Malakias 4
1 For sjå, dagen kjem, brennande som ein omn; då skal alle ovmodige og kvar den som fer med gudløysa, verta halm, og dagen som kjem, skal brenna deim upp, segjer Herren, allhers drott, so det ikkje vert att av deim anten rot eller grein.
[This is also what] the Commander of the armies of angels says: “There will be a time that I will judge [and punish] people. [When that happens, it will be] like [SIM] a very hot furnace. At that time, all the proud and wicked people will be burned up like [MET] stubble burns. They will be burned up completely, [like] roots and branches [and everything else on a tree burns completely in a very hot fire].
2 Men for dykk som ottast mitt namn, skal rettferds-soli renna upp med lækjedom i vengjerne sine; og de skal ganga ut og hoppa som kalvar når dei slepp or fjøset.
But [as for] you who revere me [MTY], [the one who will save you will come to you] like [MET] [the sun shines in the morning, and enable you to] become righteous (OR, [do what is] righteous); he will restore you [and protect you like a bird protects its chicks] [MET] under its wings. [When he comes, ] you will [be very joyful], like [SIM] calves that go out from a barn into the pasture leaping [joyfully].
3 Og de skal trakka ned dei gudlause, for dei skal verta som oska under føterne dykkar på den dagen som eg skaper, segjer Herren, allhers drott.
At the time when I judge people, you will tread on wicked people as though [SIM] they were the dirt under your feet. [That is what I], the Commander of the armies of angels, promise.
4 Kom i hug lovi åt Moses, tenaren min, som eg gav honom på Horeb for heile Israel med bod og rettar!
Be sure to obey the laws that I gave to Moses, who served me [well]. [Obey all] the commandments and regulations that I gave him on Sinai [Mountain], for all [you people of] Israel [to obey.]
5 Sjå, eg sender dykk profeten Elia fyrr Herrens store og skræmelege dag kjem.
Listen [to this: Some day] I will send to you the prophet Elijah. [He will arrive] before the great and dreadful/terrible day when [I], Yahweh, [will judge and punish people].
6 Han skal venda fedrehjarto til borni og barnehjarto til federne, so eg ikkje skal koma og slå landet med bann. Det nye testamentet
Because of what he [preaches], parents and their children will [love] each other [again] [IDM]. If that does not happen, I will come and curse your country [and destroy it].”
