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.

Ciertamente, Yo envío mi mensajero, el cual preparará el camino delante de Mí. Y vendrá súbitamente a su Casa el ʼAdón a Quien ustedes buscan, el Ángel del Pacto, a Quien ustedes desean. Ciertamente viene, dice Yavé de las huestes.

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.

¿Y quién soportará el día de su venida? ¿Y quién permanecerá cuando Él se manifieste? Porque Él es fuego de fundidor y lejía de lavadores.

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.

Se sentará para refinar y purificar la plata, porque purificará a los hijos de Leví. Los acrisolará como el oro y la plata, y presentarán a Yavé sacrificios de justicia.

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

Entonces la ofrenda de Judá y de Jerusalén será grata a Yavé, como en los días de antaño y como en los años antiguos.

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.

Vendré a ustedes para juzgar. Seré testigo inmediato contra los hechiceros, los adúlteros, los que juran en falso, los que defraudan el salario del jornalero, de la viuda y del huérfano, y los que hacen tropezar al extranjero sin temor a Mí, dice Yavé de las huestes.

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

Porque Yo, Yavé, no cambio. Por eso ustedes, oh hijos de Jacob, no fueron consumidos.

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?

Desde los días de sus antepasados se apartaron de mis Estatutos y no los guardaron. Regresen a Mí, y Yo me volveré a ustedes, dice Yavé de las huestes. Pero ustedes dicen: ¿De qué nos volvemos?

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!

¿Robará el hombre a ʼElohim? ¡Pues ustedes me roban! Y dicen: ¿En qué te robamos? ¡En los diezmos y en las ofrendas!

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

¡Son malditos con maldición, porque ustedes, toda la nación, me roban!

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.

Traigan todos los diezmos al tesoro para que haya alimento en mi Casa. Y pruébenme ahora en esto, dice Yavé de las huestes, si no les abro las ventanas del cielo y derramo sobre ustedes bendición hasta que sobreabunde.

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.

Reprenderé también al devorador, y no les destruirá el fruto de la tierra, ni será estéril la vid en el campo, dice Yavé de las huestes.

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

Todas las naciones les dirán bienaventurados, porque serán una tierra deleitosa, dice Yavé de las huestes.

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

Sus palabras fueron duras contra Mí, dice Yavé. Pero ustedes dicen: ¿Qué hablamos contra Ti?

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?

Dijeron: Por demás es servir a ʼElohim. ¿Qué provecho tiene el guardar su Precepto, y que andemos afligidos delante de Yavé de las huestes?

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

Así que ahora nosotros llamamos bendecidos a los altivos, y decimos que los hacedores de perversidad prosperan, y que los que provocan a ʼElohim escapan.

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.

Entonces los que temían a Yavé hablaron el uno al otro, y Yavé prestó atención y escuchó. Y fue escrito un rollo de memoria delante de Él, a favor de los que temen a Yavé y honran su Nombre.

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.

En el día que Yo preparo, dice Yavé de las huestes, serán para Mí un especial tesoro. Los perdonaré como un hombre perdona a su hijo que le sirve.

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.”

Entonces se convertirán. Distinguirán entre el justo y el perverso, y entre el que sirve a ʼElohim y el que no le sirve.