Malaquias 2
1 Agora pois, ó sacerdotes, este mandamento vos toca a vós.
You priests, I will say something to warn you.
2 Se o não ouvirdes, e se não propozerdes no coração, dar honra ao meu nome, diz o Senhor dos Exercitos, enviarei a maldição contra vós, e amaldiçoarei as vossas bençãos; e tambem já tenho maldito a cada qual d'ellas, porque vós não pondes isso no coração.
The Commander of the armies of angels says [this]: “Pay attention [to what I am saying], and [then] decide [IDM] to honor me [MTY]. If you do not do that, I will curse you, and I will curse [the things that I have given to you to] bless you. And I have already cursed them, because you have not honored [IDM] me.
3 Eis que vos corromperei a semente, e espalharei esterco sobre os vossos rostos, o esterco das vossas festas; e com elles sereis tirados.
I will punish your descendants [MET], and [it will be as though] I will splatter on your faces [some of] the material inside the stomachs of the animals that are brought to be sacrificed, and you will be thrown away with the rest of that material.
4 Então sabereis que eu vos enviei este mandamento, para que o meu concerto seja com Levi, diz o Senhor dos Exercitos.
When that happens, you will know that I warned you like this, in order that my agreement with [you priests who are descendants of] Levi will continue [to be obeyed]. [That is what I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, am saying [to you].
5 Meu concerto com elle foi a vida e a paz, e eu lh'as dei para temor, e me temeu, e assombrou-se por causa do meu nome.
My agreement with [your ancestor] Levi was because I wanted the priests to live prosperously and peacefully. And that is what I have done for them. I required that they greatly respect me and revere [DOU] me.
6 A lei da verdade esteve na sua bocca, e a iniquidade não se achou nos seus labios: andou comigo em paz e em rectidão, e converteu a muitos da iniquidade.
They told the people that what I instructed them to do was right. And they did not tell [MTY] lies. They worked for me peacefully and loyally, and they helped many people to stop sinning.
7 Porque os labios do sacerdote guardarão a sciencia, e da sua bocca buscarão a lei, porque elle é o anjo do Senhor dos Exercitos.
What priests say [MTY] should enable more people to know [about me], and people should go to them [MTY] to be taught [what I want them to know], because priests [should] be messengers from me, the Commander of the armies of angels.
8 Mas vós vos desviastes do caminho, a muitos fizestes tropeçar na lei: corrompestes o concerto de Levi, diz o Senhor dos Exercitos.
But, you priests have stopped doing what I wanted you to do. What you have taught people has caused many [of them] to sin. You have rejected the agreement [that I made] with [the descendants of] Levi [long ago].
9 Por isso tambem eu vos fiz despreziveis, e indignos diante de todo o povo, visto que não guardaes os meus caminhos, mas acceitaes pessoas na lei.
Therefore I have caused all the people to despise you, and I have caused you to be humiliated, because you have not obeyed me. When you teach [people] my commands, you do not treat all [people] equally.”
10 Não temos nós todos um mesmo Pae? não nos creou um mesmo Deus? porque seremos desleaes cada um com seu irmão, profanando o concerto de nossos paes?
[Now I will warn you about something else]. We all certainly [RHQ] have the same [heavenly] Father. We are certainly [RHQ] [all] created by the same God. So why are [RHQ] [some of] you disobeying/despising the agreement [that Yahweh made] with our ancestors, by not doing for each other what you said that you would do?
11 Judah foi desleal, e abominação se obrou em Israel e em Jerusalem; porque Judah profana a sanctidade do Senhor, a qual ama, e se casou com a filha de deus estranho.
[You people of] Judah have been unfaithful [to Yahweh]. You have done detestable things in Jerusalem and in [other places] in Israel. You Israeli men have defiled the temple that Yahweh loves. [You have done that by] marrying women who worship idols.
12 O Senhor destruirá das tendas de Jacob o homem que fizer isto, o que vela, e o que responde, e o que offerece presente ao Senhor dos Exercitos.
I wish that Yahweh would expel from Israel every man who has done that, [even though] they [say that they are obeying] the Commander of the armies of angels by bringing offerings to him.
13 Tambem fazeis esta segunda coisa: cobris o altar do Senhor de lagrimas, de choros e de gemidos; de sorte que elle não olha mais para o presente, nem o acceitará com prazer da vossa mão.
This is another thing that you do: You cover Yahweh’s altar with your tears. You wail because he no longer pays attention to your offerings; but he is not pleased with them.
14 E dizeis: Porque? porque o Senhor foi testemunha entre ti e a mulher da tua mocidade, contra a qual tu foste desleal, sendo ella a tua companheira, e a mulher do teu concerto.
You [cry out], saying, “Why does Yahweh not like our offerings?” The answer is that Yahweh heard what each of you men solemnly promised to your wives when you were young. But you men have not done what you promised your wives; you sent them away, the ones to whom you made that agreement.
15 E não fez elle sómente um? sobejando-lhe espirito? e porque sómente este um? buscava uma semente de Deus: portanto guardae-vos em vosso espirito, e contra a mulher da vossa mocidade nenhum seja desleal.
It is certainly [RHQ] Yahweh who joined you together. Your spirits and your bodies belong to him. [So] what he wants [RHQ] from you are godly children. So make sure that each of you men remain (with/loyal to) the woman that you married when you were young.
16 Porque o Senhor Deus de Israel diz que aborrece o repudio, e aquelle que encobre a violencia com o seu vestido, diz o Senhor dos Exercitos: portanto guardae-vos em vosso espirito, e não sejaes desleaes.
Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says, “I hate divorce!” [So] if you men divorce your wives, you are overwhelming them by being cruel to them. So be sure that you are (not disloyal/remain united) to your wives. [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says.
17 Enfadaes ao Senhor com vossas palavras: e ainda dizeis: Em que o enfadamos? N'isto que dizeis: Qualquer que faz mal é bom aos olhos do Senhor, e n'estes taes é que elle se agrada, ou, onde está o Deus do juizo?
Yahweh [also says], “What you have said has caused me to become disgusted.” You reply, “What have we said that caused him to become disgusted?” [The answer is that you have caused him to become disgusted] by saying that Yahweh is pleased with all those who do evil things. [You have caused him to become disgusted] by [constantly] asking, “Why does God not act fairly?”
