Malahija 3
1 Evo šaljem glasnika da put preda mnom pripravi. I doći će iznenada u Hram svoj Gospod koga vi tražite i anđeo Saveza koga žudite. Evo ga, dolazi već - govori Jahve nad Vojskama.
“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
2 Ali tko će podnijeti dan njegova dolaska i tko će opstati kad se on pojavi? Jer on je kao oganj ljevačev i kao lužina bjeliočeva.
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
3 I zasjest će kao onaj što topi srebro i pročišćava. Očistit će sinove Levijeve i pročistit će ih kao zlato i srebro, da prinose Jahvi žrtvu u pravednosti.
And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
4 Tad će biti draga Jahvi žrtva Judina i jeruzalemska kao u drevne dane i kao prvih godina.
Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.
5 Doći ću k vama na sud i bit ću spreman svjedok protiv vračeva i preljubnika, protiv onih koji se lažno kunu, protiv onih koji zakidaju plaću radniku, udovici i siroti, protiv onih koji gaze pravo stranaca i mene se ne boje - govori Jahve nad Vojskama.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
6 Jer ja, Jahve, ne mijenjam se, a vi se, sinovi Jakovljevi, mijenjate bez prestanka!
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
7 Od vremena svojih otaca odstupate od mojih uredaba i ne čuvate ih. Vratite se meni, a ja ću se vratiti vama - govori Jahve nad Vojskama. Pitate: “Kako da se vratimo?”
Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
8 Smije li čovjek prikraćivati Boga? A vi mene prikraćujete. I pitate: “U čemu te prikratismo?” U desetini i u prinosu.
Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
9 Udareni ste prokletstvom jer me prikraćujete vi, sav narod!
You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
10 Donesite čitavu desetinu u riznicu da u mojoj kući bude hrane. Tada me iskušajte - govori Jahve nad Vojskama - neću li vam otvoriti ustave nebeske i neću li izliti na vas punom mjerom blagoslov,
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
11 neću li zbog vas zaprijetit skakavcu da vam više ne kvari usjeva i da vam ne bude nerodna loza u polju - govori Jahve nad Vojskama.
I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.
12 Svi će vas narodi tad držati sretnima, jer ćete biti zemlja blaženstva - govori Jahve nad Vojskama.
“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
13 Teške su besjede vaše protiv mene - govori Jahve.
“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
14 Vi ipak pitate: “Što smo između sebe govorili protiv tebe?” Govorili ste: “Zaludu je Bogu služiti i kakva je korist što njegove čuvamo propise i žalosni hodimo pred Jahvom nad Vojskama.
You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
15 Odsad ćemo sretnim zvati oholice: napreduju oni koji zlo čine, i premda Boga iskušavaju, izvuku se!”
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
16 Ali kad se razgovaraju oni koji se Boga boje, Jahve pazi, sluša ih, i to se pred njim piše u knjigu spomenicu u korist onih koji se boje Jahve i štuju Ime njegovo.
At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
17 Moji će biti, moja stečevina - govori Jahve nad Vojskama. U Dan koji spremam bit ću im milostiv kao što je milostiv otac sinu koji mu služi.
“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
18 I tada ćete opet razlikovati pravednika od grešnika, onoga koji služi Bogu od onoga koji mu ne služi.
So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
