4. The pay you did not give the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the workers have been heard by the Lord All-Powerful.
5. Your life on earth was full of rich living and pleasing yourselves with everything you wanted. You made yourselves fat, like an animal ready to be killed.
6. You have judged guilty and then murdered innocent people, who were not against you.
7. Brothers and sisters, be patient until the Lord comes again. A farmer patiently waits for his valuable crop to grow from the earth and for it to receive the autumn and spring rains.
8. You, too, must be patient. Do not give up hope, because the Lord is coming soon.
9. Brothers and sisters, do not complain against each other or you will be judged guilty. And the Judge is ready to come!