مَلاخِي 1

١ 1 هَذِهِ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها بِشَأْنِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى لِسَانِ مَلاخِي:

A prophecy: This message came from the Lord concerning Israel through Malachi.

٢ 2 يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «إِنَّنِي أَحْبَبْتُكُمْ»، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ تَسْأَلُونَ: «كَيْفَ أَحْبَبْتَنَا؟» وَيُجِيبُ الرَّبُّ: «أَلَيْسَ عِيسُو أَخاً لِيَعْقُوبَ؟ وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ أَحْبَبْتُ يَعْقُوبَ،

I have loved you, says the Lord. But you ask, “How have you loved us?” Wasn't Esau Joseph's brother? the Lord responds. But I loved Joseph

٣ 3 وَأَبْغَضْتُ عِيسُو، وَحَوَّلْتُ جِبَالَهُ إِلَى أَرَاضٍ مُوْحِشَةٍ، وَجَعَلْتُ مِيرَاثَهُ لِبَنَاتِ آوَى الْبَرِّيَّةِ.»

and despised Esau. I have made Esau's mountain homeland into a wasteland, and turned his inheritance into a desert for jackals.

٤ 4 وَإِنْ قَالَ الأَدُومِيُّونَ: «مَعَ إِنَّنَا تَحَطَّمْنَا فَإِنَّنَا نَبْنِي الْخِرَبَ»، فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ يَقُولُ: «هُمْ يُعَمِّرُونَ وَأَنَا أَهْدِمُ، وَيَدْعُو النَّاسُ بِلادَهُمْ،’أَرْضَ النِّفَاقِ‘، وَأَهْلَهَا بِالأُمَّةِ الَّتِي سَخَطَ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْهَا إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

The people of Edom may be saying: “We have been beaten down, but we will rebuild the ruins.” But this is what the Lord Almighty says, They may try and build, but I will tear down. They will be called a land of wickedness, and the people those who make the Lord angry forever.

٥ 5 وَتَشْهَدُ عُيُونُكُمْ هَذَا، وَتَقُولُونَ مَا أَعْظَمَ الرَّبَّ الَّذِي يَمْتَدُّ سُلْطَانُهُ إِلَى مَا وَرَاءِ تُخُومِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.»

You will see this destruction with your own eyes, and you will say, “The Lord is great, even beyond the borders of Israel.”

٦ 6 «إِنَّ الابْنَ يُكْرِمُ أَبَاهُ وَالْعَبْدَ سَيِّدَهُ. فَإِنْ كُنْتُ أَنَا حَقّاً أَباً فَأَيْنَ كَرَامَتِي؟ وَإِنْ كُنْتُ حَقّاً سَيِّداً فَأَيْنَ مَهَابَتِي؟» إِنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ يَقُولُ لَكُمْ: «أَيُّهَا الْكَهَنَةُ الْمُزْدَرُونَ بِاسْمِي»؛ فَتَسْأَلُونَ: «كَيْفَ ازْدَرَيْنَا بِاسْمِكَ؟»

A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. So if I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? says the Lord Almighty to you priests who show contempt for me. But you ask, “How have we shown contempt for you?”

٧ 7 فَيُجِيبُ: «لأَنَّكُمْ تُقَرِّبُونَ عَلَى مَذْبَحِي خُبْزاً نَجِساً». ثُمَّ تَتَسَاءَلُونَ: «بِمَ نَجَّسْنَاكَ؟» فَيَرُدُّ: «بِظَنِّكُمْ أَنَّ مَائِدَةَ الرَّبِّ مُزْدَرَاةٌ.

By making defiled offerings on my altar. Then you ask, “How have we defiled you?” By saying the Lord's table doesn't deserve respect.

٨ 8 عِنْدَمَا تُقَرِّبُونَ الْحَيَوَانَ الأَعْمَى ذَبِيحَةً، أَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ شَرّاً؟ أَوْ حِينَ تُقَدِّمُونَ الْحَيَوَانَ الأَعْرَجَ وَالْمَرِيضَ، أَلَيْسَ هَذَا شَرّاً؟ قَدِّمُوا مِثْلَ هَذَا الْقُرْبَانِ هَدِيَّةً لِحَاكِمِكُمْ، أَفَيَرْضَى عَنْكُمْ وَيُكْرِمُكُمْ؟» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

When you offer a blind animal as a sacrifice, isn't that wrong? Or when you offer an animal that is crippled or sick, isn't that wrong? Would you give such gifts to your governor? Would he be pleased with you? Would he be kind and show favor to you? asks the Lord Almighty.

٩ 9 «الآنَ الْتَمِسُوا رِضَى اللهِ لِيَرْأَفَ بِنَا، وَلَكِنْ هَلْ بِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ الْقَرَابِينِ الْمُعْتَلَّةِ يَرْضَى عَنْكُمْ؟» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

So why don't you try being kind to God, begging him to be merciful to you? But when you bring such offerings, why should he show favor to you? asks the Lord Almighty.

١٠ 10 «آهِ، يَا لَيْتَ بَيْنَكُمْ مَنْ يُغْلِقُ أَبْوَابَ الْهَيْكَلِ لِئَلّا تُوْقِدُوا نَاراً بَاطِلَةً عَلَى مَذْبَحِي»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «إِذْ لَا مَسَرَّةَ لِي بِكُمْ وَلا أَرْضَى بِتَقْدِمَةٍ مِنْ أَيْدِيكُمْ.

I really wish one of you would shut the Temple doors to stop you lighting pointless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you, says the Lord Almighty, and I will not accept offerings from you.

١١ 11 لأَنَّهُ مِنْ مَشْرِقِ الشَّمْسِ إِلَى مَغْرِبِهَا اسْمِي عَظِيمٌ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ، وَفِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ يُحْرَقُ لاِسْمِي بَخُورٌ وَذَبَائِحُ طَاهِرَةٌ، لأَنَّ اسْمِي عَظِيمٌ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

I am honored by nations from the farthest east to the distant west; everywhere people make offerings to me of incense and pure sacrifices. I am honored among the nations, says the Lord Almighty.

١٢ 12 أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَقَدْ دَنَّسْتُمُوهُ، إِذْ قُلْتُمْ إِنَّ مَائِدَةَ الرَّبِّ نَجِسَةٌ، وَإِنَّ طَعَامَهَا فَاسِدٌ وَمُزْدَرىً.

But you dishonor me when you say the Lord's table doesn't deserve respect, and that its food can be treated with contempt.

١٣ 13 ثُمَّ قُلْتُمْ:’مَا هَذِهِ الْمَشَقَّةُ الَّتِي نَتَكَبَّدُهَا؟‘وَتَأَفَّفْتُمْ عَلَيَّ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ. «وَتُقَرِّبُونَ إِلَيَّ مَا اسْتَوْلَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ ظُلْماً وَمَا هُوَ أَعْرَجُ أَوْ مَرِيضٌ، فَيَكُونُ هَذَا تَقْدِمَةَ قُرْبَانِكُمْ، فَهَلْ أَقْبَلُ هَذَا مِنْ أَيْدِيكُمْ؟» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

You say, “All this is too much trouble!” and you sniff scornfully at it, says the Lord Almighty. But when you bring animals that are stolen or crippled or sick and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept what you're giving? asks the Lord.

١٤ 14 «مَلْعُونٌ الْمُنَافِقُ الَّذِي يَنْذُرُ لِلرَّبِّ ذَكَراً سَلِيماً مِنْ قَطِيعِهِ، ثُمَّ يُقَرِّبُ لِلرَّبِّ مَا هُوَ مُصَابٌ بِعَيْبٍ، لأَنِّي مَلِكٌ عَظِيمٌ وَاسْمِي مَهُوبٌ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

Cursed are those who cheat by vowing to bring a ram as a sacrifice and then offers an imperfect animal to the Lord. For I am a great King, says the Lord Almighty, and I am respected among the nations!