Malachi 3
1 Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts.
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.
2 And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller’s herb:
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.
3 And he shall sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall refine them as gold, and as silver, and they shall offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.
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.
4 And the sacrifice of Juda and of Jerusalem shall please the Lord, as in the days of old, and in the ancient years.
Tad će biti draga Jahvi žrtva Judina i jeruzalemska kao u drevne dane i kao prvih godina.
5 And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages; the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.
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.
6 For I am the Lord, and I change not: and you the sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Jer ja, Jahve, ne mijenjam se, a vi se, sinovi Jakovljevi, mijenjate bez prestanka!
7 For from the days of your fathers you have departed from my ordinances, and have not kept them: Return to me, and I will return to you, saith the Lord of hosts. And you have said: Wherein shall we return?
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?”
8 Shall a man afflict God? for you afflict me. And you have said: Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits.
Smije li čovjek prikraćivati Boga? A vi mene prikraćujete. I pitate: “U čemu te prikratismo?” U desetini i u prinosu.
9 And you are cursed with want, and you afflict me, even the whole nation of you.
Udareni ste prokletstvom jer me prikraćujete vi, sav narod!
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and try me in this, saith the Lord: if I open not unto you the flood-gates of heaven, and pour you out a blessing even to abundance.
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,
11 And I will rebuke for your sakes the devourer, and he shall not spoil the fruit of your land: neither shall the vine in the field be barren, saith the Lord of hosts.
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.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a delightful land, saith the Lord of hosts.
Svi će vas narodi tad držati sretnima, jer ćete biti zemlja blaženstva - govori Jahve nad Vojskama.
13 Your words have been unsufferable to me, saith the Lord.
Teške su besjede vaše protiv mene - govori Jahve.
14 And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God, and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before the Lord of hosts?
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.
15 Wherefore now we call the proud people happy, for they that work wickedness are built up, and they have tempted God and are preserved.
Odsad ćemo sretnim zvati oholice: napreduju oni koji zlo čine, i premda Boga iskušavaju, izvuku se!”
16 Then they that feared the Lord spoke every one with his neighbour: and the Lord gave ear, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that fear the Lord, and think on his name.
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.
17 And they shall be my special possession, saith the Lord of hosts, in the day that I do judgment: and I will spare them, as a man spareth his son that serveth him.
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.
18 And you shall return, and shall see the difference between the just and the wicked: and between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.
I tada ćete opet razlikovati pravednika od grešnika, onoga koji služi Bogu od onoga koji mu ne služi.
