Translation of "Coveted" in Japanese

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

それ金を愛するは諸般の惡しき事の根なり、ある人々これを慕ひて信仰より迷ひ、さまざまの痛をもて自ら己を刺しとほせり。