Malachi 4
1 [This is also what] the Commander of the armies of angels says: “There will be a time that I will judge [and punish] people. [When that happens, it will be] like [SIM] a very hot furnace. At that time, all the proud and wicked people will be burned up like [MET] stubble burns. They will be burned up completely, [like] roots and branches [and everything else on a tree burns completely in a very hot fire].
Car voici que le jour vient, ardent comme une fournaise. Tous les orgueilleux, tous ceux qui font le mal seront du chaume, et le jour qui vient les embrasera, dit Yahweh des armées, en sorte qu'il ne leur laissera ni racine, ni rameau.
2 But [as for] you who revere me [MTY], [the one who will save you will come to you] like [MET] [the sun shines in the morning, and enable you to] become righteous (OR, [do what is] righteous); he will restore you [and protect you like a bird protects its chicks] [MET] under its wings. [When he comes, ] you will [be very joyful], like [SIM] calves that go out from a barn into the pasture leaping [joyfully].
Mais pour vous qui craignez mon nom, se lèvera un soleil de justice, et la guérison sera dans ses rayons; vous sortirez et vous bondirez comme des veaux d'étable.
3 At the time when I judge people, you will tread on wicked people as though [SIM] they were the dirt under your feet. [That is what I], the Commander of the armies of angels, promise.
Vous foulerez les méchants, car ils seront comme de la cendre sous la plante de vos pieds, au jour que je prépare, dit Yahweh des armées.
4 Be sure to obey the laws that I gave to Moses, who served me [well]. [Obey all] the commandments and regulations that I gave him on Sinai [Mountain], for all [you people of] Israel [to obey.]
Souvenez-vous de la loi de Moïse mon serviteur, auquel je donnai en Horeb des préceptes pour tout Israël et des ordonnances.
5 Listen [to this: Some day] I will send to you the prophet Elijah. [He will arrive] before the great and dreadful/terrible day when [I], Yahweh, [will judge and punish people].
Voici que je vous envoie Élie, le prophète, avant que vienne le jour de Yahweh, grand et redoutable.
6 Because of what he [preaches], parents and their children will [love] each other [again] [IDM]. If that does not happen, I will come and curse your country [and destroy it].”
Il ramènera le cœur des pères vers les enfants et le cœur des enfants vers les pères, de peur que je ne vienne et que je ne frappe la terre d'anathème.
