Malaquías 4
La Biblia de las Américas
El gran día del Señor
4 [a]Porque he aquí, viene el día, ardiente como un horno, y todos los soberbios y todos los que hacen el mal serán como paja(A); y el día que va a venir les prenderá fuego(B) —dice el Señor de los ejércitos(C)— que no les dejará ni raíz ni rama. 2 Mas para vosotros que teméis[b] mi nombre, se levantará el sol(D) de justicia con la salud(E) en sus alas; y saldréis y saltaréis como terneros(F) del establo. 3 Y hollaréis a los impíos(G), pues ellos serán ceniza bajo las plantas de vuestros pies(H) el día en que yo actúe —dice el Señor de los ejércitos(I).
4 Acordaos de la ley de mi siervo Moisés, de los estatutos y las ordenanzas que yo le ordené en Horeb para todo Israel(J). 5 He aquí, yo os envío al profeta Elías antes que venga el día del Señor, día grande y terrible(K). 6 Él hará volver el corazón de los padres hacia los hijos(L), y el corazón de los hijos hacia los padres, no sea que venga yo y hiera la tierra con maldición[c](M).
Footnotes
- Malaquías 4:1 En el texto heb., cap. 3:19
- Malaquías 4:2 O, reverenciáis
- Malaquías 4:6 O, anatema
Malachi 4
New English Translation
4 (3:19)[a] “For indeed the day[b] is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “It[c] will not leave them even a root or branch. 2 But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication[d] will rise with healing wings,[e] and you will skip about[f] like calves released from the stall. 3 You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I am preparing,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Restoration through the Lord
4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, to whom at Horeb[g] I gave rules and regulations for all Israel to obey.[h] 5 Look, I will send you Elijah[i] the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord arrives. 6 He will encourage fathers and their children to return to me,[j] so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgment.”[k]
Footnotes
- Malachi 4:1 sn Beginning with 4:1, the verse numbers through 4:6 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:1 ET = 3:19 HT, 4:2 ET = 3:20 HT, etc., through 4:6 ET = 3:24 HT. Thus the book of Malachi in the Hebrew Bible has only three chapters, with 24 verses in ch. 3.
- Malachi 4:1 sn This day is the well-known “day of the Lord” so pervasive in OT eschatological texts (see Joel 2:30-31; Amos 5:18; Obad 15). For the believer it is a day of grace and salvation; for the sinner, a day of judgment and destruction.
- Malachi 4:1 tn Heb “so that it” (so NASB, NRSV). For stylistic reasons a new sentence was begun here in the translation.
- Malachi 4:2 tn Here the Hebrew word צְדָקָה (tsedaqah), usually translated “righteousness” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT; cf. NAB “justice”), has been rendered as “vindication” because it is the vindication of God’s people that is in view in the context. Cf. BDB 842 s.v. צְדָקָה 6; “righteousness as vindicated, justification, salvation, etc.”sn The expression the sun of vindication will rise is a metaphorical way of describing the day of the Lord as a time of restoration when God vindicates his people (see 2 Sam 23:4; Isa 30:26; 60:1, 3). Their vindication and restoration will be as obvious and undeniable as the bright light of the rising sun.
- Malachi 4:2 sn The point of the metaphor of healing wings is unclear. The sun seems to be compared to a bird. Perhaps the sun’s “wings” are its warm rays. “Healing” may refer to a reversal of the injury done by evildoers (see Mal 3:5).
- Malachi 4:2 tn Heb “you will go out and skip about.”
- Malachi 4:4 sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1).
- Malachi 4:4 tn Heb “which I commanded him in Horeb concerning all Israel, statutes and ordinances.”
- Malachi 4:5 sn I will send you Elijah the prophet. In light of the ascension of Elijah to heaven without dying (2 Kgs 2:11), Judaism has always awaited his return as an aspect of the messianic age (see, e.g., John 1:19-28). Jesus identified John the Baptist as Elijah, because he came in the “spirit and power” of his prototype Elijah (Matt 11:14; 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36).
- Malachi 4:6 tn Heb “he will turn the heart[s] of [the] fathers to [the] sons, and the heart[s] of [the] sons to their fathers.” This may mean that the messenger will encourage reconciliation of conflicts within Jewish families in the postexilic community (see Mal 2:10; this interpretation is followed by most English versions). Another option is to translate, “he will turn the hearts of the fathers together with those of the children [to me], and the hearts of the children together with those of their fathers [to me].” In this case the prophet encourages both the younger and older generations of sinful society to repent and return to the Lord (cf. Mal 3:7). This option is preferred in the present translation; see Beth Glazier-McDonald, Malachi (SBLDS), 256.
- Malachi 4:6 tn Heb “[the] ban” (חֵרֶם, kherem). God’s prophetic messenger seeks to bring about salvation and restoration, thus avoiding the imposition of the covenant curse, that is, the divine ban that the hopelessly unrepentant must expect (see Deut 7:2; 20:17; Judg 1:21; Zech 14:11). If the wicked repent, the purifying judgment threatened in 4:1-3 will be unnecessary.
Малахия 4
Библия, синодално издание
4 (A)Защото ето, ще дойде ден, пламтящ като пещ; тогава всички надменни и ония, които постъпват нечестиво, ще бъдат като слама, и ще ги изгори идещият ден, казва Господ Саваот, тъй че няма да остави у тях ни корен, ни клони.
2 (B)А за вас, които благоговеете пред името Ми, ще изгрее Слънцето на правдата, и изцеление ще има в лъчите Му, и вие ще излезете и ще се разиграете като охранени телци;
3 (C)и ще тъпчете нечестивците, защото те ще бъдат прах под стъпките на нозете ви в оня ден, който Аз ще приготвя, казва Господ Саваот.
4 (D)Помнете закона на Моисея, Моя раб, който Аз му заповядах на Хорив за целия Израил, както и правилата и наредбите.
5 (E)Ето, Аз ще пратя при вас пророка Илия, преди да настъпи денят Господен – велик и страшен.
6 (F)И той ще обърне сърцата на бащите към децата, и сърцата на децата към бащите им, та, след като дойда, да не поразя земята с проклятие.
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