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].
Διότι, ιδού, έρχεται ημέρα, ήτις θέλει καίει ως κλίβανος· και πάντες οι υπερήφανοι και πάντες οι πράττοντες ασέβειαν θέλουσιν είσθαι άχυρον· και η ημέρα η ερχομένη θέλει κατακαύσει αυτούς, λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων, ώστε δεν θέλει αφήσει εις αυτούς ρίζαν και κλάδον.
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].
Εις εσάς όμως τους φοβουμένους το όνομά μου θέλει ανατείλει ο ήλιος της δικαιοσύνης με ίασιν εν ταις πτέρυξιν αυτού· και θέλετε εξέλθει, και σκιρτήσει ως μοσχάρια της φάτνης.
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.
Και θέλετε καταπατήσει τους ασεβείς· διότι αυτοί θέλουσιν είσθαι σποδός υπό τα ίχνη των ποδών σας, καθ' ην ημέραν εγώ κάμω τούτο, λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων.
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.]
Ευθυμείσθε τον νόμον του Μωϋσέως του δούλου μου, τον οποίον προσέταξα εις αυτόν εν Χωρήβ διά πάντα τον Ισραήλ, τα διατάγματα και τας κρίσεις.
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].
Ιδού, εγώ θέλω αποστείλει προς εσάς Ηλίαν τον προφήτην, πριν έλθη η ημέρα του Κυρίου η μεγάλη και επιφανής·
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].”
και αυτός θέλει επιστρέψει την καρδίαν των πατέρων προς τα τέκνα και την καρδίαν των τέκνων προς τους πατέρας αυτών, μήποτε έλθω και πατάξω την γην με ανάθεμα.
