Maleakhi 1
1 Inilah pesan TUHAN kepada Maleakhi untuk umat Israel.
The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of his messenger. Lay [it], I pray you, to heart.
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. And you said, Wherein have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: yet I loved Jacob,
3 sedangkan Esau Kubenci. Daerah berbukit Esau sudah Kuhancurkan, dan tanahnya Kuserahkan kepada binatang-binatang buas di padang gurun."
and hated Esau and laid waste his borders, and made his heritage as dwellings of the wilderness?
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.'"
Because one will say, Idumea has been overthrown, but let us return and rebuild the desolate places; thus says the Lord Almighty, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall be called The borders of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord has set himself for ever.
5 Bangsa Israel akan melihatnya sendiri, dan berkata, "Sungguh besarlah TUHAN; kekuasaan-Nya sampai di luar tanah Israel!"
And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, The Lord has been magnified upon 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 his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord Almighty. You the priests are they that despise my name: yet you said, Wherein have we despised your name?
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.
In that you bring to mine altar polluted bread; and you said, Wherein have you polluted it? In that you say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and that which was set thereon you have despised.
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?"
For if you bring a blind [victim] for sacrifices, [is it] not evil? and if you bring the lame or the sick, [is it] not evil? offer it now to your ruler, [and see] if he will receive you, if he will accept your person, says 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.
And now entreat the face of your God, and make supplication to him. These things have been done by your hands; shall I accept you? says 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.
Because even among you the doors shall be shut, and [one] will not kindle [the fire of] mine altar for nothing, I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord Almighty, and I will not accept a sacrifice at your hands.
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!
For from the rising of the sun even to the going down [thereof] my name has been glorified among the Gentiles; and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, 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 profane it, in that you say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and his meats set thereon are despised.
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?
And you said, These [services] are troublesome: therefore I have utterly rejected them with scorn, says the Lord Almighty: and you brought in torn victims, and lame, and sick: if then you should bring an offering, shall I accept them at your hands? says the Lord Almighty.
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."
And cursed [is the man] who had the power, and possessed a male in his flock, and whose vow is upon him, and who sacrifices a corrupt thing to the Lord: for I am a great King, says the Lord Almighty, and my name is glorious among the nations.
