Malachi 1

1 The burden of a word of YHWH to Israel by the hand of Malachi:

oracle word LORD to(wards) Israel in/on/with hand: by Malachi

2 “I have loved you, said YHWH, And you have said, In what have You loved us?

to love: lover [obj] you to say LORD and to say in/on/with what? to love: lover us not brother: male-sibling Esau to/for Jacob utterance LORD and to love: lover [obj] Jacob

3 Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” A declaration of YHWH, “And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, And I make his mountains a desolation, And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness.

and [obj] Esau to hate and to set: make [obj] mountain: mount his devastation and [obj] inheritance his to/for jackal wilderness

4 Because Edom says, We have been made poor, And we return and we build the ruins, Thus said YHWH of Hosts: They build, and I destroy, And [men] have called to them, O region of wickedness, O people whom YHWH defied for all time.

for to say Edom to beat and to return: rescue and to build desolation thus to say LORD Hosts they(masc.) to build and I to overthrow and to call: call by to/for them border: area wickedness and [the] people which be indignant LORD till forever: enduring

5 And your eyes see, and you say, YHWH is magnified beyond the border of Israel,

and eye your to see: see and you(m. p.) to say to magnify LORD from upon to/for border: boundary Israel

6 A son honors a father, and a servant his master. And if I [am] a father, where [is] My glory? And if I [am] a master, where [is] My fear? Said YHWH of Hosts to you, O priests, despising My Name! And you have said, In what have we despised Your Name?

son: child to honor: honour father and servant/slave lord his and if father I where? glory my and if lord I where? fear my to say LORD Hosts to/for you [the] priest to despise name my and to say in/on/with what? to despise [obj] name your

7 You are bringing defiled bread near on My altar, And you have said, In what have we defiled You? In your saying, The table of YHWH—it [is] despicable,

to approach: bring upon altar my food to defile and to say in/on/with what? to defile you in/on/with to say you table LORD to despise he/she/it

8 And when you bring the blind near for sacrifice, [saying], There is no evil, And when you bring the lame and sick near, [saying], There is no evil; Now bring it near to your governor—Does he accept you? Or does he lift up your face?” said YHWH of Hosts.

and for to approach: bring [emph?] blind to/for to sacrifice nothing bad: evil and for to approach: bring lame and be weak: ill nothing bad: evil to present: bring him please to/for governor your to accept you or to lift: kindness face: kindness your to say LORD Hosts

9 “And now, please appease the face of God, And He favors us; This has been from your own hand, Does He accept your faces?” said YHWH of Hosts.

and now to beg please face of God and be gracious us from hand: power your to be this to lift: kindness from you face: kindness to say LORD Hosts

10 “Who [is] even among you, And he shuts the double doors? Indeed, you do not kindle My altar for nothing, I have no pleasure in you,” said YHWH of Hosts, “And I do not accept a present of your hand.

who? also in/on/with you and to shut door and not to light altar my for nothing nothing to/for me pleasure in/on/with you to say LORD Hosts and offering not to accept from hand: power your

11 For from the rising of the sun to its going in, Great [is] My Name among nations, And in every place incense is brought near for My Name, and a pure present, For great [is] My Name among nations,” said YHWH of Hosts.

for from east sun and till entrance his great: large name my in/on/with nation and in/on/with all place incense to approach: bring to/for name my and offering pure for great: large name my in/on/with nation to say LORD Hosts

12 “And you are defiling it in your saying, The table of YHWH—it is defiled, As for its fruit—its food is despicable.

and you(m. p.) to profane/begin: profane [obj] him in/on/with to say you table Lord to defile he/she/it and fruit his to despise food his

13 And you have said, Behold, what a weariness, And you have puffed at it,” said YHWH of Hosts, “And you have brought in plunder, And the lame and the sick, And you have brought in the present! Do I accept it from your hand?” said YHWH.

and to say behold what? hardship and to breathe [obj] him to say LORD Hosts and to come (in): bring to plunder and [obj] [the] lame and [obj] [the] be weak: ill and to come (in): bring [obj] [the] offering to accept [obj] her from hand: power your to say LORD

14 “And a deceiver [is] cursed, who has in his drove a male, And is vowing, and is sacrificing a marred thing to the Lord, For I [am] a great King,” said YHWH of Hosts, “And My Name [is] revered among nations!”

and to curse to plot and there in/on/with flock his male and to vow and to sacrifice to ruin to/for Lord for king great: large I to say LORD Hosts and name my to fear: revere in/on/with nation