Malachi 3
Legacy Standard Bible
The Messenger and the Lord
3 “(A)Behold, I am going to send (B)My [a]messenger, and he will [b](C)prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; [c]and the [d](D)messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says Yahweh of hosts. 2 “But who can (E)endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a (F)smelter’s fire and like [e]fullers’ soap. 3 And He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will (G)purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may (H)present to Yahweh [f]offerings in righteousness. 4 Then the [g]offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be (I)pleasing to Yahweh as in the (J)ancient days and as in former years.
5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the (K)sorcerers and against the (L)adulterers and against those who (M)swear falsely and against those who oppress the (N)wage earner in his wages, the (O)widow and the [h]orphan, and those who turn aside the (P)sojourner and do not [i]fear Me,” says Yahweh of hosts. 6 “For [j]I, Yahweh, (Q)do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, [k]are not consumed.
You Have Robbed God
7 “From the (R)days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. (S)Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of hosts. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
8 “Will a man [l]rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In (T)tithes and [m]contributions. 9 You are (U)cursed with a curse, for you are [n]robbing Me, the whole nation of you! 10 (V)Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be [o]food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says Yahweh of hosts, “if I will not (W)open for you the windows of heaven and (X)empty out for you a blessing until [p](Y)it is beyond enough. 11 Then I will rebuke the (Z)devourer for you so that it will not corrupt the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field [q]fail to bear,” says Yahweh of hosts. 12 “(AA)So all the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a (AB)delightful land,” says Yahweh of hosts.
Arrogant Words
13 “Your words have been strong against Me,” says Yahweh. “But you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ 14 You have said, ‘It is (AC)worthless to serve God; and what (AD)gain is it that we have kept His charge and that we have walked in mourning before Yahweh of hosts? 15 So now we (AE)call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up, but they also test God and (AF)escape.’”
The Book of Remembrance
16 Then those who [r]feared Yahweh spoke to one another, and Yahweh (AG)gave heed and heard it, and a (AH)book of remembrance was written before Him for those who [s]fear Yahweh and who think upon His name. 17 “And they will be (AI)Mine,” says Yahweh of hosts, “on the (AJ)day that I [t]prepare My [u](AK)own treasured possession, and I will [v]spare them as a man [w](AL)spares his own son who serves him.” 18 So you will return and (AM)see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.
Footnotes
- Malachi 3:1 Or angel
- Malachi 3:1 Or clear
- Malachi 3:1 Or even
- Malachi 3:1 Or angel
- Malachi 3:2 Lit laundrymen’s
- Malachi 3:3 Or grain offerings
- Malachi 3:4 Or grain offering
- Malachi 3:5 Or fatherless
- Malachi 3:5 Or reverence
- Malachi 3:6 Or I am Yahweh; I do not
- Malachi 3:6 Or have not come to an end
- Malachi 3:8 Or defraud
- Malachi 3:8 Or heave offerings
- Malachi 3:9 Or defrauding
- Malachi 3:10 Lit prey
- Malachi 3:10 Or there is not room enough
- Malachi 3:11 Lit be bereaved
- Malachi 3:16 Or reverence(d)
- Malachi 3:16 Or reverence(d)
- Malachi 3:17 Lit make
- Malachi 3:17 Or special treasure
- Malachi 3:17 Or have compassion on
- Malachi 3:17 Or has compassion on
Malaquías 3
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
3 Miren, yo envío mi mensajero para que abra camino delante de mí. Luego el Señor a quien ustedes buscan vendrá súbitamente a su Templo. Vean cómo viene el mensajero de la alianza a quien ustedes desean —dice el Señor del universo—. 2 ¿Quién podrá soportar el día de su llegada? ¿Quién podrá mantenerse en pie el día en que aparezca? Porque él es como el fuego del fundidor y como la lejía de los que lavan. 3 Será como un fundidor que refina la plata: purificará a los descendientes de Leví; los acrisolará como a oro y plata para que puedan presentar al Señor ofrendas legítimas. 4 Entonces la ofrenda de Judá y de Jerusalén agradará al Señor como sucedía antiguamente, en años ya remotos. 5 Así dice ahora el Señor del universo: Voy a entablar juicio contra ustedes y a testificar diligentemente contra los hechiceros, adúlteros o perjuros, contra los que defraudan al jornalero en su salario, contra los que oprimen a la viuda y al huérfano, o sojuzgan al extranjero y no sienten ningún respeto por mí.
Denuncia del fraude en los diezmos
6 Yo, el Señor, no cambio, pero ustedes no han dejado de ser hijos de Jacob. 7 Desde los días de sus antecesores se apartaron de mis preceptos y continúan incumpliéndolos. ¡Vuélvanse a mí y yo me volveré hacia ustedes!, —dice el Señor del universo—. Sin embargo, ustedes replican: “¿En qué hemos de cambiar?”. 8 ¿Acaso es justo que una persona defraude al Señor como ustedes me están defraudando? De nuevo replican: “¿En qué te hemos defraudado?”. ¡En los diezmos y en las ofrendas! 9 Por eso están amenazados de maldición, porque todos ustedes, la nación entera, no cesan de defraudarme. 10 Traigan los diezmos íntegros a los almacenes del Templo para que no falten víveres en él; pónganme a prueba procediendo así —dice el Señor del universo— y verán cómo abro las ventanas del cielo para derramar sobre ustedes bendiciones a raudales. 11 Alejaré de ustedes la plaga voraz para que no destruya el fruto de su tierra ni malogre el viñedo de sus campos —dice el Señor del universo—. 12 Todas las naciones los considerarán dichosos y serán un país envidiable —dice el Señor del universo—.
Llegada de la justicia con el día del Señor
13 Han hablado con insolencia contra mí, dice el Señor. Sin embargo replican: “¿Qué hemos hablado contra ti?”. 14 Pues han dicho que no merece la pena servir a Dios, que de nada les ha aprovechado cumplir sus mandatos y andar afligidos en presencia del Señor del universo 15 y que les parecen dichosos los soberbios, pues los que actúan con maldad no sólo prosperan, sino que ponen a prueba a Dios y quedan impunes. 16 Esto es lo que comentaban entre sí los que honraban al Señor. Entonces el Señor prestó atención, escuchó e hizo que se escribiera en su presencia un memorial en el que se consignara a todos los que respetan y honran su nombre. 17 Pues bien, cuando llegue el día en que yo intervenga —dice el Señor del universo—, volverán a ser mi propiedad personal y los perdonaré como hace un padre con el hijo que está a su servicio. 18 Ese día volverán a ver la diferencia entre el justo y el impío, entre quien sirve a Dios y quien no lo hace.
19 Porque está llegando el día, ardiente como un horno, en que todos los soberbios y todos los que actúan con maldad serán como paja. Ese día, que ya se acerca, los abrasará hasta que no quede de ellos ni rama ni raíz —dice el Señor del universo—. 20 Sin embargo, para ustedes, los que honran mi nombre, se levantará el sol de justicia trayendo curación en sus alas. Entonces saldrán saltando como los terneros del establo. 21 El día en que yo intervenga, ustedes pisotearán a los malvados como si fueran ceniza bajo la planta de sus pies —dice el Señor del universo—.
Elías, predecesor para la reconciliación
22 Recuerden la ley de Moisés, mi siervo, porque a él le encomendé en Horeb leyes y preceptos para todo Israel. 23 Estén atentos porque yo les enviaré al profeta Elías antes de que llegue el día del Señor, día grande y terrible, 24 para que haga cambiar el corazón de los padres en favor de los hijos, y el corazón de los hijos en favor de sus padres, de forma que, cuando yo llegue, no tenga que someter el país al exterminio.
Malachi 3
King James Version
3 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
6 For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.
13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?
15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
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