< Malachi 4 >
1 For lo! a dai schal come, brennynge as a chymenei; and alle proude men, and alle doynge vnpitee schulen be stobul; and the dai comynge schal enflaume hem, seith the Lord of oostis, which schal not leeue to hem rote and buriownyng.
看,那日子來臨,勢必如冒火燄的火爐,所有的驕傲人和惡的人都要成為禾楷;那一天來到,必要將他們燒盡──萬軍的上主說──不給他們留下根和枝條。
2 And to you dredynge my name the sunne of riytwisnesse schal rise, and heelthe in pennys of hym; and ye schulen go out, and schulen skippe, as a calf of the droue.
但為你們這些敬畏我名號的人,正義的太陽將要升起,以自己好似箭羽的光芒普施救恩;你們必將出來,蹦蹦跳跳有如出欄的牛犢。
3 And ye schulen to-trede vnpitouse men, whanne thei schulen be aische vndur the soole of youre feet, in the dai in which Y do, seith the Lord of oostis.
你們要踐踏惡人,因為在我行事之日,他們必要如同在你們腳下的塵土──萬軍的上說。
4 Bithenke ye on the lawe of my seruaunt Moises, which Y comaundide to hym in Oreb, to al Israel comaundementis and domes.
你們應記得我僕人梅瑟的法律,即我在曷黎布山,命他傳於全以色列的誡命和制度。
5 Lo! Y schal sende to you Elie, the profete, bifore that the greet dai and orible of the Lord come.
看,在上主偉大及可怕的日子來臨以前,我必派遺先知厄里亞到你們這裏來;
6 And he schal conuerte the herte of fadris to sones, and the herte of sones to fadris of hem, lest perauenture Y come, and smyte the erthe with curs.
衪將使父親的心轉向兒子,使兒子的心轉向父親,免得我來臨時,以毀滅律打擊這地。