Malachi 1

1 A revelation, the LORD’s word to Israel by Malachi.

神諭：上主藉瑪拉基亞傳於以色列的話。

2 “I have loved you,” says the LORD. Yet you say, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says the LORD, “Yet I loved Jacob;

上主說：我愛了你們，而你們卻說：你怎樣愛了我們﹖厄撒烏不是雅各伯的哥哥嗎﹖──上主的斷語──但是我卻愛了雅各伯，

3 but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.”

而恨了厄撒烏。我曾使他的山荒涼，使他的產業變為豺狼所住的曠野。

4 Whereas Edom says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places,” the LORD of Armies says, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them ‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom the LORD shows wrath forever.”

如果厄東說：我們雖然被毀滅，但我們必要重建廢墟。萬軍的上主卻這樣說：他們可以重建，但我必加以破壞，人們將稱之為「邪惡的地區，」為「上主永遠憤恨的人民。」

5 Your eyes will see, and you will say, “The LORD is great—even beyond the border of Israel!”

你們必要親眼看見，並且要說：上主連在以色列境界之外，也顯示了自己的偉大。

6 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the LORD of Armies to you priests who despise my name. “You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

兒子應孝敬父親，僕人應敬畏主人。但如果我是父親，對我的孝敬在哪裏﹖如果我是主人，對我的敬在哪裏﹖司祭們! 萬軍的上主對你們說：「你們輕視了我的名。」但你們卻說：「我們在什麼事上輕視了你的名﹖」

7 You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘The LORD’s table is contemptible.’

就在你們以不潔的食物供奉在我的祭壇上。你們又說：「我們在什麼事上玷污了它﹖」就是你們說：「上主的台桌是可輕賤的」的時候。

8 When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn’t that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn’t that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?” says the LORD of Armies.

你們將一隻盲目的牲畜獻為犧牲，不是罪過嗎﹖將這樣的禮品，獻給你的市長吧! 看他是否會喜歡，會悅納﹖──萬軍的上主說。

9 “Now, please entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?” says the LORD of Armies.

現在你們懇求上主開恩，叫衪憐恤我們! 這事既然是你們經手，看衪是否會對你們垂青﹖──萬軍的上主說。

10 “Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Armies, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

惟願你們中間有人關閉殿門，免得你們在我的祭壇上白白地點火! 我不你們──萬軍的上主說──也不悅納你們經手所獻的祭品，

11 For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering; for my name is great among the nations,” says the LORD of Armies.

因為從日出到日落，我的名在異民中大受顯揚，到處有人為我的名焚香獻祭，並奉獻潔淨的祭品，因為我的名在異民中大受顯揚──萬軍的上主說。

12 “But you profane it when you say, ‘The LORD’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’

但你們卻褻瀆了它，即在你們說：「主的台桌是污穢的，上面的食物是可輕賤的」的時候。

13 You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ And you have sniffed at it”, says the LORD of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says the LORD.

你們還說：「唉，這是多麼麻煩! 」你們且嗤之以鼻──萬軍的上主說。你們將奪來的，跛腿的和有疾的拿來獻為祭品，我豈能從你們手中悅納﹖──上主說。

14 “But the deceiver is cursed who has in his flock a male, and vows and sacrifices to the Lord a defective thing; for I am a great King,” says the LORD of Armies, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”

那在家畜群中原有公的，且許了願，卻拿有殘疾的獻給上主的騙子，是可詛咒的! 我是大王──萬軍的上主說：卜名在異民中必受敬畏。