34. But you, unholy man, the most bloodstained of all people, don’t be so proud without having cause. Bloated by futile hope, you raise up your hand against the children of heaven.
35. You haven’t at all escaped the judgment of the almighty God, who oversees all.
36. Now our brothers, who endured pain for a short time, have been given eternal life under God’s covenant, but you will suffer the penalty of your arrogance by the righteous judgment of God.
37. Just like my brothers, I give up both body and life for the ancestral laws. I call upon God to be merciful to the nation without delay, and to make you confess, after you suffer trials and diseases, that only he is God.
38. Also I hope through me and my brothers to stop the anger of the almighty, who is justly punishing our entire nation."
39. Bitterly annoyed at the young boy’s contempt, the king grew angry and treated him worse than the others.