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말라기 2
Korean Living Bible
말라기 2
Korean Living Bible
제사장들에 대한 경고
2 너희 제사장들아, 전능하신 여호와께서 너희에게 경고하시는 말씀을 들어라.
2 “만일 너희가 내 말을 듣지 않고 진심으로 내 이름을 높이지 않으면 내가 너희에게 저주를 내려 너희 축복이 저주가 되게 하겠다. 너희가 내 말을 진지하게 받아들이지 않았으므로 사실 나는 이미 너희를 저주하였다.
3 “내가 너희 자녀를 벌할 것이며 너희 희생제물의 똥을 너희 얼굴에 바를 것이니 너희가 똥처럼 던져질 것이다.
4 그때 너희는 레위와 맺은 내 계약이 존속하도록 하기 위해서 내가 이 명령을 너희에게 내린 것을 알게 될 것이다.
5 레위와 맺은 내 계약은 생명과 평안의 계약이었다. 내가 그와 이 계약을 맺은 것은 그가 나를 두려워하도록 하기 위해서였다. 과연 그는 나를 공경하고 내 이름을 두려워하였다.
6 그는 [a]진리의 법을 가르쳤고 속이거나 거짓말을 하지 않았으며 화평과 정직함으로 나와 동행하였고 많은 사람을 죄에서 떠나게 하였다.
7 “제사장의 입술은 참된 지식을 간직해야 하고 사람들은 그 입에서 [b]교훈을 얻어야 한다. 제사장은 전능한 나 여호와의 사자이기 때문이다.
8 그러나 너희 제사장들은 바른 길에서 떠나 잘못된 너희 가르침으로 많은 사람을 넘어지게 하였다. 전능한 나 여호와가 말한다. 너희는 내가 레위와 맺은 계약을 깨뜨렸다.
9 너희가 [c]내 뜻을 따르지 않고 율법 문제를 취급하는 데 있어서 편파적이었으므로 나도 너희가 모든 백성 앞에서 멸시와 천대를 받게 하였다.”
신실하지 못한 여호와의 백성들
10 우리가 다 한 아버지를 모시지 않았느냐? 한 하나님이 우리를 창조하시지 않았느냐? 어째서 우리가 서로 신의를 저버리고 우리 조상들의 계약을 욕되게 하느냐?
11 유다는 신의를 저버렸고 이스라엘과 예루살렘에서는 더러운 일이 있었으며 또 유다는 여호와께서 사랑하시는 성소를 더럽히고 우상을 섬기는 이방 여자들과 결혼하였다.
12 [d]누구든지 이런 짓을 하면 그가 비록 전능하신 여호와께 제사를 드린다고 해도 여호와께서는 그런 자를 이스라엘 백성 가운데서 제거하실 것이다.
13 너희는 또 이런 일도 행하고 있다. 여호와께서 너희가 드리는 제물에 무관심하시고 그것을 기쁘게 받지 않으신다고 너희가 눈물로 여호와의 단을 적시고 울며 탄식하면서
14 그 이유가 무엇이냐고 묻고 있는데 이것은 너희가 어려서 결혼한 너희 아내에게 신실하지 않은 것을 여호와께서 알고 계시기 때문이다. 너희 아내는 너희와 결혼 서약을 한 너희 짝이었으나 너희는 너희 아내에게 신의를 지키지 않았다.
15 [e]여호와께서는 너희를 아내와 한몸이 되게 하시지 않았느냐? 이렇게 하신 목적이 무엇이냐? 이것은 여호와께서 경건한 자녀를 얻고자 하시기 때문이다. 그러므로 너희는 너희 마음을 지켜 젊어서 얻은 너희 아내를 배신하지 말아라.
16 이스라엘의 하나님 여호와께서 말씀하신다. “나는 [f]이혼 자체를 미워하며 자기 아내에게 그런 끔찍한 짓을 하는 자를 미워한다. 그러므로 너희는 너희 마음을 지켜 너희 아내에게 신의를 저버리지 말아라.”
17 너희는 말로 여호와를 지치게 하고서도 “우리가 어떻게 여호와를 지치게 했습니까?” 하고 말한다. 너희는 “여호와께서 악을 행하는 모든 사람을 선하게 생각하시고 그들을 기쁘게 여기신다” 고 하며 또 “의의 하나님이 어디 있느냐?” 하고 말함으로써 여호와를 지치게 하고 있다.
玛拉基书 2
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
玛拉基书 2
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
祭司违命背约
2 祭司啊！现在这命令是给你们的。 2 万军之耶和华说：“你们若不听从，若不放在心上，不把荣耀归给我的名，我就使咒诅临到你们中间，我要咒诅你们应得的福分，并且已经咒诅了，因为你们没有把这命令放在心上。 3 我要斥责你们的子孙，也要把粪涂抹在你们的脸上，就是节期祭牲的粪；人要把你们抬到粪堆去。” 4 万军之耶和华说：“这样，你们就知道是我把这命令给你们，使我与利未所立的约得以存留。 5 我与他所立的是生命和平安的约，也把这些赐给了他。我要使他敬畏我，又畏惧我的名。 6 在他的口中有真理的教训，在他的嘴里也没有不义；他以平安和正直与我同行，使许多人回头离开罪孽。” 7 祭司的嘴当保存知识，人要从他的口中寻求教训，因为他是万军耶和华的使者。 8 万军之耶和华说：“你们却偏离了正路，使许多人在律法上跌倒；你们也破坏了我与利未所立的约。 9 因此，我也使你们在众人面前被藐视、受轻看，因为你们不遵守我的道，在律法上徇人的情面。”
犹大人不忠不贞
10 我们不是同有一位父吗？不是同一位 神创造我们吗？为甚么我们各人对自己的兄弟不忠，亵渎我们列祖的约呢？ 11 犹大人行了诡诈，在以色列和耶路撒冷中作了可憎的事；因为犹大人亵渎耶和华所爱的圣所，娶了事奉外族神的女子为妻。 12 行这事的，无论是主动的，或是附从的（“无论是主动的，或是附从的”直译作“叫醒的、答应的”），连那献礼物给万军耶和华的，耶和华必把那人从雅各的帐棚中除掉。 13 你们又行了这事：使眼泪、哀哭和呻吟盖满了耶和华的坛，因为耶和华不再垂看礼物，也不喜悦从你们手中收纳。 14 你们还问：“为甚么呢？”因为耶和华在你和你年轻时所娶的妻子中间作证；她是你的伴侣，是你立约的妻子，你竟对她不忠！ 15 神所作的不是一个吗？其余的气息都是属于他的。那一个寻求甚么呢？就是 神的子孙。（本节原文意思不确定）所以要谨守你们的灵性，不可对年轻时所娶的妻子不忠。 16 耶和华以色列的 神说：“我恨恶休妻和以强暴待妻子。”万军之耶和华说：“所以要谨守你们的灵性，不可行诡诈的事。”
17 你们用自己的言语使耶和华厌烦，你们还说：“我们怎样使他厌烦呢？”因为你们说：“作恶的，耶和华都看为善，并且喜悦他们。”或说：“公义的 神在哪里呢？”
Malachi 2
New International Version
Malachi 2
New International Version
Additional Warning to the Priests
2 “And now, you priests, this warning is for you.(A) 2 If you do not listen,(B) and if you do not resolve to honor(C) my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse(D) on you, and I will curse your blessings.(E) Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.
3 “Because of you I will rebuke your descendants[a]; I will smear on your faces the dung(F) from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.(G) 4 And you will know that I have sent you this warning so that my covenant with Levi(H) may continue,” says the Lord Almighty. 5 “My covenant was with him, a covenant(I) of life and peace,(J) and I gave them to him; this called for reverence(K) and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. 6 True instruction(L) was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked(M) with me in peace(N) and uprightness,(O) and turned many from sin.(P)
7 “For the lips of a priest(Q) ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger(R) of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.(S) 8 But you have turned from the way(T) and by your teaching have caused many to stumble;(U) you have violated the covenant(V) with Levi,”(W) says the Lord Almighty. 9 “So I have caused you to be despised(X) and humiliated(Y) before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality(Z) in matters of the law.”(AA)
Breaking Covenant Through Divorce
10 Do we not all have one Father[b]?(AB) Did not one God create us?(AC) Why do we profane the covenant(AD) of our ancestors by being unfaithful(AE) to one another?
11 Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable(AF) thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves(AG) by marrying(AH) women who worship a foreign god.(AI) 12 As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may the Lord remove(AJ) him from the tents of Jacob[c](AK)—even though he brings an offering(AL) to the Lord Almighty.
13 Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears.(AM) You weep and wail(AN) because he no longer looks with favor(AO) on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands.(AP) 14 You ask,(AQ) “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness(AR) between you and the wife of your youth.(AS) You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.(AT)
15 Has not the one God made you?(AU) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.[d](AV) So be on your guard,(AW) and do not be unfaithful(AX) to the wife of your youth.
16 “The man who hates and divorces his wife,(AY)” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,”[e](AZ) says the Lord Almighty.
So be on your guard,(BA) and do not be unfaithful.
Breaking Covenant Through Injustice
17 You have wearied(BB) the Lord with your words.
“How have we wearied him?” you ask.(BC)
By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased(BD) with them” or “Where is the God of justice?(BE)”
Footnotes
- Malachi 2:3 Or will blight your grain
- Malachi 2:10 Or father
- Malachi 2:12 Or 12 May the Lord remove from the tents of Jacob anyone who gives testimony in behalf of the man who does this
- Malachi 2:15 The meaning of the Hebrew for the first part of this verse is uncertain.
- Malachi 2:16 Or “I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “because the man who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,”
Malachi 2
King James Version
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
New King James Version
Malachi 2
New King James Version
Corrupt Priests
2 “And now, O (A)priests, this commandment is for you.
2 (B)If you will not hear,
And if you will not take it to heart,
To give glory to My name,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“I will send a curse upon you,
And I will curse your blessings.
Yes, I have cursed them (C)already,
Because you do not take it to heart.
3 “Behold, I will rebuke your descendants
And spread (D)refuse on your faces,
The refuse of your solemn feasts;
And one will (E)take you away [a]with it.
4 Then you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you,
That My covenant with Levi may continue,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
5 “My(F) covenant was with him, one of life and peace,
And I gave them to him (G)that he might fear Me;
So he feared Me
And was reverent before My name.
6 (H)The[b] law of truth was in his mouth,
And [c]injustice was not found on his lips.
He walked with Me in peace and equity,
And (I)turned many away from iniquity.
7 “For(J) the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek the law from his mouth;
(K)For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
8 But you have departed from the way;
You (L)have caused many to stumble at the law.
(M)You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
9 “Therefore (N)I also have made you contemptible and base
Before all the people,
Because you have not kept My ways
But have shown (O)partiality in the law.”
Treachery of Infidelity
10 (P)Have we not all one Father?
(Q)Has not one God created us?
Why do we deal treacherously with one another
By profaning the covenant of the fathers?
11 Judah has dealt treacherously,
And an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem,
For Judah has (R)profaned
The Lord’s holy institution which He loves:
He has married the daughter of a foreign god.
12 May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob
The man who does this, being [d]awake and aware,
Yet (S)who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts!
13 And this is the second thing you do:
You cover the altar of the Lord with tears,
With weeping and crying;
So He does not regard the offering anymore,
Nor receive it with goodwill from your hands.
14 Yet you say, “For what reason?”
Because the Lord has been witness
Between you and (T)the wife of your youth,
With whom you have dealt treacherously;
(U)Yet she is your companion
And your wife by covenant.
15 But (V)did He not make them one,
Having a remnant of the Spirit?
And why one?
He seeks (W)godly offspring.
Therefore take heed to your spirit,
And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.
16 “For (X)the Lord God of Israel says
That He hates divorce,
For it covers one’s garment with violence,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
“Therefore take heed to your spirit,
That you do not deal treacherously.”
17 (Y)You have wearied the Lord with your words;
Yet you say,
“In what way have we wearied Him?”
In that you say,
(Z)“Everyone who does evil
Is good in the sight of the Lord,
And He delights in them,”
Or, “Where is the God of justice?”
Footnotes
- Malachi 2:3 Lit. to it
- Malachi 2:6 Or True instruction
- Malachi 2:6 Or unrighteousness
- Malachi 2:12 Talmud, Vg. teacher and student
말라기 2
Korean Living Bible
말라기 2
Korean Living Bible
제사장들에 대한 경고
2 너희 제사장들아, 전능하신 여호와께서 너희에게 경고하시는 말씀을 들어라.
2 “만일 너희가 내 말을 듣지 않고 진심으로 내 이름을 높이지 않으면 내가 너희에게 저주를 내려 너희 축복이 저주가 되게 하겠다. 너희가 내 말을 진지하게 받아들이지 않았으므로 사실 나는 이미 너희를 저주하였다.
3 “내가 너희 자녀를 벌할 것이며 너희 희생제물의 똥을 너희 얼굴에 바를 것이니 너희가 똥처럼 던져질 것이다.
4 그때 너희는 레위와 맺은 내 계약이 존속하도록 하기 위해서 내가 이 명령을 너희에게 내린 것을 알게 될 것이다.
5 레위와 맺은 내 계약은 생명과 평안의 계약이었다. 내가 그와 이 계약을 맺은 것은 그가 나를 두려워하도록 하기 위해서였다. 과연 그는 나를 공경하고 내 이름을 두려워하였다.
6 그는 [a]진리의 법을 가르쳤고 속이거나 거짓말을 하지 않았으며 화평과 정직함으로 나와 동행하였고 많은 사람을 죄에서 떠나게 하였다.
7 “제사장의 입술은 참된 지식을 간직해야 하고 사람들은 그 입에서 [b]교훈을 얻어야 한다. 제사장은 전능한 나 여호와의 사자이기 때문이다.
8 그러나 너희 제사장들은 바른 길에서 떠나 잘못된 너희 가르침으로 많은 사람을 넘어지게 하였다. 전능한 나 여호와가 말한다. 너희는 내가 레위와 맺은 계약을 깨뜨렸다.
9 너희가 [c]내 뜻을 따르지 않고 율법 문제를 취급하는 데 있어서 편파적이었으므로 나도 너희가 모든 백성 앞에서 멸시와 천대를 받게 하였다.”
신실하지 못한 여호와의 백성들
10 우리가 다 한 아버지를 모시지 않았느냐? 한 하나님이 우리를 창조하시지 않았느냐? 어째서 우리가 서로 신의를 저버리고 우리 조상들의 계약을 욕되게 하느냐?
11 유다는 신의를 저버렸고 이스라엘과 예루살렘에서는 더러운 일이 있었으며 또 유다는 여호와께서 사랑하시는 성소를 더럽히고 우상을 섬기는 이방 여자들과 결혼하였다.
12 [d]누구든지 이런 짓을 하면 그가 비록 전능하신 여호와께 제사를 드린다고 해도 여호와께서는 그런 자를 이스라엘 백성 가운데서 제거하실 것이다.
13 너희는 또 이런 일도 행하고 있다. 여호와께서 너희가 드리는 제물에 무관심하시고 그것을 기쁘게 받지 않으신다고 너희가 눈물로 여호와의 단을 적시고 울며 탄식하면서
14 그 이유가 무엇이냐고 묻고 있는데 이것은 너희가 어려서 결혼한 너희 아내에게 신실하지 않은 것을 여호와께서 알고 계시기 때문이다. 너희 아내는 너희와 결혼 서약을 한 너희 짝이었으나 너희는 너희 아내에게 신의를 지키지 않았다.
15 [e]여호와께서는 너희를 아내와 한몸이 되게 하시지 않았느냐? 이렇게 하신 목적이 무엇이냐? 이것은 여호와께서 경건한 자녀를 얻고자 하시기 때문이다. 그러므로 너희는 너희 마음을 지켜 젊어서 얻은 너희 아내를 배신하지 말아라.
16 이스라엘의 하나님 여호와께서 말씀하신다. “나는 [f]이혼 자체를 미워하며 자기 아내에게 그런 끔찍한 짓을 하는 자를 미워한다. 그러므로 너희는 너희 마음을 지켜 너희 아내에게 신의를 저버리지 말아라.”
17 너희는 말로 여호와를 지치게 하고서도 “우리가 어떻게 여호와를 지치게 했습니까?” 하고 말한다. 너희는 “여호와께서 악을 행하는 모든 사람을 선하게 생각하시고 그들을 기쁘게 여기신다” 고 하며 또 “의의 하나님이 어디 있느냐?” 하고 말함으로써 여호와를 지치게 하고 있다.
玛拉基书 2
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
玛拉基书 2
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
祭司违命背约
2 祭司啊！现在这命令是给你们的。 2 万军之耶和华说：“你们若不听从，若不放在心上，不把荣耀归给我的名，我就使咒诅临到你们中间，我要咒诅你们应得的福分，并且已经咒诅了，因为你们没有把这命令放在心上。 3 我要斥责你们的子孙，也要把粪涂抹在你们的脸上，就是节期祭牲的粪；人要把你们抬到粪堆去。” 4 万军之耶和华说：“这样，你们就知道是我把这命令给你们，使我与利未所立的约得以存留。 5 我与他所立的是生命和平安的约，也把这些赐给了他。我要使他敬畏我，又畏惧我的名。 6 在他的口中有真理的教训，在他的嘴里也没有不义；他以平安和正直与我同行，使许多人回头离开罪孽。” 7 祭司的嘴当保存知识，人要从他的口中寻求教训，因为他是万军耶和华的使者。 8 万军之耶和华说：“你们却偏离了正路，使许多人在律法上跌倒；你们也破坏了我与利未所立的约。 9 因此，我也使你们在众人面前被藐视、受轻看，因为你们不遵守我的道，在律法上徇人的情面。”
犹大人不忠不贞
10 我们不是同有一位父吗？不是同一位 神创造我们吗？为甚么我们各人对自己的兄弟不忠，亵渎我们列祖的约呢？ 11 犹大人行了诡诈，在以色列和耶路撒冷中作了可憎的事；因为犹大人亵渎耶和华所爱的圣所，娶了事奉外族神的女子为妻。 12 行这事的，无论是主动的，或是附从的（“无论是主动的，或是附从的”直译作“叫醒的、答应的”），连那献礼物给万军耶和华的，耶和华必把那人从雅各的帐棚中除掉。 13 你们又行了这事：使眼泪、哀哭和呻吟盖满了耶和华的坛，因为耶和华不再垂看礼物，也不喜悦从你们手中收纳。 14 你们还问：“为甚么呢？”因为耶和华在你和你年轻时所娶的妻子中间作证；她是你的伴侣，是你立约的妻子，你竟对她不忠！ 15 神所作的不是一个吗？其余的气息都是属于他的。那一个寻求甚么呢？就是 神的子孙。（本节原文意思不确定）所以要谨守你们的灵性，不可对年轻时所娶的妻子不忠。 16 耶和华以色列的 神说：“我恨恶休妻和以强暴待妻子。”万军之耶和华说：“所以要谨守你们的灵性，不可行诡诈的事。”
17 你们用自己的言语使耶和华厌烦，你们还说：“我们怎样使他厌烦呢？”因为你们说：“作恶的，耶和华都看为善，并且喜悦他们。”或说：“公义的 神在哪里呢？”
Malachi 2
New International Version
Malachi 2
New International Version
Additional Warning to the Priests
2 “And now, you priests, this warning is for you.(A) 2 If you do not listen,(B) and if you do not resolve to honor(C) my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse(D) on you, and I will curse your blessings.(E) Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.
3 “Because of you I will rebuke your descendants[a]; I will smear on your faces the dung(F) from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.(G) 4 And you will know that I have sent you this warning so that my covenant with Levi(H) may continue,” says the Lord Almighty. 5 “My covenant was with him, a covenant(I) of life and peace,(J) and I gave them to him; this called for reverence(K) and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. 6 True instruction(L) was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked(M) with me in peace(N) and uprightness,(O) and turned many from sin.(P)
7 “For the lips of a priest(Q) ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger(R) of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.(S) 8 But you have turned from the way(T) and by your teaching have caused many to stumble;(U) you have violated the covenant(V) with Levi,”(W) says the Lord Almighty. 9 “So I have caused you to be despised(X) and humiliated(Y) before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality(Z) in matters of the law.”(AA)
Breaking Covenant Through Divorce
10 Do we not all have one Father[b]?(AB) Did not one God create us?(AC) Why do we profane the covenant(AD) of our ancestors by being unfaithful(AE) to one another?
11 Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable(AF) thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves(AG) by marrying(AH) women who worship a foreign god.(AI) 12 As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may the Lord remove(AJ) him from the tents of Jacob[c](AK)—even though he brings an offering(AL) to the Lord Almighty.
13 Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears.(AM) You weep and wail(AN) because he no longer looks with favor(AO) on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands.(AP) 14 You ask,(AQ) “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness(AR) between you and the wife of your youth.(AS) You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.(AT)
15 Has not the one God made you?(AU) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.[d](AV) So be on your guard,(AW) and do not be unfaithful(AX) to the wife of your youth.
16 “The man who hates and divorces his wife,(AY)” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,”[e](AZ) says the Lord Almighty.
So be on your guard,(BA) and do not be unfaithful.
Breaking Covenant Through Injustice
17 You have wearied(BB) the Lord with your words.
“How have we wearied him?” you ask.(BC)
By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased(BD) with them” or “Where is the God of justice?(BE)”
Footnotes
- Malachi 2:3 Or will blight your grain
- Malachi 2:10 Or father
- Malachi 2:12 Or 12 May the Lord remove from the tents of Jacob anyone who gives testimony in behalf of the man who does this
- Malachi 2:15 The meaning of the Hebrew for the first part of this verse is uncertain.
- Malachi 2:16 Or “I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “because the man who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,”
Malachi 2
King James Version
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
New King James Version
Malachi 2
New King James Version
Corrupt Priests
2 “And now, O (A)priests, this commandment is for you.
2 (B)If you will not hear,
And if you will not take it to heart,
To give glory to My name,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“I will send a curse upon you,
And I will curse your blessings.
Yes, I have cursed them (C)already,
Because you do not take it to heart.
3 “Behold, I will rebuke your descendants
And spread (D)refuse on your faces,
The refuse of your solemn feasts;
And one will (E)take you away [a]with it.
4 Then you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you,
That My covenant with Levi may continue,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
5 “My(F) covenant was with him, one of life and peace,
And I gave them to him (G)that he might fear Me;
So he feared Me
And was reverent before My name.
6 (H)The[b] law of truth was in his mouth,
And [c]injustice was not found on his lips.
He walked with Me in peace and equity,
And (I)turned many away from iniquity.
7 “For(J) the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek the law from his mouth;
(K)For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
8 But you have departed from the way;
You (L)have caused many to stumble at the law.
(M)You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
9 “Therefore (N)I also have made you contemptible and base
Before all the people,
Because you have not kept My ways
But have shown (O)partiality in the law.”
Treachery of Infidelity
10 (P)Have we not all one Father?
(Q)Has not one God created us?
Why do we deal treacherously with one another
By profaning the covenant of the fathers?
11 Judah has dealt treacherously,
And an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem,
For Judah has (R)profaned
The Lord’s holy institution which He loves:
He has married the daughter of a foreign god.
12 May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob
The man who does this, being [d]awake and aware,
Yet (S)who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts!
13 And this is the second thing you do:
You cover the altar of the Lord with tears,
With weeping and crying;
So He does not regard the offering anymore,
Nor receive it with goodwill from your hands.
14 Yet you say, “For what reason?”
Because the Lord has been witness
Between you and (T)the wife of your youth,
With whom you have dealt treacherously;
(U)Yet she is your companion
And your wife by covenant.
15 But (V)did He not make them one,
Having a remnant of the Spirit?
And why one?
He seeks (W)godly offspring.
Therefore take heed to your spirit,
And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.
16 “For (X)the Lord God of Israel says
That He hates divorce,
For it covers one’s garment with violence,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
“Therefore take heed to your spirit,
That you do not deal treacherously.”
17 (Y)You have wearied the Lord with your words;
Yet you say,
“In what way have we wearied Him?”
In that you say,
(Z)“Everyone who does evil
Is good in the sight of the Lord,
And He delights in them,”
Or, “Where is the God of justice?”
Footnotes
- Malachi 2:3 Lit. to it
- Malachi 2:6 Or True instruction
- Malachi 2:6 Or unrighteousness
- Malachi 2:12 Talmud, Vg. teacher and student
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