1 You rich people, listen! Cry and be very sad because much trouble will come to you.
2 Your riches will rot and be worth nothing. Your clothes will be eaten by moths.
3 Your gold and silver will rust, and that rust will be a proof that you were wrong. That rust will eat your bodies like fire. You saved your treasure in the last days.
4 People worked in your fields, but you did not pay them. They are crying out against you. They harvested your crops. Now the Lord All-Powerful has heard their cries.
5 Your life on earth was full of rich living. You pleased yourselves with everything you wanted. You made yourselves fat, like an animal ready for the day of slaughter.
6 You showed no mercy to good people. They were not against you, but you killed them.