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Malachi 2
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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

  1. Malachi 2:3 Or will blight your grain
  2. Malachi 2:10 Or father
  3. 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
  4. Malachi 2:15 The meaning of the Hebrew for the first part of this verse is uncertain.
  5. 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,”
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Malaki 2
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Herren varnar sina präster

2 Och nu, präster, finns här en befallning till er: 2 Om ni inte vill lyssna, om ni inte vill lägga på hjärtat att ära mitt namn, säger härskarornas Herre, så ska jag sända en förbannelse över er och förbanna era välsignelser. Ja, jag har faktiskt redan förbannat dem därför att ni inte lagt detta på hjärtat.

3 Jag ska gå till rätta med era efterkommande och kasta gödseln från era högtidsoffer i ansiktet på er, och ni ska själva bli utkastade med den.[a] 4 Då ska ni inse att jag har gett er denna befallning, för att mitt förbund med Levi ska bestå, säger härskarornas Herre. 5 Mitt förbund med honom innebar liv och frid, som jag gav honom för att han skulle frukta mig och bäva för mitt namn. 6 Sann lag var i hans mun, och på hans läppar fanns ingen orätt. Han vandrade med mig i frid och uppriktighet och omvände många från deras synd.

7 Prästens läppar ska bevara kunskapen, och lag ska hämtas från hans mun, för han är härskarornas Herres budbärare. 8 Men ni har vikit av från vägen. Genom er lag har många kommit på fall. Ni har brutit Levis förbund, säger härskarornas Herre. 9 Därför har jag gjort er föraktade och förödmjukade inför allt folket, för ni har inte följt mina vägar, och ni har varit partiska när det gäller lagen.”

Folkets trolöshet

10 Har vi inte alla en enda fader? Har inte en och samme Gud skapat oss? Varför är vi trolösa mot varandra och vanhelgar våra förfäders förbund? 11 Juda har varit trolöst, och i Israel och i Jerusalem förekommer avskyvärdheter, för Juda har vanhelgat Herrens helgedom som han älskar och gift sig med en främmande guds dotter[b]. 12 Herren ska ur Jakobs boningar utrota varje man, vem han än är,[c] som har gjort något sådant, även om han bär fram offer till härskarornas Herre.

13 Något annat ni också gör är att ni väter ner Herrens altare med tårar, ni gråter och klagar, därför att han inte längre bryr sig om era offer eller vill ta emot något från er hand. 14 Ni frågar: ”Varför?” Därför att Herren har varit vittne mellan dig och din ungdoms hustru, för du har varit trolös mot henne, fastän hon är din livskamrat och maka som du ingått förbund med. 15 Har inte han gjort dem till ett? De är hans tillhörighet, till både kött och ande. Varför? Han söker avkomma som är Guds. Var därför på er vakt![d] Var inte trolös mot din ungdoms hustru.

16 Jag hatar skilsmässa, säger Herren, Israels Gud, liksom att man höljer sig i våld som klädnad, säger härskarornas Herre. Var därför på er vakt till ert sinne, och var inte trolösa![e]

Herren kommer för att döma

(2:17—4:6)

17 Ni har tröttat ut Herren med era ord. Ni undrar: ”Tröttat ut? Hur?” Genom att säga: ”Var och en som gör det som är ont är god i Herrens ögon”, eller: ”Var finns rättvisans Gud?”

Footnotes

  1. 2:3 Grundtextens innebörd är osäker.
  2. 2:11 en främmande guds dotter kan antingen syfta på avgudadyrkan i sig (tillbedjan av någon gudinna) eller på blandäktenskap som kunde leda till avgudadyrkan.
  3. 2:12 Grundtextens innebörd är osäker.
  4. 2:15 Grundtextens innebörd är oviss i hela denna första del av versen.
  5. 2:16 Grundtextens innebörd är osäker.
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Malachi 2
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The Lord Rebukes the Priests

2 “And now, (A)O priests, (B)this command is for you. 2 (C)If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send (D)the curse upon you and I will curse (E)your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, (F)I will rebuke your offspring,[a] and (G)spread dung on your faces, the (H)dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it.[b] 4 So shall you know that I have sent (I)this command to you, that (J)my covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts. 5 My covenant with him was one of life and (K)peace, and I gave them to him. (L)It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name. 6 (M)True instruction[c] was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he (N)turned many from iniquity. 7 For (O)the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people[d] should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. 8 But you have turned aside from the way. (P)You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted (Q)the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts, 9 and so (R)I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but (S)show partiality in your instruction.”

Judah Profaned the Covenant

10 Have we not all (T)one Father? Has not (U)one God created us? Why then are we (V)faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah has been (W)faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For (X)Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. 12 May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant[e] of the man who does this, who (Y)brings an offering to the Lord of hosts!

13 And this second thing you do. (Z)You cover the Lord's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. 14 (AA)But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord (AB)was witness between you and the wife of your youth, (AC)to whom (AD)you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 (AE)Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?[f] And what was the one God[g] seeking?[h] (AF)Godly offspring. So guard yourselves[i] in your spirit, and let none of you be (AG)faithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For (AH)the man who does not love his wife but divorces her,[j] says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers[k] his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and (AI)do not be faithless.”

The Messenger of the Lord

17 (AJ)You have wearied the Lord with your words. (AK)But you say, “How have we wearied him?” (AL)By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, (AM)“Where is the God of justice?”

Footnotes

  1. Malachi 2:3 Hebrew seed
  2. Malachi 2:3 Or to it
  3. Malachi 2:6 Or law; also verses 7, 8, 9
  4. Malachi 2:7 Hebrew they
  5. Malachi 2:12 Hebrew any who wakes and answers
  6. Malachi 2:15 Hebrew in it
  7. Malachi 2:15 Hebrew the one
  8. Malachi 2:15 Or And not one has done this who has a portion of the Spirit. And what was that one seeking?
  9. Malachi 2:15 Or So take care; also verse 16
  10. Malachi 2:16 Hebrew who hates and divorces
  11. Malachi 2:16 Probable meaning (compare Septuagint and Deuteronomy 24:1–4); or “The Lord, the God of Israel, says that he hates divorce, and him who covers
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