玛拉基书 1
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
以色列忘记主爱
1 以下是耶和华藉玛拉基对以色列宣判的话。
2 耶和华说:“我爱你们。”你们却说:“你怎样爱了我们呢?”耶和华说:“以扫不是雅各的哥哥吗?我却爱雅各, 3 恶以扫。我使以扫的山地荒凉,把他的产业给了旷野的豺狼。” 4 如果以东说:“我们虽然遭破坏,但仍要把废墟重建起来。”万军之耶和华这样说:“他们只管建造,我却要拆毁。人要称他们为罪恶的境地,为耶和华永远恼怒的子民。” 5 你们要亲眼看见,也要亲自说:“耶和华在以色列的境地以外,必被尊为大。”
斥责不虔不敬的祭司
6 万军之耶和华对你们说:“藐视我名的祭司啊!儿子尊敬父亲,仆人敬畏主人。我若是父亲,我该受的尊敬在哪里呢?我若是主人,我应得的敬畏在哪里呢?”你们却说:“我们怎样藐视了你的名呢?” 7 “你们把污秽的食物献在我的坛上,你们竟说:‘我们怎样污秽了你的坛呢?’因你们以为耶和华的桌子是可以藐视的。” 8 万军之耶和华说:“你们把瞎眼的献为祭,这不是恶吗?你们把瘸腿的和有病的献上,这不是罪吗?你把这样的礼物献给你的省长,他会喜欢你或是悦纳你的礼物吗?” 9 现在,你们要向 神求情,好使他恩待我们。这污秽的祭物,既是你们经手献的,他还能悦纳你们吗?万军之耶和华说: 10 “真愿你们当中有人把殿门关上,免得你们在我的坛上徒然点火。”万军之耶和华说:“我不喜欢你们,也不从你们手中收纳礼物。” 11 万军之耶和华说:“从日出到日落的地方,我的名在列国中为大;在各处都有人向我的名烧香,献上洁净的礼物,因为我的名在列国中为大。” 12 万军之耶和华说:“你们却亵渎了我,因你们以为主的桌子是污秽的,桌上的食物也是可藐视的。 13 你们又说:‘唉,真麻烦!’你们就嗤之以鼻。”耶和华说:“你们把抢来的、瘸腿的和有病的带来作礼物,我怎能从你们的手中收受呢?” 14 万军之耶和华说:“凡以家畜中公的许了愿,却又诡诈地拿有残疾的献给主,那人当受咒诅;因为我是大君王,我的名在列国中是可敬畏的。”
玛拉基书 1
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
1 以下是耶和华借玛拉基对以色列人的宣告。
耶和华爱以色列
2 耶和华说:“我曾爱你们。”你们却说:“你在何事上爱我们呢?”耶和华说:“以扫不是雅各的哥哥吗?但我却爱雅各, 3 厌恶以扫。我使以扫的山岭荒凉,把他的地业留给旷野的豺狼。” 4 也许以扫的后代以东人会说:“我们现在虽然被毁,但我们要重建毁坏之处。”万军之耶和华却这样说:“他们尽管建造,但我必拆毁。他们的土地要被称为‘罪恶之地’,他们要被称为‘耶和华永远恼怒之民。’” 5 以色列人啊,你们必亲眼看见这事,也必说:“愿耶和华在以色列境外受尊崇!”
斥责祭司
6 万军之耶和华对祭司说:“儿子应当尊敬父亲,仆人应当敬畏主人。我是你们的父亲,但你们对我的尊敬在哪里呢?我是你们的主人,但你们对我的敬畏在哪里呢?你们藐视我的名,却狡辩说,‘我们在何事上藐视过你的名呢?’ 7 你们把污秽的食物献在我的祭坛上,还说,‘我们在何事上玷污了你呢?’你们说耶和华的桌子是可藐视的。 8 你们拿瞎眼、瘸腿和有病的牲畜来献祭,难道这不是罪过吗?你试试把这样的东西送给你的省长,看他会不会悦纳你、恩待你。这是万军之耶和华说的。”
9 现在,你们祈求上帝向我们施恩吧!然而,你们献上这样的祭物,祂怎会垂听你们的祈求呢? 10 万军之耶和华说:“我真希望你们当中有人把殿门关上,免得你们在我祭坛上枉然点火。因为我不喜悦你们,也不接纳你们的祭物。” 11 万军之耶和华说:“从日出之地到日落之处,列国必尊崇我的名。世上每个角落都有人向我焚香,献上洁净的供物。因为我的名必受列国尊崇。 12 可是,你们却亵渎我的名,竟然说我的桌子是污秽的,上面的祭物是可藐视的。 13 你们不屑地说,‘哼!这些事真麻烦!’这是万军之耶和华说的。你们把抢来的、瘸腿的、有病的献给我,我岂能接纳呢?这是耶和华说的。 14 许愿时说要献上羊群中的公羊,后来却拿伤残的来献给主,这种人该受咒诅!因为我是大君王,就是外族人也敬畏我的名。这是万军之耶和华说的。”
玛拉基书 1
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
以色列忘記主愛
1 以下是耶和華藉瑪拉基對以色列宣判的話。
2 耶和華說:“我愛你們。”你們卻說:“你怎樣愛了我們呢?”耶和華說:“以掃不是雅各的哥哥嗎?我卻愛雅各, 3 惡以掃。我使以掃的山地荒涼,把他的產業給了曠野的豺狼。” 4 如果以東說:“我們雖然遭破壞,但仍要把廢墟重建起來。”萬軍之耶和華這樣說:“他們只管建造,我卻要拆毀。人要稱他們為罪惡的境地,為耶和華永遠惱怒的子民。” 5 你們要親眼看見,也要親自說:“耶和華在以色列的境地以外,必被尊為大。”
斥責不虔不敬的祭司
6 萬軍之耶和華對你們說:“藐視我名的祭司啊!兒子尊敬父親,僕人敬畏主人。我若是父親,我該受的尊敬在哪裡呢?我若是主人,我應得的敬畏在哪裡呢?”你們卻說:“我們怎樣藐視了你的名呢?” 7 “你們把污穢的食物獻在我的壇上,你們竟說:‘我們怎樣污穢了你的壇呢?’因你們以為耶和華的桌子是可以藐視的。” 8 萬軍之耶和華說:“你們把瞎眼的獻為祭,這不是惡嗎?你們把瘸腿的和有病的獻上,這不是罪嗎?你把這樣的禮物獻給你的省長,他會喜歡你或是悅納你的禮物嗎?” 9 現在,你們要向 神求情,好使他恩待我們。這污穢的祭物,既是你們經手獻的,他還能悅納你們嗎?萬軍之耶和華說: 10 “真願你們當中有人把殿門關上,免得你們在我的壇上徒然點火。”萬軍之耶和華說:“我不喜歡你們,也不從你們手中收納禮物。” 11 萬軍之耶和華說:“從日出到日落的地方,我的名在列國中為大;在各處都有人向我的名燒香,獻上潔淨的禮物,因為我的名在列國中為大。” 12 萬軍之耶和華說:“你們卻褻瀆了我,因你們以為主的桌子是污穢的,桌上的食物也是可藐視的。 13 你們又說:‘唉,真麻煩!’你們就嗤之以鼻。”耶和華說:“你們把搶來的、瘸腿的和有病的帶來作禮物,我怎能從你們的手中收受呢?” 14 萬軍之耶和華說:“凡以家畜中公的許了願,卻又詭詐地拿有殘疾的獻給主,那人當受咒詛;因為我是大君王,我的名在列國中是可敬畏的。”
Malachi 1
Living Bible
1 Here is the Lord’s message to Israel, given through the prophet Malachi:
2-3 “I have loved you very deeply,” says the Lord.
But you retort, “Really? When was this?”
And the Lord replies, “I showed my love for you by loving your father, Jacob. I didn’t need to. I even rejected his very own brother, Esau, and destroyed Esau’s mountains and inheritance, to give it to the jackals of the desert. 4 And if his descendants should say, ‘We will rebuild the ruins,’ then the Lord Almighty will say, ‘Try to if you like, but I will destroy it again,’ for their country is named ‘The Land of Wickedness,’ and their people are called ‘Those Whom God Does Not Forgive.’”
5 O Israel, lift your eyes to see what God is doing all around the world; then you will say, “Truly, the Lord’s great power goes far beyond our borders!”
6 “A son honors his father, a servant honors his master. I am your Father and Master, yet you don’t honor me, O priests, but you despise my name.”
“Who? Us?” you say. “When did we ever despise your name?”
7 “When you offer polluted sacrifices on my altar.”
“Polluted sacrifices? When have we ever done a thing like that?”
“Every time you say, ‘Don’t bother bringing anything very valuable to offer to God!’ 8 You tell the people, ‘Lame animals are all right to offer on the altar of the Lord—yes, even the sick and the blind ones.’ And you claim this isn’t evil? Try it on your governor sometime—give him gifts like that—and see how pleased he is!
9 “‘God have mercy on us,’ you recite; ‘God be gracious to us!’ But when you bring that kind of gift, why should he show you any favor at all?
10 “Oh, to find one priest among you who would shut the doors and refuse this kind of sacrifice! I have no pleasure in you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will not accept your offerings.
11 “But my name will be honored by the Gentiles from morning till night. All around the world they will offer sweet incense and pure offerings in honor of my name. For my name shall be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty. 12 “But you dishonor it, saying that my altar is not important and encouraging people to bring cheap, sick animals to offer to me on it.
13 “You say, ‘Oh, it’s too difficult to serve the Lord and do what he asks.’ And you turn up your noses at the rules he has given you to obey. Think of it! Stolen animals, lame and sick—as offerings to God! Should I accept such offerings as these?” asks the Lord. 14 “Cursed is that man who promises a fine ram from his flock and substitutes a sick one to sacrifice to God. For I am a Great King,” says the Lord Almighty, “and my name is to be mightily revered among the Gentiles.”
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