玛拉基书 1
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
玛拉基责以色列负恩
1 耶和华借玛拉基传给以色列的默示。
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？我却爱雅各， 3 恶以扫，使他的山岭荒凉，把他的地业交给旷野的野狗。 4 以东人说：‘我们现在虽被毁坏，却要重建荒废之处。’万军之耶和华如此说：任他们建造，我必拆毁。人必称他们的地为罪恶之境，称他们的民为耶和华永远恼怒之民。 5 你们必亲眼看见，也必说：‘愿耶和华在以色列境界之外被尊为大！’”
责其不虔诚敬畏
6 “藐视我名的祭司啊，万军之耶和华对你们说：‘儿子尊敬父亲，仆人敬畏主人。我既为父亲，尊敬我的在哪里呢？我既为主人，敬畏我的在哪里呢？’你们却说：‘我们在何事上藐视你的名呢？’ 7 你们将污秽的食物献在我的坛上，且说：‘我们在何事上污秽你呢？’因你们说，耶和华的桌子是可藐视的。 8 你们将瞎眼的献为祭物，这不为恶吗？将瘸腿的、有病的献上，这不为恶吗？你献给你的省长，他岂喜悦你，岂能看你的情面吗？这是万军之耶和华说的。 9 现在我劝你们恳求神，他好施恩于我们！这妄献的事既由你们经手，他岂能看你们的情面吗？这是万军之耶和华说的。 10 甚愿你们中间有一人关上殿门，免得你们徒然在我坛上烧火！万军之耶和华说：我不喜悦你们，也不从你们手中收纳供物。 11 万军之耶和华说：从日出之地到日落之处，我的名在外邦中必尊为大。在各处人必奉我的名烧香，献洁净的供物，因为我的名在外邦中必尊为大。
责其献祭不洁侮慢主名
12 “你们却亵渎我的名，说耶和华的桌子是污秽的，其上的食物是可藐视的。 13 你们又说这些事何等烦琐，并嗤之以鼻。这是万军之耶和华说的。你们把抢夺的、瘸腿的、有病的拿来献上为祭，我岂能从你们手中收纳呢？这是耶和华说的。 14 行诡诈的在群中有公羊，他许愿却用有残疾的献给主，这人是可咒诅的！因为我是大君王，我的名在外邦中是可畏的。这是万军之耶和华说的。
Malachi 1
New Living Translation
1 This is the message[a] that the Lord gave to Israel through the prophet Malachi.[b]
The Lord’s Love for Israel
2 “I have always loved you,” says the Lord.
But you retort, “Really? How have you loved us?”
And the Lord replies, “This is how I showed my love for you: I loved your ancestor Jacob, 3 but I rejected his brother, Esau, and devastated his hill country. I turned Esau’s inheritance into a desert for jackals.”
4 Esau’s descendants in Edom may say, “We have been shattered, but we will rebuild the ruins.”
But the Lord of Heaven’s Armies replies, “They may try to rebuild, but I will demolish them again. Their country will be known as ‘The Land of Wickedness,’ and their people will be called ‘The People with Whom the Lord Is Forever Angry.’ 5 When you see the destruction for yourselves, you will say, ‘Truly, the Lord’s greatness reaches far beyond Israel’s borders!’”
Unworthy Sacrifices
6 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says to the priests: “A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am your father and master, where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have shown contempt for my name!
“But you ask, ‘How have we ever shown contempt for your name?’
7 “You have shown contempt by offering defiled sacrifices on my altar.
“Then you ask, ‘How have we defiled the sacrifices?[c]’
“You defile them by saying the altar of the Lord deserves no respect. 8 When you give blind animals as sacrifices, isn’t that wrong? And isn’t it wrong to offer animals that are crippled and diseased? Try giving gifts like that to your governor, and see how pleased he is!” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
9 “Go ahead, beg God to be merciful to you! But when you bring that kind of offering, why should he show you any favor at all?” asks the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
10 “How I wish one of you would shut the Temple doors so that these worthless sacrifices could not be offered! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “and I will not accept your offerings. 11 But my name is honored[d] by people of other nations from morning till night. All around the world they offer[e] sweet incense and pure offerings in honor of my name. For my name is great among the nations,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
12 “But you dishonor my name with your actions. By bringing contemptible food, you are saying it’s all right to defile the Lord’s table. 13 You say, ‘It’s too hard to serve the Lord,’ and you turn up your noses at my commands,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Think of it! Animals that are stolen and crippled and sick are being presented as offerings! Should I accept from you such offerings as these?” asks the Lord.
14 “Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock but then sacrifices a defective one to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “and my name is feared among the nations!
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