Malakia 1
Albanian Bible
1 Orakulli i fjalës të Zotit iu drejtua Izraelit me anë të Malakias.
2 "Unë ju kam dashur," thotë Zoti. Por ju thoni: "Si na ke dashur?". "Vallë Ezau nuk ishte vëllai i Jakobit?," thotë Zoti. "Megjithëatë unë e kam dashur Jakobin
3 dhe e kam urryer Ezaun; malet e tij i kam kthyer në shkreti dhe trashëgiminë e tij ua kam dhënë çakejve të shkretëtirës.
4 Edhe sikur Edomi të thotë: "Ne u shkatërruam, por do të rifillojmë ndërtimin e vendeve të shkretuara,"" kështu thotë Zoti i ushtrive, "ata do të rindërtojnë, por unë do të shemb; dhe do të emërtohen Territori i paudhësisë dhe populli kundër të cilit Zoti do të jetë përjetë i indinjuar.
5 Sytë tuaj do të shikojnë dhe ju do të thoni: "Zoti u përlëvdua përtej kufijve të Izraelit"".
6 "Një bir nderon të atin dhe një shërbëtor zotin e tij. Në se unë, pra, jam ati, ku është nderi im? Dhe në se jam zot, ku ma kanë frikën?," iu thotë Zoti i ushtrive juve, priftërinjve, "që përbuzni emrin tim dhe megjithatë thoni: "Si e kemi përbuzur emrin tënd?".
7 Ju ofroni mbi altarin tim ushqime të ndotura, dhe megjithatë thoni: "Në ç’mënyrë të kemi ndotur?". Kur thoni: "Tryeza e Zotit është e përbuzshme".
8 Kur ofroni për flijim një kafshë të verbër, a nuk është keq? Kur ofroni një kafshë të çalë ose të sëmurë, nuk është keq? Paraqite, pra, te qeveritari yt. A do të jetë i kënaqur prej teje? Do të të pranojë me kënaqësi?," thotë Zoti i ushtrive.
9 Tani, pra, kërkoni favorin e Perëndisë, që ai të ketë mëshirë për ne. Duart tuaja e kanë bërë këtë, a do t’ju pranojë vallë me kënaqësi?,," thotë Zoti i ushtrive.
10 "Oh, sikur të paktën dikush prej jush t’i mbyllte dyert! Atëherë nuk do ta ndiznit zjarrin kot mbi altarin tim. Unë nuk kam asnjë kënaqësi me ju," thotë Zoti i ushtrive, "dhe as që pëlqej çfarëdo oferte nga duart tuaja.
11 Sepse, që nga lind dielli e deri atje ku perëndon, emri im do të jetë i madh midis kombeve dhe në çdo vend do t’i ofrohet temjan emrit tim dhe një blatim i pastër, sepse emri im do të jetë i madh midis kombeve," thotë Zoti i ushtrive.
12 "Por ju e përdhosni kur thoni: "Tryeza e Zotit është e ndotur dhe fryti i saj, domethënë ushqimi i saj, është i përbuzshëm".
13 Ju thoni gjithashtu: "Ah, sa u lodhëm!," dhe e trajtoni me përçmim," thotë Zoti i ushtrive. "Kështu ju sillni kafshë të vjedhura, të çala ose të sëmura; kjo është oferta që sillni. A do të mund ta pranoja nga duart tuaja?," thotë Zoti.
14 Mallkuar qoftë hileqari që ka një mashkull në kopenë e tij dhe bënë një premtim solemn, por flijon për Zotin një kafshë me të meta. Sepse unë jam një Mbret i madh," thotë Zoti i ushtrive, "dhe emri im është i tmerrshëm midis kombeve".
Malachi 1
Lexham English Bible
1 An oracle.[a] The word of Yahweh to Israel through[b] Malachi.[c]
An Oracle Against Edom
2 “I have loved you,” says Yahweh, but you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is Esau not Jacob’s brother?” declares[d] Yahweh. “I have loved Jacob, 3 but Esau I have hated. I have made his[e] mountain ranges a desolation, and given his inheritance to the jackals of the desert.” 4 If Edom says, “We are shattered, but we will return and rebuild the ruins,” Yahweh of hosts says this: “They may build, but I will tear down; and they will be called a territory of wickedness, and the people with whom Yahweh is angry forever.” 5 Your eyes will see this, and you will say, “Yahweh is great beyond the borders[f] of Israel.”
An Oracle Against the Temple Priesthood
6 “A son honors his father, and a slave his master;[g] but if I am a father, where is my honor, and if I am a master,[h] where is my reverence?” says Yahweh of hosts to you, O priests, who despise[i] my name. “But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ 7 You are presenting defiled food on my altar! But you ask, ‘How have we defiled you?’ By saying that the table of Yahweh is despised! 8 When you offer a blind animal for sacrifice, is that not wrong?[j] And when you offer the lame and the one who is ill, is that not wrong?[k] Present it, please, to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Will he show you favor?”[l] says Yahweh of hosts. 9 So then, implore the favor of God[m] so that he will be gracious to us. “This is what you have done.[n] Will he show favor to any of you?”[o] says Yahweh of hosts. 10 “Who also among you will shut the temple doors so that you will not kindle fire in vain on my altar? I take no pleasure in you,” says Yahweh of hosts, “and I will not accept[p] an offering from your hand. 11 From the rising of the sun to its setting, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is being presented to my name, and a pure offering. For my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of hosts. 12 “But you are profaning it by saying the table of the Lord is defiled, and its fruit—its food[q]—is despised! 13 And you say, ‘Look! This is a weariness,’ and you sniff with disdain at it,” says Yahweh of hosts. “And you bring the stolen, the lame, and the one that is sick—this you bring as the offering! Should I accept it[r] from your hand?” says Yahweh. 14 “Cursed is the one who cheats, who has in his flock a male and vows it, but instead sacrifices a blemished one to the Lord! For I am a great king,” says Yahweh of hosts, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”
Footnotes
- Malachi 1:1 Literally “A burden”
- Malachi 1:1 Literally “by the hand of”
- Malachi 1:1 The name “Malachi” means “my messenger” in Hebrew
- Malachi 1:2 Literally “declaration of”
- Malachi 1:3 That is, “Esau’s”
- Malachi 1:5 Hebrew “boundary”
- Malachi 1:6 Hebrew “masters”
- Malachi 1:6 Hebrew “masters”
- Malachi 1:6 Literally “despisers of”
- Malachi 1:8 Or “is there no wrong?”
- Malachi 1:8 Or “is there no wrong?”
- Malachi 1:8 Literally “Will he lift your face?”
- Malachi 1:9 Literally “appease, please, the face of God”
- Malachi 1:9 Literally “From your hand was this”
- Malachi 1:9 Literally “will he lift up from you a face”
- Malachi 1:10 Literally “I will not take pleasure in”
- Malachi 1:12 The Hebrew here is difficult; “its food” may function to explain “its fruit”
- Malachi 1:13 Literally “take pleasure in it”
Malachi 1
Jubilee Bible 2000
1 ¶ The burden of the word of the LORD against Israel by the hand of Malachi.
2 I have loved you, said the LORD. Yet ye say, In what hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? said the LORD; yet I loved Jacob,
3 and I rejected Esau and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
4 When Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The province of wickedness and the people against whom the LORD has indignation for ever.
5 And your eyes shall see and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified over the province of Israel.
6 ¶ The son honours his father and the slave his master; if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is my fear? said the LORD of the hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, In what have we despised thy name?
7 Ye offer polluted bread upon my altar; and ye say, In what have we polluted thee? In that ye say, We die of hunger in the service of the LORD.
8 And when ye offer the blind animal for sacrifice, is it not evil? Likewise when ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy prince; will he be pleased with thee or accept thy person? said the LORD of the hosts.
9 And now, therefore, beseech the face of God, and he will have compassion on us; this has come by your hand: will he regard your persons? said the LORD of the hosts.
10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors or tend the fire on my altar for free? I have no pleasure in you, said the LORD of the hosts, neither will the offering from your hand be agreeable unto me.
11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense is offered unto my name, and a clean offering; for my name is great among the Gentiles, said the LORD of the hosts.
12 And ye have profaned it when ye say, We die of hunger at the service of the LORD and when ye speak that his food is contemptible.
13 And ye say, Behold, what a weariness it is! and ye have rejected it, said the LORD of the hosts; and ye brought that which was stolen or lame or sick and presented an offering: should this be acceptable unto me by your hand? said the LORD.
14 But cursed be the deceiver, who has in his flock a male and vows and sacrifices unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of the hosts, and my name is formidable among the Gentiles.
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