مَلاخِي 1

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

The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by 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 Jehovah. Yet ye say, How have thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother, says Jehovah. Yet I loved Jacob,

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

but Esau I regarded inferior, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.

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.

Whereas Edom says, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places, thus says Jehovah of hosts: They shall build, but I will throw down, and men shall call them the border of wickedness, and the people against whom Jehovah has indignation forever.

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

And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, Jehovah be magnified beyond the border 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 his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says Jehovah of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And ye say, How have we despised thy name?

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

Ye offer polluted bread upon my altar. And ye say, How have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.

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.

And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, ye say, It is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, It is no evil! Present it now to thy governor. Will he be pleased with thee, or will he accept thy person? says Jehovah of hosts.

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

Ye say, And now, I pray you, entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us; this has been by your means. Will he accept any of your persons? says Jehovah of hosts.

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.

Oh that there was among you who would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says Jehovah of hosts, nor will I accept an offering at your hand.

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.

For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the Gentiles. And in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name is great among the Gentiles, says Jehovah of hosts.

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

But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of Jehovah is polluted. And the fruit of it, even its food, is contemptible.

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.

Ye also say, Behold, what a weariness it is! And ye have sniffed at it, says Jehovah 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 at your hand? says Jehovah.

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.

But cursed be the deceiver, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a blemished thing. For I am a great King, says Jehovah of hosts, and my name is feared among the Gentiles.