in the bridal chamber, the sinners into a boundless chaos. The righteous in manifestations of light, the sinners in the gloom of a storm. The righteous with angels, the sinners with demons. The righteous dance with angels, the sinners wail with demons. The righteous in the midst of the light, the sinners in the midst of the darkness. The righteous are comforted by the Paraclete, the sinners are punished with the demons. The righteous stand before the Master's throne, the sinners stand before the punishing gloom. The righteous perpetually see the face of Christ, the sinners perpetually stand before the face of the devil. The righteous are initiated by angels, the sinners are initiated by demons. The righteous offer supplication, the sinners an unceasing lament. The righteous above, but the sinners below. The righteous in heaven, but the sinners in the abyss. The righteous to eternal life, the sinners to a death of perdition. The righteous in the hand of God, the sinners in the place of the devil. The righteous with God, the sinners with Satan. Woe to the sinners! when they are separated from the righteous. Woe to the sinners! when their deeds are laid bare, and the counsels of their hearts are revealed. Woe to the sinners! when the combinations of the mind are exposed, and the assents to wicked thoughts are weighed, and the intellect is put in the scales. Woe to the sinners! when they are hated by the holy angels, and are abhorred by the holy martyrs. Woe to the sinners! when they are cast out from the bridal chamber; woe to the repentance then! woe to the affliction then! woe to the necessity then! woe to the tempest then! A terrible thing, to be separated from the saints; more grievous, to be separated from God; dishonorable, to be bound hand and foot, and to be cast into the fire; sorrowful, to be sent out into the outer darkness; gloomy, to gnash the teeth and to waste away; heavy, to be punished without ceasing.

Evil, for the tongue to be set aflame; without compassion, to ask for a drop of water, and not to receive it. Bitter, to be in fire, and to cry out, and not to be helped. The 77.1084 gulf is impassable, and the chaos is immeasurable, inescapable for the one who is shut out, without escape for the one who is held fast, insurmountable the wall of the prison, pitiless the guards, dark the prison, unbreakable the bonds, irremovable the chains, savage, and untamable the ministers of that flame, heavy those punishing helmets, firm the claws and unbreakable, hard the whips, muddy and bubbling the pitches, foul-smelling the brimstone, like hot coals those beds, unquenchable the pyre, greasy-smelling and stinking the worm; unforgiving the tribunal, impartial the judge, without excuse the defense; branded the faces of the potentates, impoverished the potentates, beggars the kings; commoners the wise, foolish and unpersuasive the orators; senseless the rich, unheard the flatteries of the forgers; manifest the crooked ways of the villains, far-shining the tracks of the covetous; stinking the smell of the lovers of money, manifest the festering deceit of the hypocrites, caught in a net, the attackers; all things are naked and laid bare before them. Woe to the sinners! profane, and accursed, and unclean are they before God. How their souls have been defiled! How their bodies stink from lust and licentiousness! How they have polluted their bodies, and defiled their soul, not having kept the robe of holy baptism! How shamelessly and unblushingly, with debauchery and drunkenness, the fetid pouch of the belly’s profligacy, the wineskin of the stomach, not having conformed to self-sufficiency and continence, but entrusting their wealth to it, luxuriously wallowing in pleasures like swine in the mire, they spent their days and their years; being puffed up with filthy thoughts, and base intentions, and idle talk, and theatrical songs!

νυμφῶνι, οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ εἰς χάος ἀπέραντον. Οἱ δίκαιοι ἐν φωτοφανείαις, οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἐν ζόφῳ θυέλλης. Οἱ δίκαιοι μετὰ ἀγγέλων, οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ μετὰ δαιμόνων. Οἱ δίκαιοι σὺν ἀγγέλοις χορεύουσιν, οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ μετὰ δαιμόνων θρηνοῦσιν. Οἱ δίκαιοι μέσον τοῦ φωτὸς, οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ μέσον τοῦ σκότους. Οἱ δίκαιοι ὑπὸ τοῦ Παρακλήτου παρακαλοῦνται, οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ σὺν τοῖς δαίμοσι τιμωροῦνται. Οἱ δίκαιοι παρίστανται τῷ θρόνῳ τῷ ∆εσποτικῷ, οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ παρίστανται τῷ ζόφῳ τῷ τιμωρητικῷ. Οἱ δίκαιοι διαπαντὸς βλέπουσι τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ Χριστοῦ, οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ διαπαντὸς ἵστανται κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ διαβόλου. Οἱ δίκαιοι μυοῦνται ἀγγέλοις, οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ μυοῦνται δαιμονίοις. Οἱ δίκαιοι ἱκεσίαν προσφέρουσιν, οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ θρῆνον ἄπαυστον. Οἱ δίκαιοι ἄνω, οἱ δὲ ἁμαρτωλοὶ κάτω. Οἱ δίκαιοι ἐν οὐρανῷ, οἱ δὲ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἐν τῇ ἀβύσσῳ. Οἱ δίκαιοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ εἰς θάνατον ἀπωλείας. Οἱ δίκαιοι ἐν χειρὶ Θεοῦ, οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἐν τόπῳ διαβόλου. Οἱ δίκαιοι μετὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ, οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ μετὰ τοῦ Σατανᾶ. Οὐαὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς! ὅτε ἀφορίζονται ἀπὸ τῶν δικαίων. Οὐαὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς! ὅτε γυμνοῦνται αἱ πράξεις αὐτῶν, καὶ αἱ βουλαὶ τῶν καρδιῶν φανεροῦνται. Οὐαὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς! ὅτε οἱ συδυασμοὶ τοῦ νοὸς ἐλέγχονται, καὶ αἱ συγκαταθέσεις τῶν πονηρῶν λογισμῶν ζυγοστατοῦνται, καὶ ταλαντεύεται ἡ διάνοια. Οὐαὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς! ὅτε μισοῦνται ὑπὸ τῶν ἁγίων ἀγγέλων, καὶ βδελύσσονται ὑπὸ τῶν ἁγίων μαρτύρων. Οὐαὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς! ὅτε ἐκβάλλονται ἐκ τοῦ νυμφῶνος· οὐαὶ τὴν τότε μεταμέλειαν! οὐαὶ τὴν τότε θλίψιν! οὐαὶ τὴν τότε ἀνάγκην! οὐαὶ τὴν τότε καταιγίδα! ∆εινὸν, τὸ χωρισθῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν ἁγίων· ἀργαλεώτερον, τὸ χωρισθῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ· ἄτιμον, τὸ δεθῆναι χεῖρας καὶ πόδας, καὶ εἰς τὸ πῦρ βληθῆναι· θλιβερὸν, τὸ ἐκπεμφθῆναι εἰς τὸ σκότος τὸ ἐξώτερον· γνοφερὸν, τὸ τρύζειν τοὺς ὀδόντας καὶ τήκεσθαι· βαρὺ, τὸ ἀπαύστως κολάζεσθαι.

Πονηρὸν, τὸ φλογίζεσθαι τὴν γλῶσσαν· ἀσυμπαθὲς, τὸ αἰτεῖν ῥανίδα ὕδατος, καὶ μὴ λαμβάνειν. Πικρὸν, τὸ ἐν πυρὶ εἶναι, καὶ βοᾷν, καὶ μὴ βοηθεῖσθαι. Ἀπαράβατος ὁ 77.1084 φάρυγξ, καὶ ἀμέτρητον τὸ χάος, ἄφυκτος ὁ ἀποκλεισθεὶς, ἀναπόδραστος ὁ κατεχόμενος, ἀνυπέρβατον τὸ τεῖχος τῆς φυλακῆς, ἄσπλαγχνοι οἱ τηρηταὶ, σκοτεινὸν τὸ δεσμωτήριον, ἄλυτα τὰ δεσμὰ, ἀνάσπαστοι αἱ ἁλύσεις, ἄγριοι, καὶ ἀτίθασσοι οἱ ὑπηρέται τῆς φλογὸς ἐκείνης, βαρεῖαι αἱ κασίδες αἱ τιμωρητικαὶ ἐκεῖναι, στεῤῥοὶ οἱ ὄνυχες καὶ ἄθραυστοι, σκληρὰ τὰ βούνευρα, θολώδεις καὶ καχλάζουσαι αἱ πίσσαι, δυσῶδες τὸ θεάφιον, ἀνθρακώδεις αἱ κλίναι αἱ ἐκεῖναι, ἄσβεστος ἡ πυρὰ, κνισσώδης καὶ βρωμώδης ὁ σκώληξ· ἀσυγχώρητον τὸ κριτήριον, ἀπροσωπόληπτος ὁ δικαστὴς, ἀπροφάσιστος ἡ ἀπολογία· κατεστιγμένα τὰ πρόσωπα τὰ τῶν δυναστῶν, πενιχροὶ οἱ δυνάσται, πτωχοὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς· ἰδιῶται οἱ σοφοὶ, μωροὶ καὶ ἄδεκτοι οἱ ῥήτορες· ἄφρονες οἱ πλούσιοι, ἀνήκοα τὰ κολακεύματα τῶν πλαστογράφων· φανεραὶ αἱ καμπύλαι τῶν ῥᾳδιούργων, τηλαυγεῖς αἱ τροχιαὶ τῶν πλεονεκτῶν· βρωμώδης τῶν φιλαργύρων ἡ ὀσμὴ, φανερὰ τῶν ὑποκριτῶν ἡ ὑπουλότης, λινόπληγοι, οἱ ἐπιθέται· πάντα γυμνὰ καὶ τετραχηλισμένα ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν. Οὐαὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς! βέβηλοι, καὶ ἐναγεῖς, καὶ ἀκάθαρτοί εἰσιν ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ. Πῶς μεμίανται αὐτῶν αἱ ψυχαί! Πῶς βρωμοῦσιν αὐτῶν τὰ σώματα ἐκ τῆς λαγνείας καὶ ἀκολασίας! Πῶς ἐμόλυναν τὰ σώματα, καὶ ἐμίαναν τὴν ψυχὴν, μὴ φυλάξαντες τὴν στολὴν τοῦ ἁγίου βαπτίσματος! Πῶς ἀναισχύντως καὶ ἀνερυθριάστως τῇ κραιπάλῃ καὶ τῇ μέθῃ, τῆς ἀσωτίας τὴν ὀζοθήκην τῆς κοιλίας, τὸν ἀσκὸν τῆς γαστρὸς, τῇ αὐταρκείᾳ καὶ ἐγκρατείᾳ μὴ στοιχήσαντες, ἀλλὰ τὸν πλοῦτον αὐτῶν αὐτὴν ἐμπιστεύσαντες, τρυφηλῶς εἰς τὰς ἡδονὰς ὡς χοῖροι τῷ βορβόρῳ ἐγκυλινδούμενοι, τὰς ἡμέρας καὶ τὰ ἔτη αὐτῶν ἐδαπάνησαν· μετεωριζόμενοι ἐν λογισμοῖς ῥυπαροῖς, καὶ φαύλαις ἐννοίαις, καὶ ἀργολογίαις, καὶ θυμελικοῖς ᾄσμασι!