But let’s lie in wait for the righteous man, because he annoys us, is contrary to our works, reproaches us with sins against the law, and charges us with sins against our training.
He professes to have knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord.
He became to us a reproof of our thoughts.
He is grievous to us even to look at, because his life is unlike other men’s, and his paths are strange.
We were regarded by him as something worthless, and he abstains from our ways as from uncleanness. He calls the latter end of the righteous happy. He boasts that God is his father.
Let’s see if his words are true. Let’s test what will happen at the end of his life.
For if the righteous man is God’s son, he will uphold him, and he will deliver him out of the hand of his adversaries.
Let’s test him with insult and torture, that we may find out how gentle he is, and test his patience.
Let’s condemn him to a shameful death, for he will be protected, according to his words.”
