Malaquías 2
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Dios castigará a los sacerdotes
2 »Esta advertencia va para ustedes, los sacerdotes: 2-3 Si no me obedecen ni aprenden a respetarme, yo los maldeciré. Si no me sirven con sinceridad, cambiaré en maldición mis bendiciones para ustedes. Además, les quitaré el poder y les untaré en la cara el estiércol de los animales que me ofrecen. ¡Entonces los barrerán a ustedes junto con ese estiércol! Yo soy el Dios todopoderoso, y les juro que así lo haré.
4-5 »Si les advierto esto, es para que sepan que quiero cumplir el pacto que hice con Leví, el antepasado de ustedes. Con ese pacto me comprometí a darle vida y paz; Leví, por su parte, se comprometió a respetarme y honrarme, y así lo hizo. Yo soy el Dios todopoderoso, y les juro que así fue. 6 Leví nunca engañó a la gente, sino que les enseñó la verdad; siempre vivió en armonía conmigo, y fue una persona tan honesta que a muchos los apartó de la maldad.
7 »Ustedes los sacerdotes son mis mensajeros. Su deber es enseñar mis mandamientos a los que me buscan. 8 Pero ustedes han dejado de hacer el bien; con su mal ejemplo han hecho pecar a mucha gente, y han desobedecido el pacto que hice con Leví. Yo soy el Dios todopoderoso, y les juro que así es.
9 »Si yo he hecho que el pueblo los desprecie y les pierda el respeto, es porque ustedes no me han obedecido, ni tratan con justicia a todos por igual».
Los matrimonios mixtos
10 Yo, Malaquías, les digo:
«Todos nosotros tenemos un mismo antepasado. Y a todos nosotros nos creó un solo Dios. Si esto es así, ¿por qué nos engañamos los unos a los otros? ¿Por qué no cumplimos con el pacto que Dios hizo con nuestros antepasados? 11 ¡Todos en Judá y en Israel hemos sido infieles a Dios! ¡Todos hemos hecho actos vergonzosos en Jerusalén, en el templo mismo que Dios tanto ama! Los hombres de Judá se casan con mujeres que adoran a otros dioses, 12-14 y todavía se preguntan por qué Dios ya no recibe con gusto sus ofrendas. Pues ahora, ¡que acabe Dios con quienes hacen eso, no importa que le traigan ofrendas y que llenen de lágrimas su altar! ¡Y que acabe también con quienes ven esto y no hacen nada para impedirlo!
»Dios ha visto lo que han hecho todos ustedes: Cuando eran jóvenes, se casaron y se comprometieron a ser fieles a su esposa. Pero no han cumplido con su compromiso. 15-16 Nuestro Dios nos creó para que fuéramos un solo cuerpo y un solo espíritu. Nos creó así para que fuéramos un pueblo consagrado a él. Nuestro Dios odia a quienes son violentos y abandonan a su esposa. Por lo tanto, ¡tengan cuidado y no le sean infieles a su esposa!
17 »Nuestro Dios ya está cansado de sus quejas. Y lo cansan cuando dicen que Dios no es justo porque ve con buenos ojos a los malvados».
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
English Standard Version
The Lord Rebukes the Priests
2 “And now, (A)O priests, (B)this command is for you. 2 (C)If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send (D)the curse upon you and I will curse (E)your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, (F)I will rebuke your offspring,[a] and (G)spread dung on your faces, the (H)dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it.[b] 4 So shall you know that I have sent (I)this command to you, that (J)my covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts. 5 My covenant with him was one of life and (K)peace, and I gave them to him. (L)It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name. 6 (M)True instruction[c] was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he (N)turned many from iniquity. 7 For (O)the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people[d] should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. 8 But you have turned aside from the way. (P)You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted (Q)the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts, 9 and so (R)I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but (S)show partiality in your instruction.”
Judah Profaned the Covenant
10 Have we not all (T)one Father? Has not (U)one God created us? Why then are we (V)faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah has been (W)faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For (X)Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. 12 May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant[e] of the man who does this, who (Y)brings an offering to the Lord of hosts!
13 And this second thing you do. (Z)You cover the Lord's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. 14 (AA)But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord (AB)was witness between you and the wife of your youth, (AC)to whom (AD)you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 (AE)Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?[f] And what was the one God[g] seeking?[h] (AF)Godly offspring. So guard yourselves[i] in your spirit, and let none of you be (AG)faithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For (AH)the man who does not love his wife but divorces her,[j] says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers[k] his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and (AI)do not be faithless.”
The Messenger of the Lord
17 (AJ)You have wearied the Lord with your words. (AK)But you say, “How have we wearied him?” (AL)By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, (AM)“Where is the God of justice?”
Footnotes
- Malachi 2:3 Hebrew seed
- Malachi 2:3 Or to it
- Malachi 2:6 Or law; also verses 7, 8, 9
- Malachi 2:7 Hebrew they
- Malachi 2:12 Hebrew any who wakes and answers
- Malachi 2:15 Hebrew in it
- Malachi 2:15 Hebrew the one
- Malachi 2:15 Or And not one has done this who has a portion of the Spirit. And what was that one seeking?
- Malachi 2:15 Or So take care; also verse 16
- Malachi 2:16 Hebrew who hates and divorces
- Malachi 2:16 Probable meaning (compare Septuagint and Deuteronomy 24:1–4); or “The Lord, the God of Israel, says that he hates divorce, and him who covers
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