The just one is freed from anguish. And the impious one will be handed over instead of him.
When the impious man is dead, there will no longer be any hope. And the expectation of the anxious will perish.
The pretender deceives his friend by mouth. But the just shall be freed by knowledge.
For the sins of the lips draw ruin to the evil. But the just shall escape from distress.
The impious is given over instead of the just, and the iniquitous is given over in place of the upright.
Then king Darius wrote to all peoples, tribes, and languages dwelling in all the land. "May peace be increased with you.