Malachi 2
1 You priests, I will say something to warn you.
Ahora para vosotros, oh sacerdotes, tengo este decreto:
2 The Commander of the armies of angels says [this]: “Pay attention [to what I am saying], and [then] decide [IDM] to honor me [MTY]. If you do not do that, I will curse you, and I will curse [the things that I have given to you to] bless you. And I have already cursed them, because you have not honored [IDM] me.
Si no escuchareis, ni os empeñareis en dar gloria a mi Nombre, dice Yahvé de los ejércitos, enviaré sobre vosotros la maldición, y maldeciré vuestras bendiciones —y las he maldecido ya—: porque no hacéis caso (de Mí).
3 I will punish your descendants [MET], and [it will be as though] I will splatter on your faces [some of] the material inside the stomachs of the animals that are brought to be sacrificed, and you will be thrown away with the rest of that material.
He aquí que os arrojaré la espaldilla, esparciré estiércol sobre vuestros rostros, el estiércol (de las víctimas) de vuestras fiestas, y seréis echados juntamente con él.
4 When that happens, you will know that I warned you like this, in order that my agreement with [you priests who are descendants of] Levi will continue [to be obeyed]. [That is what I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, am saying [to you].
Entonces conoceréis que Yo os he dado este decreto, para que quede en vigencia mi pacto con Leví, dice Yahvé de los ejércitos.
5 My agreement with [your ancestor] Levi was because I wanted the priests to live prosperously and peacefully. And that is what I have done for them. I required that they greatly respect me and revere [DOU] me.
Mi pacto con él fue (un pacto de) vida y paz, y Yo le di estos (bienes); era (un pacto) de temor, y él me temió, y tembló ante mi Nombre.
6 They told the people that what I instructed them to do was right. And they did not tell [MTY] lies. They worked for me peacefully and loyally, and they helped many people to stop sinning.
En su boca estuvo la Ley de verdad, y maldad no hubo en sus labios; anduvo conmigo en paz y en rectitud, y apartó a muchos del mal.
7 What priests say [MTY] should enable more people to know [about me], and people should go to them [MTY] to be taught [what I want them to know], because priests [should] be messengers from me, the Commander of the armies of angels.
Porque los labios del sacerdote guardan la doctrina, y de sus labios se ha de aprender la Ley, porque él es mensajero de Yahvé de los ejércitos.
8 But, you priests have stopped doing what I wanted you to do. What you have taught people has caused many [of them] to sin. You have rejected the agreement [that I made] with [the descendants of] Levi [long ago].
Pero vosotros os habéis apartado del camino, habéis hecho tropezar a muchos en la Ley, habéis pervertido el pacto de Leví, dice Yahvé de los ejércitos.
9 Therefore I have caused all the people to despise you, and I have caused you to be humiliated, because you have not obeyed me. When you teach [people] my commands, you do not treat all [people] equally.”
Por eso también Yo os he hecho despreciables y viles delante de todo el pueblo, por cuanto no seguisteis mis caminos, y aplicasteis la Ley con acepción de personas.
10 [Now I will warn you about something else]. We all certainly [RHQ] have the same [heavenly] Father. We are certainly [RHQ] [all] created by the same God. So why are [RHQ] [some of] you disobeying/despising the agreement [that Yahweh made] with our ancestors, by not doing for each other what you said that you would do?
¿No tenemos todos, un mismo padre? ¿No nos ha creado un mismo Dios? ¿Por qué engaña el uno al otro, profanando la alianza de nuestros padres?
11 [You people of] Judah have been unfaithful [to Yahweh]. You have done detestable things in Jerusalem and in [other places] in Israel. You Israeli men have defiled the temple that Yahweh loves. [You have done that by] marrying women who worship idols.
Judá ha hecho traición; y se cometen abominaciones en Israel y en Jerusalén; pues Judá ha profanado el Santuario de Yahvé, que Él ama; y contrajo matrimonio con la hija de un dios extraño.
12 I wish that Yahweh would expel from Israel every man who has done that, [even though] they [say that they are obeying] the Commander of the armies of angels by bringing offerings to him.
Yahvé extermine de las tiendas de Jacob al hombre que obra así, al maestro y al discípulo, asimismo a aquel que presente ofrenda a Yahvé de los ejércitos.
13 This is another thing that you do: You cover Yahweh’s altar with your tears. You wail because he no longer pays attention to your offerings; but he is not pleased with them.
También otra cosa hacéis: Cubrís el altar de Yahvé con lágrimas, con llantos y gemidos, porque Él no vuelve ya su rostro hacia la oblación, ni recibe de vuestra mano (ofrenda) agradable.
14 You [cry out], saying, “Why does Yahweh not like our offerings?” The answer is that Yahweh heard what each of you men solemnly promised to your wives when you were young. But you men have not done what you promised your wives; you sent them away, the ones to whom you made that agreement.
Y vosotros decís: «¿Por qué?» Porque Yahvé ha sido testigo entre ti y la mujer de tu juventud, a la cual has sido infiel, siendo ella tu compañera y la mujer de tu pacto.
15 It is certainly [RHQ] Yahweh who joined you together. Your spirits and your bodies belong to him. [So] what he wants [RHQ] from you are godly children. So make sure that each of you men remain (with/loyal to) the woman that you married when you were young.
¿No la hizo Aquel que es Uno? ¿No es ella una partícula de su espíritu? ¿Y qué pide aquel Uno sino un linaje de Dios? Guardad, pues, vuestro espíritu y ninguno sea infiel a la mujer de su juventud.
16 Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says, “I hate divorce!” [So] if you men divorce your wives, you are overwhelming them by being cruel to them. So be sure that you are (not disloyal/remain united) to your wives. [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says.
Porque Yo aborrezco el repudio, dice Yahvé, el Dios de Israel; pues esto es cubrir de violencia su vestido; así dice Yahvé de los ejércitos. Por eso guardad vuestro espíritu, y no seáis desleales.
17 Yahweh [also says], “What you have said has caused me to become disgusted.” You reply, “What have we said that caused him to become disgusted?” [The answer is that you have caused him to become disgusted] by saying that Yahweh is pleased with all those who do evil things. [You have caused him to become disgusted] by [constantly] asking, “Why does God not act fairly?”
Habéis cansado a Yahvé con vuestras palabras y con todo decís: «¿Cómo le hemos cansado?» Con vuestro decir: «Todo aquel que obra mal es bueno a los ojos de Yahvé, y en ellos Él se complace», o: «¿Dónde está el Dios de la justicia?»
