Maleakhi 1
1 Inilah pesan TUHAN kepada Maleakhi untuk umat Israel.
A prophecy: This message came from the Lord concerning Israel through Malachi.
2 TUHAN berkata kepada umat-Nya, "Aku mengasihi kamu." Tetapi mereka menjawab, "Bagaimana TUHAN mengasihi kami?" TUHAN menjawab, "Bukankah Esau abang Yakub? Tetapi Yakub Kukasihi,
I have loved you, says the Lord. But you ask, “How have you loved us?” Wasn't Esau Joseph's brother? the Lord responds. But I loved Joseph
3 sedangkan Esau Kubenci. Daerah berbukit Esau sudah Kuhancurkan, dan tanahnya Kuserahkan kepada binatang-binatang buas di padang gurun."
and despised Esau. I have made Esau's mountain homeland into a wasteland, and turned his inheritance into a desert for jackals.
4 Andaikata keturunan Esau, orang-orang Edom itu berkata, "Kota-kota kami sudah dihancurkan, tapi kami akan membangunnya kembali," maka TUHAN akan menjawab, "Mereka boleh membangun kembali, tetapi Aku akan merobohkannya. Mereka akan disebut 'Negeri durhaka' dan 'Bangsa yang kena murka TUHAN untuk selama-lamanya.'"
The people of Edom may be saying: “We have been beaten down, but we will rebuild the ruins.” But this is what the Lord Almighty says, They may try and build, but I will tear down. They will be called a land of wickedness, and the people those who make the Lord angry forever.
5 Bangsa Israel akan melihatnya sendiri, dan berkata, "Sungguh besarlah TUHAN; kekuasaan-Nya sampai di luar tanah Israel!"
You will see this destruction with your own eyes, and you will say, “The Lord is great, even beyond the borders of Israel.”
6 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata kepada para imam, "Seorang anak menghormati bapaknya, dan seorang pelayan menghormati tuannya. Aku ini Bapakmu; mengapa kamu tidak menghormati Aku? Aku ini majikanmu; mengapa kamu tidak takut kepada-Ku? Kamu menghina Aku, tetapi kamu bertanya, 'Dengan cara bagaimana kami menghina Engkau?'
A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. So if I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? says the Lord Almighty to you priests who show contempt for me. But you ask, “How have we shown contempt for you?”
7 Dengan mengurbankan makanan yang tak pantas dikurbankan di atas mezbah-Ku. Lalu kamu bertanya, 'Dengan cara bagaimana kami meremehkan Engkau?' Dengan mencemarkan mezbah-Ku.
By making defiled offerings on my altar. Then you ask, “How have we defiled you?” By saying the Lord's table doesn't deserve respect.
8 Kalau kamu mempersembahkan kepada-Ku binatang yang buta, yang sakit atau yang lumpuh, bukankah itu perbuatan yang salah? Coba memberi binatang semacam itu kepada gubernur! Apakah ia akan senang dan memperlakukan kamu dengan baik?"
When you offer a blind animal as a sacrifice, isn't that wrong? Or when you offer an animal that is crippled or sick, isn't that wrong? Would you give such gifts to your governor? Would he be pleased with you? Would he be kind and show favor to you? asks the Lord Almighty.
9 Sekarang, hai imam-imam, cobalah mohon kepada Allah supaya Ia mengasihani kita. Ia tak akan menjawab doamu, dan itu salahmu sendiri.
So why don't you try being kind to God, begging him to be merciful to you? But when you bring such offerings, why should he show favor to you? asks the Lord Almighty.
10 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata, "Lebih baik pintu Rumah-Ku ditutup, sebab sia-sia kamu menyalakan api di atas mezbah-Ku. Aku tidak suka kepada kamu, dan tak mau menerima persembahanmu.
I really wish one of you would shut the Temple doors to stop you lighting pointless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you, says the Lord Almighty, and I will not accept offerings from you.
11 Aku dihormati oleh bangsa-bangsa di seluruh dunia. Di mana-mana dibakar dupa untuk menghormati nama-Ku dan dipersembahkan kurban-kurban yang pantas, sebab semua bangsa menghormati Aku!
I am honored by nations from the farthest east to the distant west; everywhere people make offerings to me of incense and pure sacrifices. I am honored among the nations, says the Lord Almighty.
12 Tetapi kamu menghina Aku karena menganggap mezbah-Ku tidak berharga, dan mempersembahkan di situ makanan yang kamu tolak.
But you dishonor me when you say the Lord's table doesn't deserve respect, and that its food can be treated with contempt.
13 Katamu, 'Kita sudah bosan dengan semua itu', dan kamu meremehkan Aku. Kamu membawa binatang curian, binatang yang lumpuh atau yang sakit untuk dipersembahkan kepada-Ku. Kamu pikir Aku mau menerima persembahanmu itu?
You say, “All this is too much trouble!” and you sniff scornfully at it, says the Lord Almighty. But when you bring animals that are stolen or crippled or sick and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept what you're giving? asks the Lord.
14 Terkutuklah si penipu yang mempersembahkan kepada-Ku binatang yang tidak berharga, kalau di antara ternaknya ada binatang baik yang sudah dijanjikannya kepada-Ku! Sebab Akulah Raja Agung, dan dihormati oleh semua bangsa."
Cursed are those who cheat by vowing to bring a ram as a sacrifice and then offers an imperfect animal to the Lord. For I am a great King, says the Lord Almighty, and I am respected among the nations!
