Maleakhi 1
1 Ucapan ilahi. Firman TUHAN kepada Israel dengan perantaraan Maleakhi.
The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of Malachi.
2 "Aku mengasihi kamu," firman TUHAN. Tetapi kamu berkata: "Dengan cara bagaimanakah Engkau mengasihi kami?" "Bukankah Esau itu kakak Yakub?" demikianlah firman TUHAN. "Namun Aku mengasihi Yakub,
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 tetapi membenci Esau. Sebab itu Aku membuat pegunungannya menjadi sunyi sepi dan tanah pusakanya Kujadikan 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 Apabila Edom berkata: "Kami telah hancur, tetapi kami akan membangun kembali reruntuhan itu," maka beginilah firman TUHAN semesta alam: "Mereka boleh membangun, tetapi Aku akan merobohkannya; dan orang akan menyebutkannya daerah kefasikan dan bangsa yang kepadanya TUHAN murka sampai 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 Matamu akan melihat dan kamu sendiri akan berkata: "TUHAN maha besar sampai di luar daerah Israel."
And your eyes will see. And you will say, “May the Lord be magnified beyond the limits of Israel.”
6 Seorang anak menghormati bapanya dan seorang hamba menghormati tuannya. Jika Aku ini bapa, di manakah hormat yang kepada-Ku itu? Jika Aku ini tuan, di manakah takut yang kepada-Ku itu? firman TUHAN semesta alam kepada kamu, hai para imam yang menghina nama-Ku. Tetapi kamu berkata: "Dengan cara bagaimanakah kami menghina nama-Mu?"
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 Kamu membawa roti cemar ke atas mezbah-Ku, tetapi berkata: "Dengan cara bagaimanakah kami mencemarkannya?" Dengan cara menyangka: "Meja TUHAN boleh dihinakan!"
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 Apabila kamu membawa seekor binatang buta untuk dipersembahkan, tidakkah itu jahat? Apabila kamu membawa binatang yang timpang dan sakit, tidakkah itu jahat? Cobalah menyampaikannya kepada bupatimu, apakah ia berkenan kepadamu, apalagi menyambut engkau dengan baik? firman TUHAN semesta alam.
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 Maka sekarang: "Cobalah melunakkan hati Allah, supaya Ia mengasihani kita!" Oleh tangan kamulah terjadi hal itu, masakan Ia akan menyambut salah seorang dari padamu dengan baik? firman TUHAN semesta alam.
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 Sekiranya ada di antara kamu yang mau menutup pintu, supaya jangan kamu menyalakan api di mezbah-Ku dengan percuma. Aku tidak suka kepada kamu, firman TUHAN semesta alam, dan Aku tidak berkenan menerima persembahan dari tanganmu.
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 Sebab dari terbitnya sampai kepada terbenamnya matahari nama-Ku besar di antara bangsa-bangsa, dan di setiap tempat dibakar dan dipersembahkan korban bagi nama-Ku dan juga korban sajian yang tahir; sebab nama-Ku besar di antara bangsa-bangsa, firman TUHAN semesta alam.
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 ini menajiskannya, karena kamu menyangka: "Meja Tuhan memang cemar dan makanan yang ada di situ boleh dihinakan!"
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 Kamu berkata: "Lihat, alangkah susah payahnya!" dan kamu menyusahkan Aku, firman TUHAN semesta alam. Kamu membawa binatang yang dirampas, binatang yang timpang dan binatang yang sakit, kamu membawanya sebagai persembahan. Akan berkenankah Aku menerimanya dari tanganmu? firman TUHAN.
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 penipu, yang mempunyai seekor binatang jantan di antara kawanan ternaknya, yang dinazarkannya, tetapi ia mempersembahkan binatang yang cacat kepada Tuhan. Sebab Aku ini Raja yang besar, firman TUHAN semesta alam, dan nama-Ku ditakuti di antara bangsa-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.
