Judgment and Covenant Renewal

[a]“Surely the day is coming;(A) it will burn like a furnace.(B) All the arrogant(C) and every evildoer will be stubble,(D) and the day that is coming will set them on fire,(E)” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch(F) will be left to them. But for you who revere my name,(G) the sun of righteousness(H) will rise with healing(I) in its rays. And you will go out and frolic(J) like well-fed calves. Then you will trample(K) on the wicked; they will be ashes(L) under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty.

“Remember the law(M) of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb(N) for all Israel.(O)

“See, I will send the prophet Elijah(P) to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.(Q) He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children,(R) and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike(S) the land with total destruction.”(T)

Footnotes

  1. Malachi 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:19-24.

耶和華降罰的日子

萬軍之耶和華說:“看哪!那日來到,像燒著的火爐一樣;驕傲的和作惡的,都必成為碎稭;那要來的日子,必把他們燒盡,不給他們留下一根一枝。 可是,對你們敬畏我名的人,必有公義的太陽升起來;它的光線有醫治的功能;你們必出來跳躍,像欄裡的肥牛犢。” 萬軍之耶和華說:“你們必踐踏惡人;在我施行作為的日子,他們必在你們腳掌之下成為塵土。

“你們要謹記我僕人摩西的律法,就是我在何烈山為以色列眾人所吩咐他的律例和典章。

預言差派以利亞來臨

“看哪!在耶和華大而可畏的日子來到以先,我必差派以利亞先知到你們那裡去。 他要使父親的心轉向兒女,兒女的心轉向父親,免得我來擊打這地,以至完全毀滅。”(本章第1~6節在《馬索拉文本》為3:19~24)

Look! The day is coming, burning like a blast furnace.[a] All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble. The day that is coming will set them on fire, says the Lord of Armies, a day that will not leave behind a root or branch for them. But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness[b] will rise, and there will be healing in its wings. You will go out and jump around like calves from the stall. You will trample the wicked. They will surely be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I take action, says the Lord of Armies.

Remember the law of my servant Moses, which I commanded to him at Horeb to serve as statutes and judgments over all Israel.

Look! I am going to send Elijah the prophet to you before the great and fearful day of the Lord comes![c] He will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with complete destruction.

Footnotes

  1. Malachi 4:1 English verses 4:1-6 are verses 3:19-24 in Hebrew.
  2. Malachi 4:2 Or the Sun of Righteousness will rise, and there will be healing in his wings. The question here is whether the words sun of righteousness are a title for the Messiah or a picture of the blessings of the Messianic era.
  3. Malachi 4:5 This is fulfilled by John the Baptist (Matthew 11:7-14 and Luke 1:17).