Malachi 2
1 And now, O you priests, this commandment is for you.
»In sedaj, oh vi duhovniki, ta zapoved je za vas.
2 If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings: yes, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.
Če ne boste poslušali in če si tega ne boste položili k srcu, da izročite slavo mojemu imenu, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki, »bom nad vas poslal celo prekletstvo in bom preklel vaše blagoslove. Da, že sem jih preklel, ker si tega niste vzeli k srcu.
3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
Glejte, pokvaril bom vaše seme in razmazal gnoj na vaše obraze, celó gnoj vaših slovesnih praznikov in nekdo vas bo odvedel z njim.
4 And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with Levi, says the LORD of hosts.
In vedeli boste, da sem to zapoved poslal k vam, da bi bila moja zaveza lahko z Levijem, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki.
5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear with which he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
»Moja zaveza z njim je bila o življenju in miru in dal sem mu jih za strah, s katerim se me je bal in je bil prestrašen pred mojim imenom.
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
Postava resnice je bila v njegovih ustih in krivičnosti ni bilo najti na njegovih ustnicah. Z menoj je hodil v miru in nepristranskosti in mnoge je odvrnil proč od krivičnosti.
7 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
Kajti duhovnikove ustnice naj bi ohranile spoznanje in pri njegovih ustih naj bi iskali postavo, kajti on je poslanec od Gospoda nad bojevniki.
8 But you are departed out of the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts.
Toda odšli ste iz poti, mnogim ste povzročili, da se spotaknejo ob postavi, pokvarili ste Lévijevo zavezo, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki.
9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as you have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
»Zato sem vas tudi naredil zaničevanja vredne in vas ponižal pred vsem ljudstvom, glede na to, da se niste držali mojih poti, temveč ste bili delni v postavi.«
10 Have we not all one father? has not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Mar nimamo vsi istega očeta? Mar nas ni ustvaril en Bog? Zakaj zahrbtno postopamo vsak človek zoper svojega brata z oskrunitvijo zaveze naših očetov?
11 Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a strange god.
Juda je postopal zahrbtno in ogabnost je zagrešena v Izraelu in v Jeruzalemu, kajti Juda je oskrunil svetost Gospoda, ki ga je ljubil in poročil hčer tujega boga.
12 The LORD will cut off the man that does this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offers an offering to the LORD of hosts.
Gospod bo iztrebil človeka, ki to počne, gospodarja in učenca, iz Jakobovih šotorov in tistega, ki daruje daritev Gospodu nad bojevniki.
13 And this have you done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, so that he regards not the offering any more, or receives it with good will at your hand.
In to ste ponovno storili, pokrivajoč Gospodov oltar s solzami, z jokanjem in z vzklikanjem, do take mere, da se ni več oziral na daritev ali to z dobro voljo sprejemal iz vaše roke.
14 Yet you say, Why? Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously: yet is she your companion, and the wife of your covenant.
Vendar pravite: ›Zakaj?‹ Ker je bil Gospod priča med teboj in ženo tvoje mladosti, proti kateri si zahrbtno ravnal, čeprav je ona tvoja družabnica in žena tvoje zaveze.
15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Mar ni on naredil eno? Vendar je imel preostanek duha. In zakaj eno? Da bi lahko iskal bogaboječe seme. Zato pazite na svojega duha in naj nihče ne postopa zahrbtno zoper ženo svoje mladosti.
16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, says that he hates putting away: for one covers violence with his garment, says the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that you deal not treacherously.
Kajti Gospod, Izraelov Bog, pravi, da sovraži ločitev, kajti nekdo zakriva nasilje s svojo obleko, ‹ govori Gospod nad bojevniki. ›Zato pazite na svojega duha, da ne ravnate zahrbtno.
17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, Wherein have we wearied him? When you say, Every one that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
S svojimi besedami ste izmučili Gospoda. Vendar pravite: ›V čem smo ga izmučili?‹ Ko pravite: ›Vsak, kdor počenja zlo, je dober v Gospodovih očeh in on se razveseljuje v njih‹ ali: ›Kje je Bog sodbe?‹«
