말라기 2
Korean Living Bible
제사장들에 대한 경고
2 너희 제사장들아, 전능하신 여호와께서 너희에게 경고하시는 말씀을 들어라.
2 “만일 너희가 내 말을 듣지 않고 진심으로 내 이름을 높이지 않으면 내가 너희에게 저주를 내려 너희 축복이 저주가 되게 하겠다. 너희가 내 말을 진지하게 받아들이지 않았으므로 사실 나는 이미 너희를 저주하였다.
3 “내가 너희 자녀를 벌할 것이며 너희 희생제물의 똥을 너희 얼굴에 바를 것이니 너희가 똥처럼 던져질 것이다.
4 그때 너희는 레위와 맺은 내 계약이 존속하도록 하기 위해서 내가 이 명령을 너희에게 내린 것을 알게 될 것이다.
5 레위와 맺은 내 계약은 생명과 평안의 계약이었다. 내가 그와 이 계약을 맺은 것은 그가 나를 두려워하도록 하기 위해서였다. 과연 그는 나를 공경하고 내 이름을 두려워하였다.
6 그는 [a]진리의 법을 가르쳤고 속이거나 거짓말을 하지 않았으며 화평과 정직함으로 나와 동행하였고 많은 사람을 죄에서 떠나게 하였다.
7 “제사장의 입술은 참된 지식을 간직해야 하고 사람들은 그 입에서 [b]교훈을 얻어야 한다. 제사장은 전능한 나 여호와의 사자이기 때문이다.
8 그러나 너희 제사장들은 바른 길에서 떠나 잘못된 너희 가르침으로 많은 사람을 넘어지게 하였다. 전능한 나 여호와가 말한다. 너희는 내가 레위와 맺은 계약을 깨뜨렸다.
9 너희가 [c]내 뜻을 따르지 않고 율법 문제를 취급하는 데 있어서 편파적이었으므로 나도 너희가 모든 백성 앞에서 멸시와 천대를 받게 하였다.”
신실하지 못한 여호와의 백성들
10 우리가 다 한 아버지를 모시지 않았느냐? 한 하나님이 우리를 창조하시지 않았느냐? 어째서 우리가 서로 신의를 저버리고 우리 조상들의 계약을 욕되게 하느냐?
11 유다는 신의를 저버렸고 이스라엘과 예루살렘에서는 더러운 일이 있었으며 또 유다는 여호와께서 사랑하시는 성소를 더럽히고 우상을 섬기는 이방 여자들과 결혼하였다.
12 [d]누구든지 이런 짓을 하면 그가 비록 전능하신 여호와께 제사를 드린다고 해도 여호와께서는 그런 자를 이스라엘 백성 가운데서 제거하실 것이다.
13 너희는 또 이런 일도 행하고 있다. 여호와께서 너희가 드리는 제물에 무관심하시고 그것을 기쁘게 받지 않으신다고 너희가 눈물로 여호와의 단을 적시고 울며 탄식하면서
14 그 이유가 무엇이냐고 묻고 있는데 이것은 너희가 어려서 결혼한 너희 아내에게 신실하지 않은 것을 여호와께서 알고 계시기 때문이다. 너희 아내는 너희와 결혼 서약을 한 너희 짝이었으나 너희는 너희 아내에게 신의를 지키지 않았다.
15 [e]여호와께서는 너희를 아내와 한몸이 되게 하시지 않았느냐? 이렇게 하신 목적이 무엇이냐? 이것은 여호와께서 경건한 자녀를 얻고자 하시기 때문이다. 그러므로 너희는 너희 마음을 지켜 젊어서 얻은 너희 아내를 배신하지 말아라.
16 이스라엘의 하나님 여호와께서 말씀하신다. “나는 [f]이혼 자체를 미워하며 자기 아내에게 그런 끔찍한 짓을 하는 자를 미워한다. 그러므로 너희는 너희 마음을 지켜 너희 아내에게 신의를 저버리지 말아라.”
17 너희는 말로 여호와를 지치게 하고서도 “우리가 어떻게 여호와를 지치게 했습니까?” 하고 말한다. 너희는 “여호와께서 악을 행하는 모든 사람을 선하게 생각하시고 그들을 기쁘게 여기신다” 고 하며 또 “의의 하나님이 어디 있느냐?” 하고 말함으로써 여호와를 지치게 하고 있다.
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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