< Malahija 1 >

1 Proroštvo. Riječ Gospodnja Izraelu po Malahiji.
A revelation, the LORD’s word to Israel by Malachi.
2 Ljubio sam vas - govori Jahve, a vi pitate: “Po čemu si nas ljubio?” Ne bijaše li Ezav brat Jakovljev? - riječ je Jahvina -
“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;
3 ali Jakova sam zavolio, a Ezav mi omrznu: gradove mu u pustoš pretvorih, a baštinu njegovu dadoh pustinjskim šakalima.
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.”
4 Jer, rekne li Edom: Bili smo smrvljeni, ali ćemo opet podići ruševine!” ovako kaže Jahve nad Vojskama: Neka grade oni, a ja ću razgraditi! Zvat će ih zemljom bezbožničkom i narodom na koji se Jahve srdi dovijeka!
Whereas Edom says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places,” the LORD of Armies says, “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.”
5 Vaše će oči vidjeti, i reći ćete: “Velik je Jahve preko granica zemlje izraelske.”
Your eyes will see, and you will say, “The LORD is great—even beyond the border of Israel!”
6 Sin časti oca, a sluga gospodara. Ali, ako sam ja otac, gdje je čast moja? Ako sam gospodar, gdje je strah od mene? To govori Jahve nad Vojskama vama, svećenici, koji moje ime prezirete, a pitate: “Čime smo prezreli ime tvoje?”
“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 Armies to you priests who despise my name. “You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’
7 Oskvrnjen kruh na mome prinosite žrtveniku i još pitate: “Čime te oskvrnismo?” Time što kažete “Stol je Jahvin stvar nevažna!”
You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘The LORD’s table is contemptible.’
8 A kada za žrtvu slijepu stoku prinosite, zar to nije zlo? I kad prinosite hromo i bolesno, zar to nije zlo? Donesi takvo što svome namjesniku, hoće li biti zadovoljan i dobro te primiti? - govori Jahve nad Vojskama.
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 Armies.
9 Sada umilostivite lice Božje da nam se smiluje. To donose ruke vaše, hoće li vas dobro primiti? - govori Jahve nad Vojskama.
“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 Armies.
10 O kada bi tko od vas zatvorio vrata da mi zaludu ne palite ognja na žrtveniku! Niste mi mili - govori Jahve nad Vojskama - i ne primam žrtve iz ruke vaše.
“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 Armies, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
11 Jer od istoka do zapada veliko je ime moje među narodima, i na svakom mjestu prinosi se kad i žrtva čista Imenu mojemu, jer veliko je Ime moje među narodima - govori Jahve nad Vojskama.
For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, 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 Armies.
12 Ali vi ga skvrnite kada govorite: “Stol je Gospodnji okaljan i hrana na njemu ni za što nije!”
“But you profane it when you say, ‘The LORD’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’
13 Kažete još: “Gle, šteta truda!” i prezirete ga - govori Jahve nad Vojskama. Kada dovodite stoku otetu, hromu i bolesnu, te je prinosite kao dar žrtveni, zar da to iz vaše ruke milostivo primim? - govori Jahve nad Vojskama.
You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ And you have sniffed at it”, says the LORD of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says the LORD.
14 Proklet bio varalica koji u stadu ima ovna što mi ga je zavjetovao, a žrtvuje mi ovcu jalovicu. Jer ja sam velik kralj - govori Jahve nad Vojskama - i strašno je Ime moje među narodima.
“But the deceiver is cursed who has in his flock a male, and vows and sacrifices to the Lord a defective thing; for I am a great King,” says the LORD of Armies, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”

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