Malachi 2
1 And now, O priests, this command is to you.
司祭們! 這是向你們提出的警告：
2 If you will refuse to listen, and if you will refuse to take it to heart, so as to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, I will send destitution upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I will curse them. For you have not taken it to heart.
如果你們不聽從，不把光榮我名的事放在心上──萬軍的上主說──我必使詛咒臨到你們身上，使你們的祝福變為詛咒。我已詛咒了，因為中誰也沒有把這事放在心上。
3 Behold, I will cast forth an arm to you, and I will scatter across your face the dung of your solemnities, and it will take you to itself.
看，我必要砍斷你們的手臂，把糞污，即你們祭牲的糞污，撒在你們的臉上，使你們滿面慚愧。
4 And you will know that I sent you this commandment, so that my covenant might be with Levi, says the Lord of hosts.
這樣你們便知道，我為你們提出了這警告，是為保存我與肋未所訂立的盟約，──萬軍的上主說。
5 My covenant was with him for life and peace. And I gave him fear, and he feared me, and he was afraid before the face of my name.
我與他訂立的盟約，是有關生命及平安的盟，所以我賜給了他生命和平安；同時又是敬畏的盟約，所以他敬畏我，對我的名有所尊敬；
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned away many from iniquity.
在他口中有真實教訓，在他脣舌上從不見謊言；他心懷虔誠和正直與我來往，使多人遠離了罪惡。
7 For the lips of the priests will keep knowledge, and they will request the law from his mouth, because he is an angel of the Lord of hosts.
的確，司祭的脣應保衛智識，人也應該從他的口中得到教訓，因為他是萬軍上主的使者。
8 But you have withdrawn from the way, and you have scandalized very many in the law. You have nullified the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts.
但是你們卻離棄正道，使許多人在法律上跌倒；你們破壞了我和肋未所立的盟約──萬軍的上主說。
9 Because of this, I also have made you contemptible and debased to all the people, just as you have not served my ways, and you have accepted a face in the law.
為，此我也使你們受全體人民的輕視，因為你們沒有遵行我的道，在施教訓上觀情顧面。
10 Is there not one Father of us all? Did not one God create us? Why, then, does each one of us despise his brother, violating the covenant of our fathers?
我們是共有一個父親嗎﹖不是一個天主造生了我們嗎﹖為什麼我們彼此欺騙褻瀆我們祖先的盟約﹖
11 Judah has transgressed, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has contaminated the sanctified of the Lord, which he loved, and has held the daughter of a strange god.
猶大不守信義，在以色列和耶路撒冷行了醜惡的事，因為猶大褻瀆了上主所愛的聖所，娶了供奉邦神祗的女子。
12 The Lord will drive away the man who has done this, both the teacher and the disciple, from the tabernacles of Jacob and from those offering a gift to the Lord of hosts.
惟願上主將行這事的人，連証證的人和監誓人，從雅各伯的會幕中剷除，由向萬軍的上主奉獻祭物的集會中剷除。
13 And you have done this repeatedly: you have covered the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping and bellowing, to such an extent that I no longer have respect towards the sacrifice, nor do I accept any appeasement that is from your hands.
其次，你們還行了這件事：你們向上主的祭壇灑盡了眼淚，哭泣呻吟，
14 And you have said, “What is the reason for this?” It is because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you have despised. Yet she was your partner, and the wife of your covenant.
你們還問：「這是為什麼﹖」是因為上主是你與你青年時所娶的妻子之間的証人。她雖是你的伴侶，是你結盟的髮妻，你道對她不守信義。
15 Did not One make her, and is she not the remainder of his spirit? And what does one seek, except offspring of God? So then, preserve your spirit, and do not despise the wife of your youth.
上主不是造了他們成為一體，一個肉身，一個性命嗎﹖為什麼要結為一體﹖是為求得天主的子女；所以應關心你們的性命，對你青年結髮的妻子不要背信。
16 If you would hold hatred, dismiss her, says the Lord, the God of Israel. But iniquity will cover his garment, says the Lord of hosts. Preserve your spirit, and do not be willing to despise.
上主以色列的天主說：我憎恨休妻，休妻使人在自己的衣服上沾滿了不義，萬軍的上主聲明說。所以你們當關心你們的性命，不要不守信莪。
17 You have wearied the Lord with your speeches, and you have said, “In what way, have we wearied him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and such as these please him,” or certainly, “Where is the God of judgment?”
你們的言談使上主生厭，你們還問：「我們在什麼事上使衪生厭﹖」即在你們說：「凡作惡的，在天主眼裏都是善的，而且衪還喜悅他們，」或說：「公義的天主在哪裏﹖」的時候。
