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 le voici venir ce jour, brûlant comme une fournaise; impies et ouvriers d’iniquité seront tous comme du chaume, et ce jour qui vient va les consumer, dit l’Eternel-Cebaot, il n’épargnera d’eux 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 révérez mon nom, se lèvera le soleil d’équité, portant le salut dans ses rayons; et vous paraîtrez, et vous vous ébattrez comme de jeunes taureaux sortant de l’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.
Et vous foulerez les méchants qui se réduiront en poussière sous la plante de vos pieds au jour que je prépare, dit l’Eternel-Cebaot.
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, à qui j’ai signifié, sur le Horeb, des statuts et des ordonnances pour tout Israël.
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].
Or, je vous enverrai Elie, le prophète, avant qu’arrive le jour de l’Eternel, jour 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].”
Lui ramènera le cœur des pères à leurs enfants, et le cœur des enfants à leurs pères, de peur que je n’intervienne et ne frappe ce pays d’anathème.
