玛拉基书 3
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
立约的使者快临
3 万军之耶和华说:“看哪!我派我的使者,在我前面预备道路;你们所寻求的主,必忽然进入他的殿;你们所爱慕立约的使者,就要来到。” 2 可是,他来的日子,谁能当得起呢?他显现的时候,谁能站立得住呢?因为他像炼金之人的火,又像漂布之人的碱。 3 他必坐着,像熬炼和洁净银子的人;他必洁净利未人,炼净他们像炼净金银一样。这样,他们就会凭公义献礼物给耶和华。 4 那时,犹大和耶路撒冷所献的礼物,必蒙耶和华悦纳,正如古时的日子,也像往昔之年一样。 5 万军之耶和华说:“我必临近你们施行审判;我要快快指证那些行邪术的、犯奸淫的、起假誓的、在工钱上欺压雇工的、欺压孤儿寡妇的、屈枉寄居的和不敬畏我的。”
6 万军之耶和华说:“因为我耶和华是不改变的,所以你们雅各的子孙也不会灭没。
当纳十分之一
7 “从你们列祖的日子以来,你们就偏离了我的律例而不遵守。现在你们要转向我,我就必转向你们。你们还问:‘我们要怎样回转呢?’ 8 人怎可抢夺 神之物呢?你们却抢夺属我之物,竟还问:‘我们抢夺了你的甚么呢?’就是抢夺了当纳的十分之一和当献的祭物。 9 你们要受严厉的咒诅,因你们全国的人都抢夺了属我之物。” 10 万军之耶和华说:“你们要把当纳的十分之一,全部送入仓库,使我家中有粮;藉此试验我,看我是不是为你们敞开天窗,把福气倒给你们,直到充足有余呢。” 11 万军之耶和华说:“我必为你们斥责那吞吃者,不容他毁坏你们地上的果实,也不让你们田间的葡萄在未熟以先就掉下来。” 12 万军之耶和华说:“万国都要称你们为有福,因为你们的地必成为喜乐之地。”
指摘以色列狂傲自大
13 耶和华说:“你们用无礼的话顶撞我。你们还问:‘我们用甚么话顶撞了你呢?’ 14 你们说:‘事奉 神是白费的;遵守他的吩咐,在万军之耶和华面前哀痛而行,有甚么益处呢? 15 现在我们称骄傲的人为有福,作恶的人得建立;他们虽然试探 神,却得以逃脱。’”
敬畏耶和华的必蒙怜恤
16 那时,敬畏耶和华的人彼此谈论,耶和华也留意细听;在他面前有记录册,记录那些敬畏耶和华和思念他名的人。 17 万军之耶和华说:“在我施行作为的日子,他们要属我,作特别的产业;我必怜恤他们,好象人怜恤那服事自己的儿子一样。 18 那时,你们就要再看出义人与恶人、事奉 神的人和不事奉他的人之间有甚么分别。”
Malaquías 3
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Dios enviará a su mensajero
3 1-2 El Dios todopoderoso ha dicho:
«¡Miren al mensajero de mi pacto! Ustedes esperan su llegada, y él ya se ha puesto en marcha. Lo estoy enviando delante de mí, para que me prepare el camino. Cuando menos lo esperen, yo entraré en mi templo. Yo soy el Dios todopoderoso, a quien ustedes buscan.
»Mi mensajero ya viene. Pero, cuando llegue, nadie va a poder resistir su presencia. ¡Ese día nadie va a poder mantenerse en pie! Mi mensajero es como el fuego que purifica los metales; es como el jabón que limpia la mugre. 3-4 Cuando llegue, se sentará a borrar los pecados de los descendientes de Leví, como si purificara oro y plata en el fuego. Así ellos podrán presentar las ofrendas de la gente de Judá y de Jerusalén. Las presentarán como a mí me agrada, y yo las recibiré con alegría, como antes las recibía».
Dios juzgará a su pueblo
5 El Dios todopoderoso ha dicho:
«Voy a iniciar un juicio contra ustedes. Actuaré como testigo contra los que practican la brujería, contra los que son adúlteros, contra los que hacen juramentos falsos, contra los que explotan a sus trabajadores, contra los que abusan de las viudas y de los huérfanos, contra los que maltratan a los que no son israelitas, y contra los que me faltan al respeto.
6 »Óiganme, israelitas: Si ustedes no han sido destruidos es porque yo soy el Dios todopoderoso y mi amor no cambia. 7 En cambio ustedes, desde los días de sus antepasados, siempre han desobedecido mis mandamientos. Pero si ustedes se arrepienten y vuelven a mí, yo también me volveré a ustedes. Yo soy el Dios todopoderoso, y les aseguro que así lo haré.
»Ustedes me preguntan: “¿Y de qué tenemos que arrepentirnos?” 8 Yo les respondo: “No es fácil que alguien me robe; sin embargo, ¡ustedes me han robado!”
»Todavía se atreven a preguntarme: “¿Y qué te hemos robado?” Pues escúchenme bien: ¡Me han robado porque han dejado de darme el diezmo y las ofrendas! 9 Todos ustedes, como nación, me han robado; por eso yo los maldigo a todos ustedes, también como nación.
10 »Traigan a mi templo sus diezmos, y échenlos en el cofre de las ofrendas; así no les faltará alimento. ¡Pónganme a prueba con esto! Verán que abriré las ventanas del cielo, y les enviaré abundantes lluvias. 11-12 Además, alejaré de sus campos las plagas de insectos que destruyen sus cosechas y sus viñedos. Tendrán entonces un país muy hermoso, y todas las naciones los considerarán muy dichosos. Yo soy el Dios todopoderoso, y les juro que así lo haré.
13 »Pero ustedes hablan mal de mí, y todavía preguntan: “¿Y qué de malo hemos dicho?” 14 Pues esto es lo que han dicho: “No vale la pena servir al Dios todopoderoso. Aun si pecamos contra él, no tiene caso que nos pongamos tristes, ni vale la pena obedecer sus mandamientos. 15 Bien sabemos que los orgullosos viven felices, y que a los malvados siempre les va bien; nunca les pasa nada malo, ni siquiera cuando ofenden a Dios y lo ponen a prueba”».
El libro de Dios
16 Cuando los que adoran a Dios y lo respetan oyeron lo que Dios dijo, hablaron entre sí. Dios se dio cuenta de esto, y les prestó atención, y entonces mandó que se anotaran en un libro sus nombres para recordarlos. 17 Además, Dios dijo acerca de ellos:
«Ya viene el día en que ellos volverán a ser míos. Serán mi tesoro especial, y no les haré ningún daño; los trataré como trata un padre a los hijos que le sirven. 18 Entonces ustedes verán, una vez más, que hay diferencia entre el bueno y el malo, entre el que adora a Dios y el que no lo adora».
Malachi 3
New International Version
3 “I will send my messenger,(A) who will prepare the way before me.(B) Then suddenly the Lord(C) you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant,(D) whom you desire,(E) will come,” says the Lord Almighty.
2 But who can endure(F) the day of his coming?(G) Who can stand(H) when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire(I) or a launderer’s soap.(J) 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;(K) he will purify(L) the Levites and refine them like gold and silver.(M) Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,(N) 4 and the offerings(O) of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years.(P)
5 “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers,(Q) adulterers(R) and perjurers,(S) against those who defraud laborers of their wages,(T) who oppress the widows(U) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners(V) among you of justice, but do not fear(W) me,” says the Lord Almighty.
Breaking Covenant by Withholding Tithes
6 “I the Lord do not change.(X) So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.(Y) 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away(Z) from my decrees and have not kept them. Return(AA) to me, and I will return to you,”(AB) says the Lord Almighty.
“But you ask,(AC) ‘How are we to return?’
8 “Will a mere mortal rob(AD) God? Yet you rob me.
“But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’
“In tithes(AE) and offerings. 9 You are under a curse(AF)—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe(AG) into the storehouse,(AH) that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates(AI) of heaven and pour out(AJ) so much blessing(AK) that there will not be room enough to store it.(AL) 11 I will prevent pests from devouring(AM) your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,(AN)” says the Lord Almighty. 12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed,(AO) for yours will be a delightful land,”(AP) says the Lord Almighty.(AQ)
Israel Speaks Arrogantly Against God
13 “You have spoken arrogantly(AR) against me,” says the Lord.
“Yet you ask,(AS) ‘What have we said against you?’
14 “You have said, ‘It is futile(AT) to serve(AU) God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements(AV) and going about like mourners(AW) before the Lord Almighty? 15 But now we call the arrogant(AX) blessed. Certainly evildoers(AY) prosper,(AZ) and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’”
The Faithful Remnant
16 Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard.(BA) A scroll(BB) of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared(BC) the Lord and honored his name.
17 “On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my(BD) treasured possession.(BE) I will spare(BF) them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son(BG) who serves him. 18 And you will again see the distinction between the righteous(BH) and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.(BI)
Malachi 3
New King James Version
The Coming Messenger
3 “Behold, (A)I send My messenger,
And he will (B)prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple,
(C)Even the Messenger of the covenant,
In whom you delight.
Behold, (D)He is coming,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
2 “But who can endure (E)the day of His coming?
And (F)who can stand when He appears?
For (G)He is like a refiner’s fire
And like launderers’ soap.
3 (H)He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver;
He will purify the sons of Levi,
And [a]purge them as gold and silver,
That they may (I)offer to the Lord
An offering in righteousness.
4 “Then (J)the offering of Judah and Jerusalem
Will be [b]pleasant to the Lord,
As in the days of old,
As in former years.
5 And I will come near you for judgment;
I will be a swift witness
Against sorcerers,
Against adulterers,
(K)Against perjurers,
Against those who (L)exploit wage earners and (M)widows and orphans,
And against those who turn away an alien—
Because they do not fear Me,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
6 “For I am the Lord, (N)I do not change;
(O)Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.
7 Yet from the days of (P)your fathers
You have gone away from My ordinances
And have not kept them.
(Q)Return to Me, and I will return to you,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
(R)“But you said,
‘In what way shall we return?’
Do Not Rob God
8 “Will a man rob God?
Yet you have robbed Me!
But you say,
‘In what way have we robbed You?’
(S)In tithes and offerings.
9 You are cursed with a curse,
For you have robbed Me,
Even this whole nation.
10 (T)Bring all the tithes into the (U)storehouse,
That there may be food in My house,
And try Me now in this,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“If I will not open for you the (V)windows of heaven
And (W)pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.
11 “And I will rebuke (X)the devourer for your sakes,
So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,”
Says the Lord of hosts;
12 “And all nations will call you blessed,
For you will be (Y)a delightful land,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
The People Complain Harshly
13 “Your(Z) words have been [c]harsh against Me,”
Says the Lord,
“Yet you say,
‘What have we spoken against You?’
14 (AA)You have said,
‘It is useless to serve God;
What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,
And that we have walked as mourners
Before the Lord of hosts?
15 So now (AB)we call the proud blessed,
For those who do wickedness are [d]raised up;
They even (AC)tempt God and go free.’ ”
A Book of Remembrance
16 Then those (AD)who feared the Lord (AE)spoke to one another,
And the Lord listened and heard them;
So (AF)a book of remembrance was written before Him
For those who fear the Lord
And who [e]meditate on His name.
17 “They(AG) shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts,
“On the day that I make them My (AH)jewels.[f]
And (AI)I will spare them
As a man spares his own son who serves him.”
18 (AJ)Then you shall again discern
Between the righteous and the wicked,
Between one who serves God
And one who does not serve Him.
Footnotes
- Malachi 3:3 Or refine
- Malachi 3:4 pleasing
- Malachi 3:13 Lit. strong
- Malachi 3:15 Lit. built
- Malachi 3:16 Or esteem
- Malachi 3:17 Lit. special treasure
Malachi 3
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
3 Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts.
2 And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb:
3 And he shall sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall refine them as gold, and as silver, and they shall offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.
4 And the sacrifice of Juda and of Jerusalem shall please the Lord, as in the days of old, and in the ancient years.
5 And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages; the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.
6 For I am the Lord, and I change not: and you the sons of Jacob are not consumed.
7 For from the days of your fathers you have departed from my ordinances, and have not kept them: Return to me, and I will return to you, saith the Lord of hosts. And you have said: Wherein shall we return?
8 Shall a man afflict God? for you afflict me. And you have said: Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits.
9 And you are cursed with want, and you afflict me, even the whole nation of you.
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and try me in this, saith the Lord: if I open not unto you the flood-gates of heaven, and pour you out a blessing even to abundance.
11 And I will rebuke for your sakes the devourer, and he shall not spoil the fruit of your land: neither shall the vine in the field be barren, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a delightful land, saith the Lord of hosts.
13 Your words have been unsufferable to me, saith the Lord.
14 And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God, and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before the Lord of hosts?
15 Wherefore now we call the proud people happy, for they that work wickedness are built up, and they have tempted God and are preserved.
16 Then they that feared the Lord spoke every one with his neighbour: and the Lord gave ear, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that fear the Lord, and think on his name.
17 And they shall be my special possession, saith the Lord of hosts, in the day that I do judgment: and I will spare them, as a man spareth his son that serveth him.
18 And you shall return, and shall see the difference between the just and the wicked: and between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.
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