Malachi 3

1 “Behold, I am sending My messenger, And he has prepared a way before Me, And suddenly the Lord whom you are seeking comes into His temple, Even the Messenger of the Covenant, Whom you are desiring, Behold, He is coming,” said YHWH of Hosts.

look! I to send: depart messenger my and to turn way: road to/for face: before my and suddenly to come (in): come to(wards) temple his [the] lord which you(m. p.) to seek and messenger [the] covenant which you(m. p.) delighting behold to come (in): come to say LORD Hosts

2 “And who is bearing the day of His coming? And who is standing in His appearing? For He [is] as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller.

and who? to sustain [obj] day to come (in): come he and who? [the] to stand: stand in/on/with to see: see he for he/she/it like/as fire to refine and like/as lye to wash

3 And He has sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And He has purified the sons of Levi, And has refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been bringing a present near to YHWH in righteousness.

and to dwell to refine and be pure silver: money and be pure [obj] son: descendant/people Levi and to refine [obj] them like/as gold and like/as silver: money and to be to/for LORD to approach: bring offering in/on/with righteousness

4 And the present of Judah and Jerusalem has been sweet to YHWH, As in days of old, and as in former years.

and to please to/for LORD offering Judah and Jerusalem like/as day forever: antiquity and like/as year eastern: older

5 And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, and against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of a hired worker, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who do not fear Me,” said YHWH of Hosts.

and to present: come to(wards) you to/for justice: judgement and to be witness to hasten in/on/with to practice sorcery and in/on/with to commit adultery and in/on/with to swear to/for deception and in/on/with to oppress wages hired widow and orphan and to stretch sojourner and not to fear: revere me to say LORD Hosts

6 “For I, YHWH, have not changed, And you, the sons of Jacob, You have not been consumed.

for I LORD not to change and you(m. p.) son: descendant/people Jacob not to end: destroy

7 Even from the days of your fathers You have turned aside from My statutes, And you have not taken heed. Return to Me, and I return to you,” said YHWH of Hosts. “And you have said, In what do we turn back?

to/for from day father your to turn aside: turn aside from statute: decree my and not to keep: obey to return: return to(wards) me and to return: return to(wards) you to say LORD Hosts and to say in/on/with what? to return: return

8 Does man deceive God? But you are deceiving Me, And you have said, In what have we deceived You? The tithe and the raised-offering!

to rob man God for you(m. p.) to rob [obj] me and to say in/on/with what? to rob you [the] tithe and [the] contribution

9 You are cursed with a curse! And you are deceiving Me—this nation—all of it.

in/on/with curse you(m. p.) to curse and [obj] me you(m. p.) to rob [the] nation all his

10 Bring in all the tithe to the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When you have tried Me, now, with this,” said YHWH of Hosts, “Do I not open the windows of the heavens to you? Indeed, I have emptied on you a blessing until there is no space.

to come (in): bring [obj] all [the] tithe to(wards) house: home [the] treasure and to be prey in/on/with house: home my and to test me please in/on/with this to say LORD Hosts if not to open to/for you [obj] window [the] heaven and to empty to/for you blessing till without sufficiency

11 And I have pushed against the consumer for you, And He does not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor does the vine in the field miscarry to you,” said YHWH of Hosts.

and to rebuke to/for you in/on/with to eat and not to ruin to/for you [obj] fruit [the] land: soil and not be bereaved to/for you [the] vine in/on/with land: country to say LORD Hosts

12 “And all the nations have declared you blessed, For you are a delightful land,” said YHWH of Hosts.

and to bless [obj] you all [the] nation for to be you(m. p.) land: country/planet pleasure to say LORD Hosts

13 “Your words have been hard against Me,” said YHWH, “And you have said, What have we spoken against You?

to strengthen: strengthen upon me word your to say LORD and to say what? to speak: speak upon you

14 You have said, A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of YHWH of Hosts?

to say vanity: vain to serve: minister God and what? unjust-gain for to keep: obey charge his and for to go: walk mournfully from face: before LORD Hosts

15 And now, we are declaring the proud blessed, Indeed, those doing wickedness have been built up, Indeed, they have tempted God, and escape.

and now we to bless arrogant also to build to make: [do] wickedness also to test God and to escape

16 Then have those fearing YHWH spoken to one another, And YHWH attends and hears, And a scroll of memorial is written before Him Of those fearing YHWH, And of those esteeming His Name.

then to speak: speak afraid LORD man: anyone with neighbor his and to listen LORD and to hear: hear and to write scroll: book memorial to/for face: before his to/for afraid LORD and to/for to devise: count name his

17 And they have been to Me,” said YHWH of Hosts, “In the day that I am appointing—a peculiar treasure, And I have had pity on them, As one has pity on his son who is serving him.

and to be to/for me to say LORD Hosts to/for day which I to make possession and to spare upon them like/as as which to spare man: anyone upon son: child his [the] to serve [obj] him

18 And you have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.”

and to return: again and to see: see between righteous to/for wicked between to serve: minister God to/for which not to serve: minister him