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.
The Commander of the armies of angels says [this]: “Listen! I [am about to] send my messenger who will prepare [the people to receive me] when I come. [You claim that] [IRO] you are wanting to see me, and I will suddenly come to my temple. The messenger [who will tell you about a new] agreement, the one whom you are eagerly [SAR] awaiting, is certainly going to come [to you].”
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.
But will anyone [RHQ] be able to survive when he comes? Will anyone [RHQ] be able to [remain] standing in front of him? [Certainly not, ] because he will be like [SIM] a blazing fire that refines/purifies [metal/gold]. He will be like [SIM] a very strong soap [that bleaches clothes].
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 will be like a worker who] sits [in front of his work] to cause silver to become pure by burning all the impurities. Like [a worker refines] silver and gold, he will cause the (descendants of Levi/priests) to become pure, [in order that they will again become acceptable to] offer sacrifices that will be acceptable to him.
4 Maka persembahan Yehuda dan Yerusalem akan menyenangkan hati TUHAN seperti pada hari-hari dahulu kala dan seperti tahun-tahun yang sudah-sudah.
When that happens, Yahweh will [again] accept the offerings brought to him by [the people of] Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah, as [he did] previously.
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.
[This is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says: “At that time, I will come to you to judge you. I will quickly testify against [all] those who practice sorcery/witchcraft, [all] who have committed adultery, and [all] liars. [I will testify] against those who have not given their workers the pay/wages that they promised, those who (oppress/treat cruelly) widows and orphans, and those who do not allow foreigners who live among you to be treated fairly. [I will testify that all] the people who do those things do not revere me.”
6 Bahwasanya Aku, TUHAN, tidak berubah, dan kamu, bani Yakub, tidak akan lenyap.
“I am Yahweh, and I never change. And although you [deceive people like] your ancestor Jacob did, I have not [yet] gotten rid of you.
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?"
You and your ancestors have ignored my commands and you have not obeyed them. [Now] return to me; and when that happens, I will (return/do good) to you. [That is what I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, say.” But you ask, “[We have never gone away from you, so] how can we return [to you]?”
8 Bolehkah manusia menipu Allah? Namun kamu menipu Aku. Tetapi kamu berkata: "Dengan cara bagaimanakah kami menipu Engkau?" Mengenai persembahan persepuluhan dan persembahan khusus!
[I reply, ] “People should certainly not [RHQ] cheat God; but you people have cheated me!” You ask, “In what way did we cheat you?” [I reply, ] “[You have cheated me by not bringing to me each year] (the tithes/one tenth of [all] your crops and animals) and [other] offerings [that you are required to give to me].
9 Kamu telah kena kutuk, tetapi kamu masih menipu Aku, ya kamu seluruh bangsa!
All that you do is cursed, because all you people in this country have been cheating 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.
[Now] bring all the tithes to the storage rooms [in the temple], in order that there will be [enough] food [for the people who serve me] there. If you do that, I, the Commander of the armies of angels, promise that I will open the windows of heaven, and pour out [from them] blessings on you. [If you bring your tithes to the temple, the blessings will be] very great, with the result that you will not have enough space to store all of them. So test me [to see if I am telling the truth].
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.
You will have abundant crops [to harvest], because I will protect them in order that they will not be harmed by locusts/insects. Your grapes will not fall from the vines [before they are ripe].
12 Maka segala bangsa akan menyebut kamu berbahagia, sebab kamu ini akan menjadi negeri kesukaan, firman TUHAN semesta alam.
When that happens, [the people of] all nations will say that [I] have blessed you, because your country will be delightful. [That is what I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, say.
13 Bicaramu kurang ajar tentang Aku, firman TUHAN. Tetapi kamu berkata: "Apakah kami bicarakan di antara kami tentang Engkau?"
[I, ] Yahweh, [have something else] to say [to you]. You have said terrible things about me.” But you reply, “What terrible things have we said about 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?
[I reply], “You have said, ‘It is useless [for us] to serve God. We have gained nothing [RHQ] by obeying the commands that he gave [to us] and by trying to show the Commander of the armies of angels that we are sorry [for the sins that we have committed].
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."
From now on, we will say/consider that those who are proud are [the ones whom God has] blessed. [We will say that because it seems that it is] those who do evil who become rich, and [that it is] those who try to find out how many evil things they can do without God punishing them who are not punished.’”
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."
After [the people heard my message], those who revered Yahweh discussed [those things] with each other, and Yahweh listened to what they said. While Yahweh was watching, they wrote on a scroll the things that would remind them [about what they promised], and they wrote on that scroll the names of those who revered Yahweh and who [said that they] always wanted to honor him [MTY].
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.
The Commander of the armies of angels says this [about those people]: “They will be my people. At the time that I judge people, [they will be like] [MET] a special treasure to me. I will be kind to them, like [SIM] fathers are kind to their sons who obey them.
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.
When that happens, you will again see that [the manner in which I treat] righteous people is different from [the manner in which I treat] wicked people. [You will see that the manner in which I act toward] those who serve me is different from [the manner in which I act toward] those who do not.”
