玛拉基书 3
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
立約的使者快臨
3 萬軍之耶和華說：“看哪！我派我的使者，在我前面預備道路；你們所尋求的主，必忽然進入他的殿；你們所愛慕立約的使者，就要來到。” 2 可是，他來的日子，誰能當得起呢？他顯現的時候，誰能站立得住呢？因為他像煉金之人的火，又像漂布之人的鹼。 3 他必坐著，像熬煉和潔淨銀子的人；他必潔淨利未人，煉淨他們像煉淨金銀一樣。這樣，他們就會憑公義獻禮物給耶和華。 4 那時，猶大和耶路撒冷所獻的禮物，必蒙耶和華悅納，正如古時的日子，也像往昔之年一樣。 5 萬軍之耶和華說：“我必臨近你們施行審判；我要快快指證那些行邪術的、犯姦淫的、起假誓的、在工錢上欺壓雇工的、欺壓孤兒寡婦的、屈枉寄居的和不敬畏我的。”
6 萬軍之耶和華說：“因為我耶和華是不改變的，所以你們雅各的子孫也不會滅沒。
當納十分之一
7 “從你們列祖的日子以來，你們就偏離了我的律例而不遵守。現在你們要轉向我，我就必轉向你們。你們還問：‘我們要怎樣回轉呢？’ 8 人怎可搶奪 神之物呢？你們卻搶奪屬我之物，竟還問：‘我們搶奪了你的甚麼呢？’就是搶奪了當納的十分之一和當獻的祭物。 9 你們要受嚴厲的咒詛，因你們全國的人都搶奪了屬我之物。” 10 萬軍之耶和華說：“你們要把當納的十分之一，全部送入倉庫，使我家中有糧；藉此試驗我，看我是不是為你們敞開天窗，把福氣倒給你們，直到充足有餘呢。” 11 萬軍之耶和華說：“我必為你們斥責那吞吃者，不容他毀壞你們地上的果實，也不讓你們田間的葡萄在未熟以先就掉下來。” 12 萬軍之耶和華說：“萬國都要稱你們為有福，因為你們的地必成為喜樂之地。”
指摘以色列狂傲自大
13 耶和華說：“你們用無禮的話頂撞我。你們還問：‘我們用甚麼話頂撞了你呢？’ 14 你們說：‘事奉 神是白費的；遵守他的吩咐，在萬軍之耶和華面前哀痛而行，有甚麼益處呢？ 15 現在我們稱驕傲的人為有福，作惡的人得建立；他們雖然試探 神，卻得以逃脫。’”
敬畏耶和華的必蒙憐恤
16 那時，敬畏耶和華的人彼此談論，耶和華也留意細聽；在他面前有記錄冊，記錄那些敬畏耶和華和思念他名的人。 17 萬軍之耶和華說：“在我施行作為的日子，他們要屬我，作特別的產業；我必憐恤他們，好像人憐恤那服事自己的兒子一樣。 18 那時，你們就要再看出義人與惡人、事奉 神的人和不事奉他的人之間有甚麼分別。”
Malachi 3
Beibl William Morgan
3 Wele fi yn anfon fy nghennad, ac efe a arloesa y ffordd o’m blaen i: ac yn ddisymwth y daw yr Arglwydd, yr hwn yr ydych yn ei geisio, i’w deml; sef angel y cyfamod yr hwn yr ydych yn ei chwennych: wele efe yn dyfod, medd Arglwydd y lluoedd. 2 Ond pwy a oddef ddydd ei ddyfodiad ef? a phwy a saif pan ymddangoso efe? canys y mae efe fel tân y toddydd, ac fel sebon y golchyddion. 3 Ac efe a eistedd fel purwr a glanhawr arian: ac efe a bura feibion Lefi, ac a’u coetha hwynt fel aur ac fel arian, fel y byddont yn offrymu i’r Arglwydd offrwm mewn cyfiawnder. 4 Yna y bydd melys gan yr Arglwydd offrwm Jwda a Jerwsalem, megis yn y dyddiau gynt, ac fel y blynyddoedd gynt. 5 A mi a nesâf atoch chwi i farn; a byddaf dyst cyflym yn erbyn yr hudolion, ac yn erbyn y godinebwyr, ac yn erbyn yr anudonwyr, ac yn erbyn camatalwyr cyflog y cyflogedig, a’r rhai sydd yn gorthrymu y weddw, a’r amddifad, a’r dieithr, ac heb fy ofni i, medd Arglwydd y lluoedd. 6 Canys myfi yr Arglwydd ni’m newidir; am hynny ni ddifethwyd chwi, meibion Jacob.
7 Er dyddiau eich tadau y ciliasoch oddi wrth fy neddfau, ac ni chadwasoch hwynt: dychwelwch ataf fi, a mi a ddychwelaf atoch chwithau, medd Arglwydd y lluoedd: ond chwi a ddywedwch, Ym mha beth y dychwelwn?
8 A ysbeilia dyn Dduw? eto chwi a’m hysbeiliasoch i: ond chwi a ddywedwch, Ym mha beth y’th ysbeiliasom? Yn y degwm a’r offrwm. 9 Melltigedig ydych trwy felltith: canys chwi a’m hysbeiliasoch i, sef yr holl genedl hon. 10 Dygwch yr holl ddegwm i’r trysordy, fel y byddo bwyd yn fy nhŷ; a phrofwch fi yr awr hon yn hyn, medd Arglwydd y lluoedd, onid agoraf i chwi ffenestri y nefoedd, a thywallt i chwi fendith, fel na byddo digon o le i’w derbyn. 11 Myfi hefyd a argyhoeddaf er eich mwyn chwi yr ormes, ac ni ddifwyna i chwi ffrwyth y ddaear: a’r winwydden yn y maes ni fwrw ei ffrwyth cyn yr amser i chwi, medd Arglwydd y lluoedd. 12 A’r holl genhedloedd a’ch galwant chwi yn wynfydedig: canys byddwch yn wlad hyfryd, medd Arglwydd y lluoedd.
13 Eich geiriau chwi a ymgryfhaodd i’m herbyn, medd yr Arglwydd: eto chwi a ddywedwch, Pa beth a ddywedasom ni yn dy erbyn di? 14 Dywedasoch, Oferedd yw gwasanaethu Duw: a pha lesiant sydd er i ni gadw ei orchmynion ef, ac er i ni rodio yn alarus gerbron Arglwydd y lluoedd? 15 Ac yr awr hon yr ydym yn galw y beilchion yn wynfydedig: ie, gweithredwyr drygioni a adeiladwyd; ie, y rhai a demtiant Dduw, a waredwyd.
16 Yna y rhai oedd yn ofni yr Arglwydd a lefarasant bob un wrth ei gymydog: a’r Arglwydd a wrandawodd, ac a glybu; ac ysgrifennwyd llyfr coffadwriaeth ger ei fron ef i’r rhai oedd yn ofni yr Arglwydd, ac i’r rhai oedd yn meddwl am ei enw ef. 17 A byddant eiddof fi, medd Arglwydd y lluoedd, y dydd y gwnelwyf briodoledd; arbedaf hwynt hefyd fel yr arbed gŵr ei fab sydd yn ei wasanaethu. 18 Yna y dychwelwch, ac y gwelwch ragor rhwng y cyfiawn a’r drygionus, rhwng yr hwn a wasanaetho Dduw a’r hwn nis gwasanaetho ef.
Malachi 3
1599 Geneva Bible
3 1 Of the messenger of the Lord, John Baptist, and of Christ’s office.
1 Behold, I will send my [a]messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the [b]Lord whom ye seek, shall speedily come to his Temple: even the [c]messenger of the Covenant, whom ye desire: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
2 But who [d]may abide the day of his coming? and who shall endure, when he appeareth? for he is like a purging fire, and like fuller’s soap.
3 And he shall sit down to try and fine the silver: he shall even fine the sons of [e]Levi and purify them as gold and silver, that they may bring offerings unto the Lord in righteousness.
4 Then shall the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem be acceptable unto the Lord, as in old time and in the years afore.
5 And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the soothsayers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that wrongfully keep back the hireling’s wages, and vex the widow, and the fatherless, and oppress the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
6 For I am the Lord: I change not, and ye sons of Jacob [f]are not consumed.
7 From the days of your fathers, ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them: [g]return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts: but ye said, Wherein shall we return?
8 Will a [h]man spoil his gods? yet have ye spoiled me: but ye say, Wherein have we spoiled thee? In [i]tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have spoiled me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven unto you, and pour you out a blessing [j]without measure.
11 And I will rebuke the [k]devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruit of your ground, neither shall your vine be barren in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a pleasant land, saith the Lord of hosts.
13 Your words have been stout [l]against me, saith the Lord: yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?
14 Ye have said, It is in vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his commandment, and that we walked humbly before the Lord of hosts?
15 Therefore we count the proud blessed: even they that work wickedness, are set up, and they that tempt God, yea, they are [m]delivered.
16 [n]Then spake they that feared the Lord, everyone to his neighbor, and the Lord hearkened and heard it, and a [o]book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his Name.
17 And they shall be to me, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day [p]that I shall do this, for a flock, and I will [q]spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and wicked, between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.
Footnotes
- Malachi 3:1 This is meant of John Baptist, as Christ expoundeth it, Luke 7:27.
- Malachi 3:1 Meaning, Messiah, Ps. 40:1, 7; Dan. 9:17, 25.
- Malachi 3:1 That is, Christ, by whom the covenant was made and ratified, who is called the Angel or messenger of the covenant, because he reconcileth us to his father and is Lord or king, because he hath the government of his Church.
- Malachi 3:2 He showeth that the hypocrites which wish so much for the Lord’s coming will not abide when he draweth near: for he will consume them, and purge his and make them clean.
- Malachi 3:3 He beginneth at the Priests that they might be lights, and shine unto others.
- Malachi 3:6 They murmured against God, because they saw not his help ever present to defend them: and therefore he accuseth them of ingratitude, and showeth that in that they are not daily consumed, it is a token, that he doth still defend them, and so his mercy toward them never changeth.
- Malachi 3:7 Read Zech. 1:3.
- Malachi 3:8 There are none of the heathen so barbarous, that will defraud their gods of their honor, or deal deceitfully with them.
- Malachi 3:8 Whereby the service of God should have been maintained, and the Priests and the poor relieved.
- Malachi 3:10 Not having respect how much ye need, but I will give you in all abundance: so that ye shall lack place to put my blessings in.
- Malachi 3:11 Meaning, the caterpillar, and whatsoever destroyeth corn and fruits.
- Malachi 3:13 The Prophet condemneth them of double blasphemy against God: first, in that they said that God had no respect to them that served him, and next, that the wicked were more in his favor than the godly.
- Malachi 3:15 They are not only preferred to honor, but also delivered from dangers.
- Malachi 3:16 After these admonitions of the Prophet, some were lively touched, and encouraged others to fear God.
- Malachi 3:16 Both because the thing was strange that some turned to God in that great and universal corruption, and also that this might be an example of God’s mercies to all penitent sinners.
- Malachi 3:17 When I shall restore my Church according to my promise, they shall be as mine own proper goods.
- Malachi 3:17 That is, forgive their sins, and govern them with my Spirit.
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