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, le jour vient, brûlant comme un four; et tous les orgueilleux, et tous ceux qui pratiquent la méchanceté seront du chaume, et le jour qui vient les brûlera, dit l’Éternel des armées, de manière à ne leur laisser ni racine, ni branche.
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].
Et pour vous qui craignez mon nom, se lèvera le soleil de justice; et la guérison sera dans ses ailes; et vous sortirez, et vous prospérerez comme des veaux à l’engrais.
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.
Et vous foulerez les méchants, car ils seront de la cendre sous la plante de vos pieds, au jour que je ferai, dit l’Éternel 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, que je lui commandai en Horeb pour tout Israël, – des statuts 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, je vous envoie Élie, le prophète, avant que vienne le grand et terrible jour de l’Éternel.
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].”
Et il fera retourner le cœur des pères vers les fils, et le cœur des fils vers leurs pères, de peur que je ne vienne et ne frappe le pays de malédiction.
