瑪拉基書 1
1 神諭：上主藉瑪拉基亞傳於以色列的話。
The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi.
2 上主說：我愛了你們，而你們卻說：你怎樣愛了我們﹖厄撒烏不是雅各伯的哥哥嗎﹖──上主的斷語──但是我卻愛了雅各伯，
I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;
3 而恨了厄撒烏。我曾使他的山荒涼，使他的產業變為豺狼所住的曠野。
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
4 如果厄東說：我們雖然被毀滅，但我們必要重建廢墟。萬軍的上主卻這樣說：他們可以重建，但我必加以破壞，人們將稱之為「邪惡的地區，」為「上主永遠憤恨的人民。」
Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith 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 hath indignation for ever.
5 你們必要親眼看見，並且要說：上主連在以色列境界之外，也顯示了自己的偉大。
And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, Jehovah be magnified beyond the border of Israel.
6 兒子應孝敬父親，僕人應敬畏主人。但如果我是父親，對我的孝敬在哪裏﹖如果我是主人，對我的敬在哪裏﹖司祭們! 萬軍的上主對你們說：「你們輕視了我的名。」但你們卻說：「我們在什麼事上輕視了你的名﹖」
A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
7 就在你們以不潔的食物供奉在我的祭壇上。你們又說：「我們在什麼事上玷污了它﹖」就是你們說：「上主的台桌是可輕賤的」的時候。
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.
8 你們將一隻盲目的牲畜獻為犧牲，不是罪過嗎﹖將這樣的禮品，獻給你的市長吧! 看他是否會喜歡，會悅納﹖──萬軍的上主說。
And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts.
9 現在你們懇求上主開恩，叫衪憐恤我們! 這事既然是你們經手，看衪是否會對你們垂青﹖──萬軍的上主說。
And now, I pray you, entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he accept any of your persons? saith Jehovah of hosts.
10 惟願你們中間有人關閉殿門，免得你們在我的祭壇上白白地點火! 我不你們──萬軍的上主說──也不悅納你們經手所獻的祭品，
Oh that there were 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 Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
11 因為從日出到日落，我的名在異民中大受顯揚，到處有人為我的名焚香獻祭，並奉獻潔淨的祭品，因為我的名在異民中大受顯揚──萬軍的上主說。
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense [shall be] offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts.
12 但你們卻褻瀆了它，即在你們說：「主的台桌是污穢的，上面的食物是可輕賤的」的時候。
But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of Jehovah is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even its food, is contemptible.
13 你們還說：「唉，這是多麼麻煩! 」你們且嗤之以鼻──萬軍的上主說。你們將奪來的，跛腿的和有疾的拿來獻為祭品，我豈能從你們手中悅納﹖──上主說。
Ye say also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith 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? saith Jehovah.
14 那在家畜群中原有公的，且許了願，卻拿有殘疾的獻給上主的騙子，是可詛咒的! 我是大王──萬軍的上主說：卜名在異民中必受敬畏。
But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.
