Malachi 2
1 Now you priests, this command is for you.
»In sedaj, oh vi duhovniki, ta zapoved je za vas.
2 “If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it on your heart to give honor to my name,” says Yahweh of hosts, “then I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them, because you are not laying my command on your heart.
Če ne boste poslušali in če si tega ne boste položili k srcu, da izročite slavo mojemu imenu, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki, »bom nad vas poslal celo prekletstvo in bom preklel vaše blagoslove. Da, že sem jih preklel, ker si tega niste vzeli k srcu.
3 See, I am about to rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the dung from your festivals, and he will take you away with it.
Glejte, pokvaril bom vaše seme in razmazal gnoj na vaše obraze, celó gnoj vaših slovesnih praznikov in nekdo vas bo odvedel z njim.
4 You will know that I have sent this command to you, and that my covenant may continue to be with Levi,” says Yahweh of hosts.
In vedeli boste, da sem to zapoved poslal k vam, da bi bila moja zaveza lahko z Levijem, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki.
5 “My covenant with him was life and peace, and I gave them to him; I gave him fear, and he feared me, and he stood in awe of my name.
»Moja zaveza z njim je bila o življenju in miru in dal sem mu jih za strah, s katerim se me je bal in je bil prestrašen pred mojim imenom.
6 True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness and he turned many away from sin.
Postava resnice je bila v njegovih ustih in krivičnosti ni bilo najti na njegovih ustnicah. Z menoj je hodil v miru in nepristranskosti in mnoge je odvrnil proč od krivičnosti.
7 For a priest's lips should keep knowledge and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is a messenger of Yahweh of hosts.
Kajti duhovnikove ustnice naj bi ohranile spoznanje in pri njegovih ustih naj bi iskali postavo, kajti on je poslanec od Gospoda nad bojevniki.
8 But you have turned away from the true path. You have caused many to stumble with respect to the law. You have broken the covenant of Levi,” says Yahweh of hosts.
Toda odšli ste iz poti, mnogim ste povzročili, da se spotaknejo ob postavi, pokvarili ste Lévijevo zavezo, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki.
9 “So I also, I have made you contemptible and vile before all the people, because you have not kept my ways, but have instead shown partiality with regard to the instruction.”
»Zato sem vas tudi naredil zaničevanja vredne in vas ponižal pred vsem ljudstvom, glede na to, da se niste držali mojih poti, temveč ste bili delni v postavi.«
10 Is there not one father for us all? Has not one God created us? Why are we faithless each man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Mar nimamo vsi istega očeta? Mar nas ni ustvaril en Bog? Zakaj zahrbtno postopamo vsak človek zoper svojega brata z oskrunitvijo zaveze naših očetov?
11 Judah has been faithless. A disgusting thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy place of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
Juda je postopal zahrbtno in ogabnost je zagrešena v Izraelu in v Jeruzalemu, kajti Juda je oskrunil svetost Gospoda, ki ga je ljubil in poročil hčer tujega boga.
12 May Yahweh cut off from the tents of Jacob the man who does this, the one who is awake and the one who answers, even if he is bringing an offering to Yahweh of hosts.
Gospod bo iztrebil človeka, ki to počne, gospodarja in učenca, iz Jakobovih šotorov in tistega, ki daruje daritev Gospodu nad bojevniki.
13 You also do this: You cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping and sighing, because he still does not turn toward the offering or accept it with favor from your hand.
In to ste ponovno storili, pokrivajoč Gospodov oltar s solzami, z jokanjem in z vzklikanjem, do take mere, da se ni več oziral na daritev ali to z dobro voljo sprejemal iz vaše roke.
14 But you say, “Why does he not?” Because Yahweh was a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have been faithless, even though she was your companion and your wife by covenant.
Vendar pravite: ›Zakaj?‹ Ker je bil Gospod priča med teboj in ženo tvoje mladosti, proti kateri si zahrbtno ravnal, čeprav je ona tvoja družabnica in žena tvoje zaveze.
15 Did he not make them one, with a portion of his spirit? Then why did he make you one? Because he was seeking an offspring from God. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
Mar ni on naredil eno? Vendar je imel preostanek duha. In zakaj eno? Da bi lahko iskal bogaboječe seme. Zato pazite na svojega duha in naj nihče ne postopa zahrbtno zoper ženo svoje mladosti.
16 “For I hate divorce,” says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and the one who covers his garment with violence,” says Yahweh of hosts. “So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not be faithless.”
Kajti Gospod, Izraelov Bog, pravi, da sovraži ločitev, kajti nekdo zakriva nasilje s svojo obleko, ‹ govori Gospod nad bojevniki. ›Zato pazite na svojega duha, da ne ravnate zahrbtno.
17 You have wearied Yahweh with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of Yahweh, and he delights in them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”
S svojimi besedami ste izmučili Gospoda. Vendar pravite: ›V čem smo ga izmučili?‹ Ko pravite: ›Vsak, kdor počenja zlo, je dober v Gospodovih očeh in on se razveseljuje v njih‹ ali: ›Kje je Bog sodbe?‹«
