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Malachi 2
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Warning to the Priests

2 ‘Therefore, this decree(A) is for you priests: 2 If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart(B) to honour my name,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings.(C) In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.

3 ‘Look, I am going to rebuke your descendants,(D) and I will spread animal waste[a] over your faces, the waste from your festival sacrifices,(E) and you will be taken away with it. 4 Then you will know that I sent you this decree, so that my covenant with Levi(F) may continue,’ says the Lord of Armies. 5 ‘My covenant with him was one of life and peace,(G) and I gave these to him; it called for reverence, and he revered me and stood in awe of my name.(H) 6 True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me(I) in peace and integrity and turned many from iniquity.(J) 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Armies.(K)

8 ‘You, on the other hand, have turned from the way.(L) You have caused many to stumble(M) by your instruction. You have violated[b] the covenant of Levi,’ says the Lord of Armies. 9 ‘So I in turn have made you despised(N) and humiliated before all the people because you are not keeping my ways but are showing partiality in your instruction.’(O)

Judah’s Marital Unfaithfulness

10 Don’t all of us have one Father?(P) Didn’t one God create us?(Q) Why then do we act treacherously against one another,(R) profaning(S) the covenant of our ancestors?(T) 11 Judah has acted treacherously, and a detestable(U) act has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned(V) the Lord’s sanctuary,[c](W) which he loves,(X) and has married the daughter of a foreign god.[d](Y) 12 May the Lord cut off(Z) from the tents of Jacob the man who does this, whoever he may be,[e](AA) even if he presents an offering to the Lord of Armies.

13 This is another thing you do. You are covering the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning,(AB) because he no longer respects your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.(AC)

14 And you ask, ‘Why? ’ Because even though the Lord has been a witness(AD) between you and the wife of your youth,(AE) you have acted treacherously against her. She was your marriage partner(AF) and your wife by covenant.(AG) 15 Didn’t God make them one and give them a portion of spirit? What is the one seeking?[f] Godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully,[g](AH) so that no one acts treacherously against the wife of his[h] youth.

16 ‘If he hates(AI) and divorces his wife,’(AJ) says the Lord God of Israel, ‘he[i] covers his garment with injustice,’(AK) says the Lord of Armies. Therefore, watch yourselves carefully,[j] and do not act treacherously.

Judgement at the Lord’s Coming

17 You have wearied the Lord(AL) with your words.

Yet you ask, ‘How have we wearied him? ’

When you say, ‘Everyone who does what is evil is good in the Lord’s sight, and he is delighted with them,(AM) or else where is the God of justice? ’(AN)

Footnotes

  1. 2:3 Dung or entrails
  2. 2:8 Lit corrupted
  3. 2:11 Or profaned what is holy to the Lord
  4. 2:11 = a woman who worshipped a foreign god
  5. 2:12 Hb obscure
  6. 2:15 Hb obscure
  7. 2:15 Lit So guard yourselves in your spirit
  8. 2:15 Lit your
  9. 2:16 Or The Lord God of Israel says that he hates divorce and the one who
  10. 2:16 Lit Therefore, guard yourselves in your spirit
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Malaquías 2
La Biblia de las Américas

2 Y ahora, para vosotros, sacerdotes, es este mandamiento. 2 Si no escucháis, y si no decidís de corazón dar honor a mi nombre —dice el Señor(A) de los ejércitos— enviaré sobre vosotros maldición(B), y maldeciré vuestras bendiciones; y en verdad, ya las he maldecido(C), porque no lo habéis decidido de corazón. 3 He aquí, yo reprenderé a vuestra descendencia[a], y os echaré estiércol[b](D) a la cara, el estiércol[c](E) de vuestras fiestas, y seréis llevados con[d] él(F). 4 Entonces sabréis que os he enviado este mandamiento para que mi pacto siga[e] con Leví[f] —dice el Señor de los ejércitos(G). 5 Mi pacto con él era de vida y paz(H), las cuales le di para que me reverenciara[g](I); y él me reverenció[h], y estaba lleno de temor ante mi nombre. 6 La verdadera instrucción[i] estaba en su boca, y no se hallaba iniquidad en sus labios(J); en paz y rectitud caminaba conmigo(K), y apartaba a muchos de la iniquidad(L). 7 Pues los labios del sacerdote deben guardar la sabiduría, y los hombres deben buscar la instrucción[j] de su boca(M), porque él es el mensajero(N) del Señor(O) de los ejércitos. 8 Pero vosotros os habéis desviado del camino, habéis hecho tropezar a muchos en la ley[k](P), habéis corrompido[l] el pacto de Leví(Q) —dice el Señor de los ejércitos. 9 Por eso yo también os he hecho despreciables y viles(R) ante[m] todo el pueblo, así como vosotros no habéis guardado mis caminos(S) y hacéis acepción de personas en la ley[n](T).

Abominaciones del pueblo

10 ¿No tenemos todos un mismo padre? ¿No nos ha creado un mismo Dios(U)? ¿Por qué nos portamos deslealmente(V) unos contra otros(W), profanando el pacto de nuestros padres(X)? 11 Deslealmente ha obrado Judá, y una abominación se ha cometido en Israel y en Jerusalén; pues Judá ha profanado el santuario del Señor(Y), que Él ama[o], y se ha casado con la hija de un dios extraño(Z). 12 Que el Señor extermine de las tiendas de Jacob al hombre que hace esto(AA) (sea testigo o defensor[p]) aunque presente una ofrenda[q] al Señor de los ejércitos(AB). 13 Y esta otra[r] cosa hacéis: cubrís el altar del Señor de lágrimas, llantos y gemidos, porque Él ya no mira la ofrenda[s] ni la acepta con agrado(AC) de vuestra mano. 14 Y vosotros decís: «¿Por qué?». Porque el Señor ha sido testigo entre tú y la mujer de tu juventud(AD), contra la cual has obrado deslealmente(AE), aunque ella es tu compañera y la mujer de tu pacto. 15 Pero ninguno que tenga un remanente del Espíritu lo ha hecho así[t](AF). ¿Y qué hizo este mientras buscaba una descendencia[u] de parte de Dios(AG)? Prestad atención, pues, a vuestro espíritu; no seas[v] desleal con la mujer de tu juventud(AH). 16 Porque yo detesto el divorcio[w](AI) —dice el Señor, Dios de Israel— y al que cubre de iniquidad[x] su vestidura(AJ) —dice el Señor de los ejércitos—. Prestad atención, pues, a vuestro espíritu y no seáis desleales.

17 Habéis cansado al Señor con vuestras palabras(AK). Y decís: ¿En qué le hemos cansado? Cuando decís(AL): Todo el que hace mal es bueno a los ojos del Señor, y en ellos Él se complace; o: ¿Dónde está(AM) el Dios de la justicia[y](AN)?

Footnotes

  1. Malaquías 2:3 Lit., simiente
  2. Malaquías 2:3 O, vómito
  3. Malaquías 2:3 O, vómito
  4. Malaquías 2:3 Lit., a
  5. Malaquías 2:4 Lit., sea
  6. Malaquías 2:4 O, para que sea mi pacto con Leví
  7. Malaquías 2:5 O, temiera
  8. Malaquías 2:5 O, temió
  9. Malaquías 2:6 O, La ley de verdad
  10. Malaquías 2:7 O, ley
  11. Malaquías 2:8 O, instrucción
  12. Malaquías 2:8 O, violado
  13. Malaquías 2:9 Lit., a
  14. Malaquías 2:9 O, instrucción
  15. Malaquías 2:11 O, en que él ha amado
  16. Malaquías 2:12 Lit., el que despierte y responda
  17. Malaquías 2:12 U, ofrenda de cereal
  18. Malaquías 2:13 Lit., la segunda
  19. Malaquías 2:13 U, ofrenda de cereal
  20. Malaquías 2:15 O, ¿No hizo Él uno, aunque tenía el remanente del Espíritu?
  21. Malaquías 2:15 O, ¿Y porqué uno? Él buscaba una simiente
  22. Malaquías 2:15 Así en algunos mss. y versiones antiguas; en el T.M., y él no sea
  23. Malaquías 2:16 Lit., Porque Él detesta el repudio
  24. Malaquías 2:16 O, violencia
  25. Malaquías 2:17 O, del juicio
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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

  1. Malachi 2:3 Lit. to it
  2. Malachi 2:6 Or True instruction
  3. Malachi 2:6 Or unrighteousness
  4. Malachi 2:12 Talmud, Vg. teacher and student
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