# for God to return affliction to those who afflict you
"to return" is an idiom meaning "to pay back" AT: "for God to pay back with affliction upon those who afflict you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]]).
You can make it explicit that God is the one who provides relief. AT: "for God to provide relief to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
"He will punish with blazing fire those who do not know God and those who" or "Then with blazing fire he will punish those who do not know God and those who"