Malachi 3

1 Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Evo, ja æu poslati anðela svojega, koji æe pripraviti put preda mnom, i iznenada æe doæi u crkvu svoju Gospod, kojega vi tražite, i anðeo zavjetni, kojega vi želite, evo doæi æe, veli Gospod nad vojskama.

2 But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:

Ali ko æe podnijeti dan dolaska njegova? i ko æe se održati kad se pokaže? jer je on kao oganj livèev i kao milo bjeljarsko.

3 and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness.

I sješæe kao onaj koji lije i èisti srebro, i oèistiæe sinove Levijeve, i pretopiæe ih kao zlato i srebro, i oni æe prinositi Gospodu prinose u pravdi.

4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.

I ugodan æe biti Gospodu prinos Judin i Jerusalimski kao u staro vrijeme i kao preðašnjih godina.

5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

I doæi æu k vama na sud, i biæu brz svjedok protiv vraèara i protiv preljuboèinaca, i protiv onijeh koji se kunu krivo i protiv onijeh koji zakidaju najam najamniku, i udovici i siroti i došljaku krivo èine i ne boje se mene, veli Gospod nad vojskama.

6 For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

Jer ja Gospod ne mijenjam se; zato vi, sinovi Jakovljevi, ne izgiboste.

7 From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?

Od vremena otaca svojih otstupiste od uredaba mojih i ne držaste ih. Vratite se k meni, i ja æu se vratiti k vama, veli Gospod nad vojskama. Ali velite: u èem bismo se vratili?

8 Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

Eda li æe èovjek zakidati Boga? a vi mene zakidate; i govorite: u èem te zakidamo? u desetku i u prinosu.

9 Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.

Prokleti ste, jer me zakidate, vi, sav narod.

10 Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough [to receive it].

Donesite sve desetke u spreme da bude hrane u mojoj kuæi, i okušajte me u tom, veli Gospod nad vojskama, hoæu li vam otvoriti ustave nebeske i izliti blagoslov na vas da vam bude dosta.

11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.

I zaprijetiæu vas radi proždrljivcu, te vam neæe kvariti roda zemaljskoga, i vinova loza u polju neæe vam biti nerodna, veli Gospod nad vojskama.

12 And all nations shall call you happy; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.

I zvaæe vas blaženim svi narodi, jer æete biti zemlja mila, veli Gospod nad vojskama.

13 Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?

Žestoke bjehu vaše rijeèi na me, veli Gospod; a vi velite: šta govorismo na tebe?

14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?

Rekoste: zaludu je služiti Bogu, i kaka æe biti korist da držimo što je naredio da se drži, i da hodimo žalosni pred Gospodom nad vojskama?

15 and now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.

Zato hvalimo ponosite da su sreæni; napreduju koji èine bezakonje, i koji iskušavaju Boga, izbavljaju se.

16 Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.

Tada koji se boje Gospoda govoriše jedan drugome, i pogleda Gospod, i èu, i napisa se knjiga za spomen pred njim za one koji se boje Gospoda i misle o imenu njegovu.

17 And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, [even] mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

Ti æe mi biti blago, veli Gospod nad vojskama, u onaj dan kad ja uèinim, i biæu im milostiv kao što je otac milostiv svome sinu koji mu služi.

18 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

Tada æete se obratiti i vidjeæete razliku izmeðu pravednika i bezbožnika, izmeðu onoga koji služi Bogu i onoga koji mu ne služi.