contumely. 5. Woe to you, ye sinners, when ye have died, If ye die in the wealth of your sins; And those who are like you say regarding you: “Blessed are the sinners: they have seen all their days. 6. And now they have died in prosperity and in wealth, And have not seen tribulation or murder in their life; And they have died in honour, And judgement has not been executed on them during their life.”