< Malachi 1 >

1 THE BURDEN of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
神諭：上主藉瑪拉基亞傳於以色列的話。
2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say: 'Wherein hast Thou loved us?' Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD; yet I loved Jacob;
上主說：我愛了你們，而你們卻說：你怎樣愛了我們﹖厄撒烏不是雅各伯的哥哥嗎﹖──上主的斷語──但是我卻愛了雅各伯，
3 But Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
而恨了厄撒烏。我曾使他的山荒涼，使他的產業變為豺狼所住的曠野。
4 Whereas Edom saith: 'We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places'; thus saith the LORD of hosts: They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall be called The border of wickedness, and The people whom the LORD execrateth for ever.
如果厄東說：我們雖然被毀滅，但我們必要重建廢墟。萬軍的上主卻這樣說：他們可以重建，但我必加以破壞，人們將稱之為「邪惡的地區，」為「上主永遠憤恨的人民。」
5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say: 'The LORD is great beyond the border of Israel.'
你們必要親眼看見，並且要說：上主連在以色列境界之外，也顯示了自己的偉大。
6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master; if then I be a father, where is My honour? and if I be a master, where is My fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise My name. And ye say: 'Wherein have we despised Thy name?'
兒子應孝敬父親，僕人應敬畏主人。但如果我是父親，對我的孝敬在哪裏﹖如果我是主人，對我的敬在哪裏﹖司祭們! 萬軍的上主對你們說：「你們輕視了我的名。」但你們卻說：「我們在什麼事上輕視了你的名﹖」
7 Ye offer polluted bread upon Mine altar. And ye say: 'Wherein have we polluted thee?' In that ye say: 'The table of the LORD is contemptible.'
就在你們以不潔的食物供奉在我的祭壇上。你們又說：「我們在什麼事上玷污了它﹖」就是你們說：「上主的台桌是可輕賤的」的時候。
8 And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it no evil! And when ye offer the lame and sick, is it no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
你們將一隻盲目的牲畜獻為犧牲，不是罪過嗎﹖將這樣的禮品，獻給你的市長吧! 看他是否會喜歡，會悅納﹖──萬軍的上主說。
9 And now, I pray you, entreat the favour of God that He may be gracious unto us! — This hath been of your doing. — Will He accept any of your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.
現在你們懇求上主開恩，叫衪憐恤我們! 這事既然是你們經手，看衪是否會對你們垂青﹖──萬軍的上主說。
10 Oh that there were even one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on Mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
惟願你們中間有人關閉殿門，免得你們在我的祭壇上白白地點火! 我不你們──萬軍的上主說──也不悅納你們經手所獻的祭品，
11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same My name is great among the nations; and in every place offerings are presented unto My name, even pure oblations; for My name is great among the nations, saith the LORD of hosts.
因為從日出到日落，我的名在異民中大受顯揚，到處有人為我的名焚香獻祭，並奉獻潔淨的祭品，因為我的名在異民中大受顯揚──萬軍的上主說。
12 But ye profane it, in that ye say: 'The table of the LORD is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even the food thereof, is contemptible.'
但你們卻褻瀆了它，即在你們說：「主的台桌是污穢的，上面的食物是可輕賤的」的時候。
13 Ye say also: 'Behold, what a weariness is it!' and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye have brought that which was taken by violence, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the offering; should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
你們還說：「唉，這是多麼麻煩! 」你們且嗤之以鼻──萬軍的上主說。你們將奪來的，跛腿的和有疾的拿來獻為祭品，我豈能從你們手中悅納﹖──上主說。
14 But cursed be he that dealeth craftily, whereas he hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and My name is feared among the nations.
那在家畜群中原有公的，且許了願，卻拿有殘疾的獻給上主的騙子，是可詛咒的! 我是大王──萬軍的上主說：卜名在異民中必受敬畏。

< Malachi 1 >