Maleakhi 3

1 Lihat, Aku menyuruh utusan-Ku, supaya ia mempersiapkan jalan di hadapan-Ku! Dengan mendadak Tuhan yang kamu cari itu akan masuk ke bait-Nya! Malaikat Perjanjian yang kamu kehendaki itu, sesungguhnya, Ia datang, firman TUHAN semesta alam.

Behold, I send forth my messenger, and he shall survey the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come into his temple, even the angel of the covenant, whom you take pleasure in: behold, he is coming, says the Lord Almighty.

2 Siapakah yang dapat tahan akan hari kedatangan-Nya? Dan siapakah yang dapat tetap berdiri, apabila Ia menampakkan diri? Sebab Ia seperti api tukang pemurni logam dan seperti sabun tukang penatu.

And who will abide the day of his coming? or who will withstand at his appearing? for he is coming in as the fire of a furnace and as the herb of fullers.

3 Ia akan duduk seperti orang yang memurnikan dan mentahirkan perak; dan Ia mentahirkan orang Lewi, menyucikan mereka seperti emas dan seperti perak, supaya mereka menjadi orang-orang yang mempersembahkan korban yang benar kepada TUHAN.

He shall sit to melt and purify as it were silver, and as it were gold: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver, and they shall offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.

4 Maka persembahan Yehuda dan Yerusalem akan menyenangkan hati TUHAN seperti pada hari-hari dahulu kala dan seperti tahun-tahun yang sudah-sudah.

And the sacrifice of Juda and Jerusalem shall be pleasing to the Lord, according to the former days, and according to the former years.

5 Aku akan mendekati kamu untuk menghakimi dan akan segera menjadi saksi terhadap tukang-tukang sihir, orang-orang berzinah dan orang-orang yang bersumpah dusta dan terhadap orang-orang yang menindas orang upahan, janda dan anak piatu, dan yang mendesak ke samping orang asing, dengan tidak takut kepada-Ku, firman TUHAN semesta alam.

And I will draw near to you in judgement; and I will be a sift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgement of the stranger, and fear not me, says the Lord Almighty.

6 Bahwasanya Aku, TUHAN, tidak berubah, dan kamu, bani Yakub, tidak akan lenyap.

For I am the Lord your God, and I am not changed:

7 Sejak zaman nenek moyangmu kamu telah menyimpang dari ketetapan-Ku dan tidak memeliharanya. Kembalilah kepada-Ku, maka Aku akan kembali kepadamu, firman TUHAN semesta alam. Tetapi kamu berkata: "Dengan cara bagaimanakah kami harus kembali?"

but you, the sons of Jacob, have not refrained from the iniquities of your fathers: you have perverted my statutes, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord Almighty. But you said, Wherein shall we return?

8 Bolehkah manusia menipu Allah? Namun kamu menipu Aku. Tetapi kamu berkata: "Dengan cara bagaimanakah kami menipu Engkau?" Mengenai persembahan persepuluhan dan persembahan khusus!

Will a man insult God? for you insult me. But you say, Wherein have we insulted you? In that the tithes and first fruits are with you [still].

9 Kamu telah kena kutuk, tetapi kamu masih menipu Aku, ya kamu seluruh bangsa!

And you do surely look off from me, and you insult me.

10 Bawalah seluruh persembahan persepuluhan itu ke dalam rumah perbendaharaan, supaya ada persediaan makanan di rumah-Ku dan ujilah Aku, firman TUHAN semesta alam, apakah Aku tidak membukakan bagimu tingkap-tingkap langit dan mencurahkan berkat kepadamu sampai berkelimpahan.

The year is completed, and you have brought all the produce into the storehouses; but there shall be the plunder thereof in its house: return now on this behalf, says the Lord Almighty, [see] if I will not open to you the torrents of heaven, and pour out my blessing upon you, until you are satisfied.

11 Aku akan menghardik bagimu belalang pelahap, supaya jangan dihabisinya hasil tanahmu dan supaya jangan pohon anggur di padang tidak berbuah bagimu, firman TUHAN semesta alam.

And I will appoint food for you, and I will not destroy the fruit of your land; and your vine in the field shall not fail, says the Lord Almighty.

12 Maka segala bangsa akan menyebut kamu berbahagia, sebab kamu ini akan menjadi negeri kesukaan, firman TUHAN semesta alam.

And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a desirable land, says the Lord Almighty.

13 Bicaramu kurang ajar tentang Aku, firman TUHAN. Tetapi kamu berkata: "Apakah kami bicarakan di antara kami tentang Engkau?"

You have spoken grievous words against me, says the Lord. Yet you said, Wherein have we spoken against you?

14 Kamu berkata: "Adalah sia-sia beribadah kepada Allah. Apakah untungnya kita memelihara apa yang harus dilakukan terhadap-Nya dan berjalan dengan pakaian berkabung di hadapan TUHAN semesta alam?

You said, He that serves God labours in vain: and what have we gained in that we have kept his ordinances, and in that we have walked as suppliants before the face of the Lord Almighty?

15 Oleh sebab itu kita ini menyebut berbahagia orang-orang yang gegabah: bukan saja mujur orang-orang yang berbuat fasik itu, tetapi dengan mencobai Allahpun, mereka luput juga."

And now we pronounce strangers blessed; and all they who act unlawfully are built up; and they have resisted God, and [yet] have been delivered.

16 Beginilah berbicara satu sama lain orang-orang yang takut akan TUHAN: "TUHAN memperhatikan dan mendengarnya; sebuah kitab peringatan ditulis di hadapan-Nya bagi orang-orang yang takut akan TUHAN dan bagi orang-orang yang menghormati nama-Nya."

Thus spoke they that feared the Lord, every one to his neighbour: and the Lord gave heed, and listened, and he wrote a book of remembrance before him for them that feared the Lord and reverenced his name.

17 Mereka akan menjadi milik kesayangan-Ku sendiri, firman TUHAN semesta alam, pada hari yang Kusiapkan. Aku akan mengasihani mereka sama seperti seseorang menyayangi anaknya yang melayani dia.

And they shall be mine, says the Lord Almighty, in the day which I appoint for a peculiar possession; and I will make choice of them, as a man makes choice of his son that serves him.

18 Maka kamu akan melihat kembali perbedaan antara orang benar dan orang fasik, antara orang yang beribadah kepada Allah dan orang yang tidak beribadah kepada-Nya.

Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, and between him that serves God, and him that serves [him] not.