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هَذِهِ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها بِشَأْنِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى لِسَانِ مَلاخِي: ١ 1
An oracle: 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," says the LORD. Yet you say, "How have you loved us?" "Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says 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 says, "We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places;" thus says the LORD of hosts, "They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them 'The Wicked Land,' even the people against whom the LORD shows wrath forever."
وَتَشْهَدُ عُيُونُكُمْ هَذَا، وَتَقُولُونَ مَا أَعْظَمَ الرَّبَّ الَّذِي يَمْتَدُّ سُلْطَانُهُ إِلَى مَا وَرَاءِ تُخُومِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.» ٥ 5
Your eyes will see, and you will say, "The LORD is great—even 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 honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the LORD of hosts to you, cohanim, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'
فَيُجِيبُ: «لأَنَّكُمْ تُقَرِّبُونَ عَلَى مَذْبَحِي خُبْزاً نَجِساً». ثُمَّ تَتَسَاءَلُونَ: «بِمَ نَجَّسْنَاكَ؟» فَيَرُدُّ: «بِظَنِّكُمْ أَنَّ مَائِدَةَ الرَّبِّ مُزْدَرَاةٌ. ٧ 7
You offer defiled bread on my altar. You say, 'How have we defiled you?' In that you say, 'The LORD's table is despised, and its fruit, its food, is despised.'
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
When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn't that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn't that evil? Present it now to your governor. Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?" says the LORD of hosts.
«الآنَ الْتَمِسُوا رِضَى اللهِ لِيَرْأَفَ بِنَا، وَلَكِنْ هَلْ بِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ الْقَرَابِينِ الْمُعْتَلَّةِ يَرْضَى عَنْكُمْ؟» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ. ٩ 9
"Now, please entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?" says 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 one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain. I have no pleasure in you," says 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 to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations," says the LORD of hosts.
أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَقَدْ دَنَّسْتُمُوهُ، إِذْ قُلْتُمْ إِنَّ مَائِدَةَ الرَّبِّ نَجِسَةٌ، وَإِنَّ طَعَامَهَا فَاسِدٌ وَمُزْدَرىً. ١٢ 12
"But you profane it, in that you say, 'The LORD's table is defiled, and its fruit, its food, is despised.'
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
You say also, 'Look, what a weariness it is.' and you sniff scornfully at it," says the LORD of hosts; "and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this from your hand?" says the LORD of hosts.
«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 the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the LORD a blemished thing; for I am a great King," says the LORD of hosts, "and my name is awesome among the nations."

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