< Malachi 1 >
1 The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi.
耶和华借玛拉基传给以色列的默示。
2 I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob,
耶和华说:“我曾爱你们。”你们却说:“你在何事上爱我们呢?”耶和华说:“以扫不是雅各的哥哥吗?我却爱雅各,
3 and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.
恶以扫,使他的山岭荒凉,把他的地业交给旷野的野狗。”
4 If Edom say, We are broken down, but we will build again the ruined places, — thus saith Jehovah of hosts: They shall build, but I will throw down; and [men] shall call them the territory of wickedness, and the people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.
以东人说:“我们现在虽被毁坏,却要重建荒废之处。”万军之耶和华如此说:“任他们建造,我必拆毁;人必称他们的地为‘罪恶之境’;称他们的民为‘耶和华永远恼怒之民’。”
5 And your eyes shall see [it], and ye shall say, Jehovah is magnified beyond the border of Israel.
你们必亲眼看见,也必说:“愿耶和华在以色列境界之外被尊为大!”
6 A son honoureth [his] father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, priests, that despise my name. But ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
“藐视我名的祭司啊,万军之耶和华对你们说:儿子尊敬父亲,仆人敬畏主人;我既为父亲,尊敬我的在哪里呢?我既为主人,敬畏我的在哪里呢?你们却说:‘我们在何事上藐视你的名呢?’
7 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.
你们将污秽的食物献在我的坛上,且说:‘我们在何事上污秽你呢?’因你们说,耶和华的桌子是可藐视的。
8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Present it now unto thy governor: will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts.
你们将瞎眼的献为祭物,这不为恶吗?将瘸腿的、有病的献上,这不为恶吗?你献给你的省长,他岂喜悦你,岂能看你的情面吗?这是万军之耶和华说的。
9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us. This hath been of your hand: will he accept any of your persons? saith Jehovah of hosts.
“现在我劝你们恳求 神,他好施恩与我们。这妄献的事,既由你们经手,他岂能看你们的情面吗?这是万军之耶和华说的。
10 Who is there among you that would even shut the doors? and ye would not kindle [fire] on mine altar for nothing. I have no delight in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an oblation at your hand.
甚愿你们中间有一人关上殿门,免得你们徒然在我坛上烧火。万军之耶和华说:我不喜悦你们,也不从你们手中收纳供物。
11 For from the rising of the sun even unto its setting my name shall be great among the nations; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure oblation: for my name shall be great among the nations, saith Jehovah of hosts.
万军之耶和华说:从日出之地到日落之处,我的名在外邦中必尊为大。在各处,人必奉我的名烧香,献洁净的供物,因为我的名在外邦中必尊为大。
12 But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, his food, is contemptible.
你们却亵渎我的名,说:‘耶和华的桌子是污秽的,其上的食物是可藐视的。’
13 And ye say, Behold, what a weariness! And ye have puffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and ye bring [that which was] torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the oblation: should I accept this of your hand? saith Jehovah.
你们又说:‘这些事何等烦琐!’并嗤之以鼻。这是万军之耶和华说的。你们把抢夺的、瘸腿的、有病的拿来献上为祭。我岂能从你们手中收纳呢?这是耶和华说的。
14 Yea, cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the nations.
行诡诈的在群中有公羊,他许愿却用有残疾的献给主,这人是可咒诅的。因为我是大君王,我的名在外邦中是可畏的。这是万军之耶和华说的。