Malachi 2
1 “Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
I tako sada vama je ova zapovijest, sveštenici.
2 If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says the LORD of Armies, “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.
Ako ne poslušate i ne stavite u srce da date slavu imenu mojemu, veli Gospod nad vojskama, tada æu pustiti na vas prokletstvo i prokleæu blagoslove vaše; i prokleh ih, jer ne stavljate u srce.
3 Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
Evo ja æu vam pokvariti usjev, i baciæu vam balegu u lice, balegu praznika vaših, da vas odnese sa sobom.
4 You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says the LORD of Armies.
I poznaæete da sam vam ja poslao ovu zapovijest da bi bio moj zavjet s Levijem, veli Gospod nad vojskama.
5 “My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
Zavjet moj za život i mir bješe s njim, i dadoh mu to za strah, jer me se bojaše i imena se mojega strašaše.
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
Zakon istiniti bješe u ustima njegovijem, i bezakonje se ne naðe na usnama njegovijem; u miru i pravo ide sa mnom i mnoge odvrati od bezakonja.
7 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the LORD of Armies.
Jer usne sveštenikove treba da èuvaju znanje i zakon da se traži iz njegovijeh usta, jer je anðeo Gospoda nad vojskama.
8 But you have turned away from the path. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Armies.
Ali vi zaðoste s puta, i uèiniste te se mnogi spotakoše o zakon, pokvariste zavjet Levijev, veli Gospod nad vojskama.
9 “Therefore I have also made you contemptible and wicked before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
Zato i ja vas uèinih prezrenim i poništenim u svega naroda, kao što se vi ne držite mojih putova i u zakonu gledate ko je ko.
10 Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Nije li nam svjema jedan otac? nije li nas jedan Bog stvorio? zašto nevjeru èinimo jedan drugome skvrneæi zavjet otaca svojih?
11 Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
Juda èini nevjeru, i gad se èini u Izrailju i u Jerusalimu; jer skvrni Juda svetinju Gospodnju, koju bi mu valjalo ljubiti, ženeæi se kæerju tuðega boga.
12 The LORD will cut off the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob and him who offers an offering to the LORD of Armies.
Gospod æe istrijebiti iz šatora Jakovljevijeh èovjeka koji èini tako, koji straži i koji odgovara, i koji prinosi prinos Gospodu nad vojskama.
13 “This again you do: you cover the LORD’s altar with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn’t regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.
Još i ovo èinite: pokrivate suzama oltar Gospodnji, plaèem i uzdasima; zato ne gleda više na prinos, niti mu je drago primiti što iz vaših ruku.
14 Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.
A vi govorite: zašto? Zato što je Gospod svjedok izmeðu tebe i žene mladosti tvoje, kojoj ti èiniš nevjeru, a ona ti je drugarica i žena, s kojom si u vjeri.
15 Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Jer nije li uèinio jedno, ako i imaše još više duha? a zašto jedno? da traži sjeme Božije; zato èuvajte duh svoj, i ženi mladosti svoje ne èinite nevjere.
16 One who hates and divorces”, says the LORD, the God of Israel, “covers his garment with violence!” says the LORD of Armies. “Therefore pay attention to your spirit, that you don’t be unfaithful.
Jer Gospod Bog Izrailjev veli da mrzi na puštanje, jer taki pokriva nasilje plaštem svojim, govori Gospod nad vojskama; zato èuvajte duh svoj da ne èinite nevjere.
17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in the LORD’s sight, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’
Dosaðujete Gospodu rijeèima svojim, i govorite: u èem mu dosaðujemo? U tom što govorite: ko god èini zlo, po volji je Gospodu, i taki su mu mili; ili: gdje je Bog koji sudi?
