マラキ書 2
Japanese Living Bible
祭司へのさらなる警告
2 1-2 祭司たちよ、全能の主の警告を聞きなさい。
「あなたがたが生き方を変えず、
わたしの名をあがめないなら、
恐ろしい罰を下す。
わたしが与えたいと思っている祝福を与えず、
のろいを与える。
もうすでにのろっている。
わたしにとって何よりも大切なことを、
あなたがたが真剣に受け止めなかったからだ。
3 よく聞くがよい。
わたしはあなたがたの子どもを責める。
わたしにささげた動物の糞を
あなたがたの顔にぶちまけ、
あなたがたを糞のように投げ捨てる。
4 そのとき、やっとあなたがたは、
あなたがたの先祖レビに与えた律法に
立ち返れと警告したのが、
このわたしだったことを知る。」
全能の主は語ります。
5 「その律法の目的は、これを守る人に
いのちと平安を与えること、
それを守る人が、それによって
わたしへの尊敬と恐れを示すことだ。
6 レビは、わたしから学んだすべての真理を
人々に伝えた。
偽ったり、欺いたりしなかった。
わたしと共に歩み、誠実な正しい生活をして、
多くの人を罪から立ち返らせた。
7 祭司のくちびるは、人々が律法を学べるように、
神の知識であふれているべきだ。
祭司は全能の主の使者であり、
人々は導きを求めて祭司のもとへ来るからだ。
8 だがあなたがたは違う。
神の道から離れてしまった。
その「導き」によって、
多くの人が罪を犯すようになった。
あなたがたはレビとの契約をゆがめ、
似て非なる醜悪なものにしてしまった。」
全能の主は語ります。
9 「それゆえ、わたしはあなたがたを、
すべての人の軽蔑の的にする。
わたしに従わず、
お気に入りの者たちが律法を破るままにし、
叱責することもしなかったからだ。」
離婚によって契約を破る
10 私たちはアブラハムという共通の先祖を持ち、
同じ神によって創造された者です。
それなのに先祖の結んだ契約を破り、
互いに不信実なことをしています。
11 ユダの中で、イスラエルの中で、エルサレムの中で、
裏切りが行われています。
ユダの人々が偶像を拝む外国の女と結婚して、
神が愛する聖所を汚したからです。
12 主がこのようなことをする者を、
祭司であっても祭司以外の者であっても、
一人残らず契約から断ち切りますように。
13 それでも、あなたがたは涙で祭壇をぬらしています。
もう主があなたがたのささげ物に目を向けず、
主の祝福が受けられなくなったからです。
14 「なぜ神は私たちを見捨ててしまったのか」と、
あなたがたは泣き叫んでいます。
そのわけは、主があなたの裏切り行為を見たからです。
あなたは、長い間あなたに信実を尽くした妻を裏切り、
大切に養うことを約束した伴侶を離縁したのです。
15 あなたは主によって妻と一体にされました。結婚した二人は、神から見れば一人なのです。それが神の深いご計画です。神は何を望んでいるのでしょうか。それは、あなたがたから生まれる、主に従順な子どもたちです。ですから情欲に気をつけなさい。若い時の妻に誠実でありなさい。 16 イスラエルの神、主は離婚を憎み、心ない男をきらうと言っているからです。それゆえ、情欲を抑えなさい。妻を離縁してはなりません。
悪を行うことによって契約を破る
17 あなたがたは、自分のことばで主を煩わしたのです。
「主を煩わしたですって？ どのようにして？」
あなたがたはそう言って、わざと驚いてみせます。
あなたがたはこう言ったのです。
「悪を行うのはいいことだ。主は喜んでいる。」
また、こうも言いました。
「神は私たちを罰しない。気にも留めていない。」
Malachi 2
King James Version
2 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
12 The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the Lord of hosts.
13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
17 Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
Malachi 2
New King James Version
Corrupt Priests
2 “And now, O (A)priests, this commandment is for you.
2 (B)If you will not hear,
And if you will not take it to heart,
To give glory to My name,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“I will send a curse upon you,
And I will curse your blessings.
Yes, I have cursed them (C)already,
Because you do not take it to heart.
3 “Behold, I will rebuke your descendants
And spread (D)refuse on your faces,
The refuse of your solemn feasts;
And one will (E)take you away [a]with it.
4 Then you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you,
That My covenant with Levi may continue,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
5 “My(F) covenant was with him, one of life and peace,
And I gave them to him (G)that he might fear Me;
So he feared Me
And was reverent before My name.
6 (H)The[b] law of truth was in his mouth,
And [c]injustice was not found on his lips.
He walked with Me in peace and equity,
And (I)turned many away from iniquity.
7 “For(J) the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek the law from his mouth;
(K)For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
8 But you have departed from the way;
You (L)have caused many to stumble at the law.
(M)You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
9 “Therefore (N)I also have made you contemptible and base
Before all the people,
Because you have not kept My ways
But have shown (O)partiality in the law.”
Treachery of Infidelity
10 (P)Have we not all one Father?
(Q)Has not one God created us?
Why do we deal treacherously with one another
By profaning the covenant of the fathers?
11 Judah has dealt treacherously,
And an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem,
For Judah has (R)profaned
The Lord’s holy institution which He loves:
He has married the daughter of a foreign god.
12 May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob
The man who does this, being [d]awake and aware,
Yet (S)who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts!
13 And this is the second thing you do:
You cover the altar of the Lord with tears,
With weeping and crying;
So He does not regard the offering anymore,
Nor receive it with goodwill from your hands.
14 Yet you say, “For what reason?”
Because the Lord has been witness
Between you and (T)the wife of your youth,
With whom you have dealt treacherously;
(U)Yet she is your companion
And your wife by covenant.
15 But (V)did He not make them one,
Having a remnant of the Spirit?
And why one?
He seeks (W)godly offspring.
Therefore take heed to your spirit,
And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.
16 “For (X)the Lord God of Israel says
That He hates divorce,
For it covers one’s garment with violence,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
“Therefore take heed to your spirit,
That you do not deal treacherously.”
17 (Y)You have wearied the Lord with your words;
Yet you say,
“In what way have we wearied Him?”
In that you say,
(Z)“Everyone who does evil
Is good in the sight of the Lord,
And He delights in them,”
Or, “Where is the God of justice?”
Footnotes
- Malachi 2:3 Lit. to it
- Malachi 2:6 Or True instruction
- Malachi 2:6 Or unrighteousness
- Malachi 2:12 Talmud, Vg. teacher and student
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