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 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, and you have said, “In what way have you loved us?” Was not Esau brother to Jacob, says the Lord? And have I not loved Jacob,
3 sedangkan Esau Kubenci. Daerah berbukit Esau sudah Kuhancurkan, dan tanahnya Kuserahkan kepada binatang-binatang buas di padang gurun."
but held hatred for Esau? And I have set his mountains in solitude, and his inheritance with the serpents of the desert.
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.'"
But if Idumea will say, “We have been destroyed, but when we return, we will build up what has been destroyed,” thus says the Lord of hosts: They will build up, and I will destroy. And they will be called “The limits of impiety,” and, “The people with whom the Lord has been angry, even to eternity.”
5 Bangsa Israel akan melihatnya sendiri, dan berkata, "Sungguh besarlah TUHAN; kekuasaan-Nya sampai di luar tanah Israel!"
And your eyes will see. And you will say, “May the Lord be magnified beyond the limits 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?'
The son honors the father, and the servant his master. If, therefore, I am Father, where is my honor? And if I am Master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And you have said, “In what way, 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.
You offer polluted bread upon my altar, and you say, “In what way, have we polluted you?” In that you say, “The table of the Lord has been 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?"
If you offer the blind for sacrifice, is this not evil? And if you offer the lame and the sick, is this not evil? Offer it to your leader, if he will be pleased with it, or if he will accept your face, says the Lord of hosts.
9 Sekarang, hai imam-imam, cobalah mohon kepada Allah supaya Ia mengasihani kita. Ia tak akan menjawab doamu, dan itu salahmu sendiri.
And now, beseech the face of God, so that he may have mercy on you (for by your hand has this been done) if, in any way, he might accept your faces, says the Lord of hosts.
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.
Who is there among you that would close the doors and enflame my altar without pay? I have no favor in you, says the Lord of hosts. And I will not accept a gift from your hand.
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 its setting, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place, a clean oblation is being sacrificed and offered to my name. For my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of hosts.
12 Tetapi kamu menghina Aku karena menganggap mezbah-Ku tidak berharga, dan mempersembahkan di situ makanan yang kamu tolak.
And you have polluted it, in that you say, “The table of the Lord has been contaminated; and that which is placed upon it is contemptible, compared with the fire that devours it.”
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 have said, “Behold our labor,” and you have exhaled it away, says the Lord of hosts. And you brought in by plunder the lame, and the sick, and brought it in as a gift. How can I receive this from your hand, says 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 is the deceitful, who holds in his flock a male, and, when making a vow, offers in sacrifice that which is feeble to the Lord. For I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the Gentiles.
