and now, let the fear of Jehovah be upon you; watch and act, for there is no perverseness with Jehovah our God, and lifting up of faces, and taking of a bribe.
The rich one shall not give more, and the poor one shall not give less than half a shekel, to give the offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
If you see the oppression of the poor, or the removing of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be amazed at the purpose. For a high one over a high one is watching; and high ones are over them.
Jehovah will enter into judgment with the old ones of His people, and their rulers. For you have eaten up the vineyard, the plunder of the afflicted one is in your houses.
You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; you shall not respect the person of the poor one, and not favor the person of the great one, but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.
But from the ones thought to be something (of what kind they were then does not matter to me; God does not accept the face of man), for the ones thought to be pillars conferred nothing to me;
And lords, do the same things toward them, forbearing threatening, knowing that the Lord of you and of them is in Heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.
For Jehovah your God, He is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords; the great, the mighty, the fearful God who does not lift up faces, nor take a bribe.
Hear, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor ones of this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to the ones loving Him?
And if you call on the Father, the One judging according to the work of each one without respect of persons, in the time of your pilgrimage conduct yourselves in fear,