Listen, people, whether you are ordinary or important. Listen, people, whether you are rich or poor.

无论上流下流，富足贫穷，都当留心听！

不论贵贱贫富，都要留心听！

不论地位高低，或贫或富，都要一同留心听。

无论地位高低、或贫或富，都当倾听。

無論上流下流，富足貧窮，都當留心聽！

不論貴賤貧富，都要留心聽！

不論地位高低，或貧或富，都要一同留心聽。

無論上流下流，富足貧窮，一概要聽。

無論地位高低、或貧或富，都當傾聽。

尊卑貧富之人、偕聽之兮、

無論貴賤貧富、皆當聽此、

萬民其注意。世人宜傾耳。

both low and high, rich and poor alike:

both low and high, rich and poor together!

High and low, rich and poor— listen!

both low and high, rich and poor together.

Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

both low and high, rich and poor together.

Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

Pay attention, all you people, both rich and poor!

both low and high, rich and poor together.

Surely ordinary people are only a breath. Important people are not what they seem to be. If they were weighed on a scale, they wouldn’t amount to anything. Together they are only a breath.

My brothers and sisters, you are believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. So treat everyone the same.Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes. And suppose a poor man in dirty old clothes also comes in.Would you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes? Would you say,“ Here’s a good seat for you”? Would you say to the poor man,“ You stand there”? Or“ Sit on the floor by my feet”?If you would, aren’t you treating some people better than others? Aren’t you like judges who have evil thoughts?My dear brothers and sisters, listen to me. Hasn’t God chosen those who are poor in the world’s eyes to be rich in faith? Hasn’t he chosen them to receive the kingdom? Hasn’t he promised it to those who love him?But you have disrespected poor people. Aren’t rich people taking advantage of you? Aren’t they dragging you into court?Aren’t they speaking evil things against the worthy name of Jesus? Remember, you belong to him.

I thought,“ The people of Jerusalem are foolish. They don’t know how the Lord wants them to live. They don’t know what their God requires of them.So I will go to the leaders. I’ll speak to them. They should know how the Lord wants them to live. They must know what their God requires of them.” But all of them had broken off the yoke the Lord had put on them. They had torn off the ropes he had tied them up with.

Everyone hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. This included the kings of the earth, the princes and the generals. It included rich people and powerful people. It also included everyone else, both slaves and people who were free.They called out to the mountains and rocks,“ Fall on us! Hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne! Hide us from the anger of the Lamb!The great day of their anger has come. Who can live through it?”

The Lord makes people poor. He also makes people rich. He brings people down. He also lifts people up.He raises poor people up from the trash pile. He lifts needy people out of the ashes. He lets them sit with princes. He gives them places of honor.“ The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord. On them he has set the world.

He doesn’t favor princes. He treats rich people and poor people the same. His hands created all of them.

Here’s what believers who are in low positions in life should be proud of. They should be proud that God has given them a high position in the kingdom.But rich people should take pride in their low positions. That’s because they will fade away like wild flowers.The sun rises. Its burning heat dries up the plants. Their blossoms fall. Their beauty is destroyed. In the same way, rich people will fade away. They fade away even as they go about their business.

The Lord made rich people and poor people. That’s what they have in common.