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هَذِهِ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها بِشَأْنِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى لِسَانِ مَلاخِي: ١ 1
THE BURDEN of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «إِنَّنِي أَحْبَبْتُكُمْ»، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ تَسْأَلُونَ: «كَيْفَ أَحْبَبْتَنَا؟» وَيُجِيبُ الرَّبُّ: «أَلَيْسَ عِيسُو أَخاً لِيَعْقُوبَ؟ وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ أَحْبَبْتُ يَعْقُوبَ، ٢ 2
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say: 'Wherein hast Thou loved us?' Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD; yet I loved Jacob;
وَأَبْغَضْتُ عِيسُو، وَحَوَّلْتُ جِبَالَهُ إِلَى أَرَاضٍ مُوْحِشَةٍ، وَجَعَلْتُ مِيرَاثَهُ لِبَنَاتِ آوَى الْبَرِّيَّةِ.» ٣ 3
But Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
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. ٤ 4
Whereas Edom saith: 'We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places'; thus saith the LORD of hosts: They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall be called The border of wickedness, and The people whom the LORD execrateth for ever.
وَتَشْهَدُ عُيُونُكُمْ هَذَا، وَتَقُولُونَ مَا أَعْظَمَ الرَّبَّ الَّذِي يَمْتَدُّ سُلْطَانُهُ إِلَى مَا وَرَاءِ تُخُومِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.» ٥ 5
And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say: 'The LORD is great beyond the border of Israel.'
«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؟» ٦ 6
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master; if then I be a father, where is My honour? and if I be a master, where is My fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise My name. And ye say: 'Wherein have we despised Thy name?'
فَيُجِيبُ: «لأَنَّكُمْ تُقَرِّبُونَ عَلَى مَذْبَحِي خُبْزاً نَجِساً». ثُمَّ تَتَسَاءَلُونَ: «بِمَ نَجَّسْنَاكَ؟» فَيَرُدُّ: «بِظَنِّكُمْ أَنَّ مَائِدَةَ الرَّبِّ مُزْدَرَاةٌ. ٧ 7
Ye offer polluted bread upon Mine altar. And ye say: 'Wherein have we polluted thee?' In that ye say: 'The table of the LORD is contemptible.'
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. ٨ 8
And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it no evil! And when ye offer the lame and sick, is it no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
«الآنَ الْتَمِسُوا رِضَى اللهِ لِيَرْأَفَ بِنَا، وَلَكِنْ هَلْ بِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ الْقَرَابِينِ الْمُعْتَلَّةِ يَرْضَى عَنْكُمْ؟» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ. ٩ 9
And now, I pray you, entreat the favour of God that He may be gracious unto us! — This hath been of your doing. — Will He accept any of your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.
«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. ١٠ 10
Oh that there were even one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on Mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
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. ١١ 11
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same My name is great among the nations; and in every place offerings are presented unto My name, even pure oblations; for My name is great among the nations, saith the LORD of hosts.
أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَقَدْ دَنَّسْتُمُوهُ، إِذْ قُلْتُمْ إِنَّ مَائِدَةَ الرَّبِّ نَجِسَةٌ، وَإِنَّ طَعَامَهَا فَاسِدٌ وَمُزْدَرىً. ١٢ 12
But ye profane it, in that ye say: 'The table of the LORD is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even the food thereof, is contemptible.'
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. ١٣ 13
Ye say also: 'Behold, what a weariness is it!' and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye have brought that which was taken by violence, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the offering; should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
«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. ١٤ 14
But cursed be he that dealeth craftily, whereas he hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and My name is feared among the nations.

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