Malachi Propheta 2
1 Et nunc ad vos mandatum hoc, o sacerdotes.
Now this command is for you priests!
2 Si nolueritis audire, et si nolueritis ponere super cor ut detis gloriam nomini meo, ait Dominus exercituum: mittam in vos egestatem, et maledicam benedictionibus vestris, et maledicam illis: quoniam non posuistis super cor.
If you will not listen and if you will not take it to heart to honor me, says the Lord Almighty, then I will place a curse on you and I will curse your blessings—in fact I have already cursed them because you haven't taken what I said to heart.
3 Ecce ego proiiciam vobis brachium, et dispergam super vultum vestrum stercus sollemnitatum vestrarum, et assumet vos secum.
Watch out! I am going to penalize your descendants. I will spread manure on your faces from the animals you sacrifice, the manure from your religious festivals, and you will be thrown out with it.
4 Et scietis quia misi ad vos mandatum istud, ut esset pactum meum cum Levi, dicit Dominus exercituum.
Then you will know that I sent you this command so that my agreement with Levi can continue, says the Lord Almighty.
5 Pactum meum fuit cum eo vitae et pacis: et dedi ei timorem, et timuit me, et a facie nominis mei pavebat.
My agreement with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him, and respect—he respected me. He stood in awe of me.
6 Lex veritatis fuit in ore eius, et iniquitas non est inventa in labiis eius: in pace, et in aequitate ambulavit mecum, et multos avertit ab iniquitate.
He taught the people the truth; nothing in his teaching was false. He walked with me in peace and did what was right, and he helped many to turn way from sin.
7 Labia enim sacerdotis custodient scientiam, et legem requirent ex ore eius: quia angelus Domini exercituum est.
A priest should explain the truth about God, they should go to him to be taught, for he is the Lord Almighty's messenger.
8 Vos autem recessistis de via, et scandalizastis plurimos in lege: irritum fecistis pactum Levi, dicit Dominus exercituum.
But you have turned from my way. You have made many people to fall into sin. By your teaching you have broken the agreement with Levi, says the Lord Almighty.
9 Propter quod et ego dedi vos contemptibiles, et humiles omnibus populis, sicut non servastis vias meas, et accepistis faciem in lege.
So I have destroyed any respect you had, and humiliated you before all the people. For you have not kept my ways, and have shown favoritism in what you teach.
10 Numquid non pater unus omnium nostrum? numquid non Deus unus creavit nos? quare ergo despicit unusquisque nostrum fratrem suum, violans pactum patrum nostrorum?
Don't we all have one Father? Didn't one God create us? So why are we unfaithful to each other, violating the agreement made by our forefathers?
11 Transgressus est Iuda, et abominatio facta est in Israel, et in Ierusalem: quia contaminavit Iuda sanctificationem Domini, quam dilexit, et habuit filiam dei alieni.
The people of Judah have been unfaithful and have committed a disgusting sin in Israel and Jerusalem. For the men of Judah have defiled the Lord's Temple (which he loves) by marrying women who worship idols.
12 Disperdet Dominus virum, qui fecerit hoc, magistrum, et discipulum de tabernaculis Iacob, et offerentem munus Domino exercituum.
May the Lord expel the family of any man who does this from the nation of Israel! May there be no one left to bring an offering to the Lord Almighty!
13 Et hoc rursum fecistis, operiebatis lacrymis altare Domini, fletu, et mugitu, ita ut non respiciam ultra ad sacrificium, nec accipiam placabile quid de manu vestra.
Something else you do is to pour out your tears on the Lord's altar weeping and moaning because he no longer pays attention to your offerings or doesn't want to accept them.
14 Et dixistis: Quam ob causam? quia Dominus testificatus est inter te, et uxorem pubertatis tuae, quam tu despexisti: et haec particeps tua, et uxor foederis tui.
“Why not?” you ask. Because the Lord witnessed the vows you and your wife exchanged when you were young. You were unfaithful to her, your wife and partner joined to you by marriage contract.
15 Nonne unus fecit, et residuum spiritus eius est? Et quid unus quaerit, nisi semen Dei? Custodite ergo spiritum vestrum, et uxorem adolescentiae tuae noli despicere.
Did he not make you one, and give some of his Spirit to you? And what does he want? Children of God. So watch what you do, and don't be unfaithful to the wife you married when you were young.
16 Cum odio habueris, dimitte, dicit Dominus Deus Israel: operiet autem iniquitas vestimentum eius, dicit Dominus exercituum: custodite spiritum vestrum, et nolite despicere.
For I hate divorce, says the Lord God of Israel, for it's a violent attack on the wife, says the Lord Almighty. So watch what you do, and don't be unfaithful.
17 Laborare fecistis Dominum in sermonibus vestris: et dixistis: In quo eum fecimus laborare? In eo quod dicitis: Omnis qui facit malum, bonus est in conspectu Domini, et tales ei placent: aut certe ubi est Deus iudicii?
You have worn the Lord out with your words. “How have we worn him out?” you ask. By saying everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord and he is happy with them, or by asking, where is the Lord's justice?
