مَلاخِي 2
| «وَالآنَ هَاكُمْ هَذِهِ الْوَصِيَّةُ أَيُّهَا الْكَهَنَةُ: | ١ 1 |
“Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
| إِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ الاسْتِمَاعَ، وَلَمْ تَنْوُوا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ أَنْ تُمَجِّدُوا اسْمِي، أَصُبُّ عَلَيْكُمُ اللَّعْنَةَ، وَأَلْعَنُ بَرَكَاتِكُمْ، بَلْ هَا أَنَا قَدْ حَوَّلْتُهَا إِلَى لَعْنَاتٍ لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَجْعَلُوهَا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ. | ٢ 2 |
If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says the LORD of Armies, “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.
| هَا أَنَا أُعَاقِبُ أَوْلادَكُمْ، وَأَنْثُرُ رَوْثَ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ الَّتِي تُقَدِّمُونَهَا لِي عَلَى وُجُوهِكُمْ، ثُم يَطْرَحُونَكُمْ مَعَهَا خَارِجاً فَوْقَ الْقُمَامَةِ الدَّنِسَةِ. | ٣ 3 |
Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
| فَتُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ هَذِهِ التَّحْذِيرَاتِ لِكَيْ يَظَلَّ عَهْدِي مَعَ أَبْنَاءِ لاوِي قَائِماً. | ٤ 4 |
You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says the LORD of Armies.
| فَقَدْ كَانَ عَهْدِي مَعَ لاوِي وَنَسْلِهِ عَهْدَ حَيَاةٍ وَسَلامٍ، فَوَهَبْتُهُمَا لَهُمْ، وَمَنَحْتُهُمُ التَّقْوَى، فَاتَّقُونِي وَوَقَفُوا خَاشِعِينَ لاِسْمِي يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ. | ٥ 5 |
“My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
| نَطَقَ فَمُهُ بِشَرِيعَةِ الْحَقِّ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي شَفَتَيْهِ إِثْمٌ. وَسَلَكَ مَعِي سَبِيلَ السَّلامِ وَالاسْتِقَامَةِ وَرَدَّ كَثِيرِينَ عَنِ الْمَعْصِيَةِ. | ٦ 6 |
The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
| لأَنَّ شَفَتَيِ الْكَاهِنِ تَحْفَظَانِ الْعِلْمَ، وَمِنْ فَمِهِ يَطْلُبُ النَّاسُ الشَّرِيعَةَ، لأَنَّهُ رَسُولُ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ. | ٧ 7 |
For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the LORD of Armies.
| وَلَكِنَّكُمُ انْحَرَفْتُمْ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ، وَأَعْثَرْتُمْ بِتَعَالِيمِكُمْ كَثِيرِينَ، وَنَقَضْتُمْ عَهْدِي مَعَ النَّسْلِ الْكَهَنُوتِيِّ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ. | ٨ 8 |
But you have turned away from the path. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Armies.
| لِذَلِكَ أُحَقِّرُكُمْ وَأُذِلُّكُمْ أَمَامَ جَمِيعِ النَّاسِ، لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تُطِيعُوا طُرُقِي، وَحَابَيْتُمْ فِي تَطْبِيقِ شَرِيعَتِي». | ٩ 9 |
“Therefore I have also made you contemptible and wicked before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
| أَلَيْسَ لَنَا جَمِيعاً أَبٌ وَاحِدٌ؟ أَلَمْ يَخْلُقْنَا إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ، فَمَا بَالُنَا يَغْدُرُ أَحَدُنَا بِالآخَرِ وَنُدَنِّسُ عَهْدَ آبَائِنَا؟ | ١٠ 10 |
Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
| لَقَدْ غَدَرَ يَهُوذَا وَارْتَكَبَ الرَّجَاسَةَ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ لأَنَّ يَهُوذَا قَدْ دَنَّسَ هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ الْمَحْبُوبَ، وَتَزَوَّجَ مِنْ بَنَاتٍ يَعْبُدْنَ آلِهَةً غَرِيبَةً. | ١١ 11 |
Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
| لِيَسْتَأْصِلِ الرَّبُّ مِنْ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ كُلَّ مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا، مِنْ غَيْرِ تَمْيِيزٍ، وَحَتَّى مِمَّنْ يُقَدِّمُونَ قَرَابِينَ لِلرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ. | ١٢ 12 |
The LORD will cut off the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob and him who offers an offering to the LORD of Armies.
| وَهَذَا أَيْضاً مَا ارْتَكَبْتُمْ: لَقَدْ أَغْرَقْتُمْ مَذْبَحَ الرَّبِّ بِالدُّمُوعِ، فَأَنْتُمْ تَبْكُونَ وَتَنُوحُونَ لأَنَّهْ لَمْ يَعُدْ يُعِيرُ تَقْدِمَاتِكُمُ انْتِبَاهاً أَوْ يَقْبَلُهَا مِنْكُمْ بِمَسَرَّةٍ. | ١٣ 13 |
“This again you do: you cover the LORD’s altar with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn’t regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.
| وَتَتَسَاءَلُونَ: لِمَاذَا؟ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ كَانَ شَاهِداً عَلَى الْعَهْدِ الْمَقْطُوعِ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ زَوْجَةِ صِبَاكَ الَّتِي غَدَرْتَ بِها، مَعَ أَنَّهَا شَرِيكَتُكَ وَامْرَأَةُ عَهْدِكَ. | ١٤ 14 |
Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.
| وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يُقْدِمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَيُّ وَاحِدٍ مَازَالَتْ فِيهِ بَقِيَّةٌ مِنَ الرُّوحِ. وَمَاذَا طَلَبَ هَذَا الْوَاحِدُ؟ ذُرِّيَّةَ اللهِ. لِهَذَا حَافِظُوا عَلَى أَرْوَاحِكُمْ، وَلا يَغْدُرْ أَحَدٌ بِزَوْجَةِ صِبَاهُ. | ١٥ 15 |
Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
| وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنِّي أَمْقُتُ الطَّلاقَ وَأَمْقُتُ أَنْ يُغَطِّيَ الرَّجُلُ زَوْجَتَهُ بِجَوْرِهِ، كَمَا يَتَغَطَّى هُوَ بِثَوْبِهِ. لِذَلِكَ احْتَرِسُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ وَلا تَنْكُثُوا عَهْداً. | ١٦ 16 |
One who hates and divorces”, says the LORD, the God of Israel, “covers his garment with violence!” says the LORD of Armies. “Therefore pay attention to your spirit, that you don’t be unfaithful.
| قَدْ أَتْعَبْتُمُ الرَّبَّ بِكَلامِكُمْ، وَمَابَرِحْتُمْ تَتَسَاءَلُونَ: «كَيْفَ أَتْعَبْنَاهُ؟» أَتْعَبْتُمُوهُ بِقَوْلِكُمْ: «كُلُّ مَنْ يَرْتَكِبُ الشَّرَّ هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ وَهُوَ يُسَرُّ بِهِمْ»، أَوْ بِسُؤَالِكُمْ: «أَيْنَ هُوَ إِلَهُ الْعَدْلِ؟» | ١٧ 17 |
You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in the LORD’s sight, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’
