< Malachi 2 >

1 "Now, you cohanim, this commandment is for you.
Ahora pues, oh sacerdotes, para ustedes es este Mandamiento.
2 If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name," says the LORD of hosts, "then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.
Si no escuchan, ni deciden de corazón dar gloria a mi Nombre, dice Yavé de las huestes, enviaré maldición sobre ustedes y maldeciré sus bendiciones. En verdad, ya las maldije, porque ustedes no las reciben de corazón.
3 Look, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
Ciertamente, reprendo su descendencia y echaré estiércol sobre sus caras, el estiércol [de las víctimas] de sus solemnidades. Ustedes mismos serán echados con él.
4 You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi," says the LORD of hosts.
Entonces sabrán que Yo les envié este Mandamiento, para que mi Pacto continúe con Leví, dice Yavé de las huestes.
5 "My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
Mi Pacto con él era de vida y paz. Se las di y él reverenció mi Nombre.
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
La Ley de verdad estuvo en su boca, y no había iniquidad en sus labios. En paz y en rectitud anduvo conmigo, y apartó a muchos de su iniquidad.
7 For the cohen's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
Pues los labios del sacerdote deben guardar la sabiduría, y el pueblo buscará la Ley de su boca, porque él es mensajero de Yavé de las huestes.
8 But you have turned aside out of the way. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says the LORD of hosts.
Pero ustedes se apartaron del camino, y a muchos hicieron tropezar en la Ley. Corrompieron el Pacto de Leví, dice Yavé de las huestes.
9 "Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
Por tanto, Yo también los hago despreciables y viles ante todo el pueblo, porque ustedes no siguieron mis caminos, y muestran parcialidad en cuanto a la Ley.
10 Do we not all have one father? Hasn't one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
¿No tenemos todos un mismo Padre? ¿No nos creó un mismo ʼElohim? ¿Por qué, pues, nos portamos con deslealtad uno contra otro, y profanamos el Pacto de nuestros antepasados?
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 loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
Judá fue infiel. En Israel y en Jerusalén se cometió repugnancia, porque Judá profanó el Santuario de Yavé que Él ama, y se casó con la hija de un ʼelohim extraño.
12 The LORD will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to the LORD of hosts.
Yavé elimine de las tiendas de Jacob hasta el último hombre que haga esto, tanto al testigo como al defensor y al que presenta una ofrenda a Yavé de las huestes.
13 This again you do: you cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn't regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.
Además ustedes hacen esto: Cubren el altar de Yavé con lágrimas, llanto y gemido, porque ya no miro sus ofrendas, ni las acepto con agrado de su mano.
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, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.
Ustedes preguntan: ¿Por qué? Porque Yavé fue testigo entre ti y la esposa de tu juventud, a la que fuiste infiel, aunque ella es tu compañera y la esposa de tu pacto.
15 Did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Ruach? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
¿No hizo Él un solo ser que tiene carne y espíritu? ¿Y qué demanda ese uno? Una descendencia consagrada a ʼElohim. Guárdense, pues, en su espíritu, y no sean desleales con la esposa de su juventud.
16 For I hate divorce," says the LORD, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with violence." says the LORD of hosts. "Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.
Porque aborrezco el repudio y al que cubre su ropa con violencia, dice Yavé de las huestes de las huestes. Así que cuiden su espíritu y no sean infieles.
17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that you say, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them;' or 'Where is the God of justice?'
Ustedes fastidian a Yavé con sus palabras y dicen: ¿Cómo lo fastidiamos? Cuando dicen: Todo el que hace mal agrada a Yavé, y de ellos se complace. O dicen: ¿Dónde está el ʼElohim de justicia?

< Malachi 2 >