Malaquias 3

1 Eis que eu envio o meu anjo, que apparelhará o caminho diante de mim; e de repente virá ao seu templo o Senhor, a quem vós buscaes, e o anjo do concerto, a quem vós desejaes; eis aqui que vem, diz o Senhor dos Exercitos.

“Behold, I am sending My messenger, And he has prepared a way before Me, And suddenly the Lord whom you are seeking comes into His temple, Even the Messenger of the Covenant, Whom you are desiring, Behold, He is coming,” said YHWH of Hosts.

2 Mas quem supportará o dia da sua vinda? e quem subsistirá, quando elle apparecer? porque elle será como o fogo do ourives e como o sabão dos lavandeiros.

“And who is bearing the day of His coming? And who is standing in His appearing? For He [is] as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller.

3 E assentar-se-ha, affinando e purificando a prata; e purgará os filhos de Levi, e os affinará como oiro e como prata: então ao Senhor trarão offerta em justiça.

And He has sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And He has purified the sons of Levi, And has refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been bringing a present near to YHWH in righteousness.

4 E a offerta de Judah e de Jerusalem será suave ao Senhor, como nos dias antigos, e como nos primeiros.

And the present of Judah and Jerusalem has been sweet to YHWH, As in days of old, and as in former years.

5 E chegar-me-hei a vós para juizo, e serei uma testemunha veloz contra os feiticeiros e contra os adulteros, e contra os que juram falsamente, e contra os que defraudam o jornaleiro em seu jornal, e a viuva, e o orphão, que pervertem o direito do estrangeiro, e não me temem, diz o Senhor dos Exercitos.

And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, and against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of a hired worker, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who do not fear Me,” said YHWH of Hosts.

6 Porque eu, o Senhor, não mudo; por isso vós, ó filhos de Jacob, não sois consumidos.

“For I, YHWH, have not changed, And you, the sons of Jacob, You have not been consumed.

7 Desde os dias de vossos paes vos desviastes dos meus estatutos, e não os guardastes: tornae a mim, e eu tornarei a vós, diz o Senhor dos Exercitos; mas vós dizeis: Em que havemos de tornar?

Even from the days of your fathers You have turned aside from My statutes, And you have not taken heed. Return to Me, and I return to you,” said YHWH of Hosts. “And you have said, In what do we turn back?

8 Roubará o homem a Deus? porque vós me roubaes, e dizeis: Em que te roubámos? nos dizimos e nas offertas alçadas.

Does man deceive God? But you are deceiving Me, And you have said, In what have we deceived You? The tithe and the raised-offering!

9 Com maldição sois malditos, porque me roubaes a mim, sim, toda a nação.

You are cursed with a curse! And you are deceiving Me—this nation—all of it.

10 Trazei todos os dizimos á casa do thesouro, para que haja mantimento na minha casa, e provae-me n'isto, diz o Senhor dos Exercitos, se eu então não vos abrirei as janellas do céu, e não vasarei sobre vós uma benção até que não caiba mais.

Bring in all the tithe to the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When you have tried Me, now, with this,” said YHWH of Hosts, “Do I not open the windows of the heavens to you? Indeed, I have emptied on you a blessing until there is no space.

11 E por causa de vós reprehenderei o devorador, para que não vos corrompa o fructo da terra; e a vide no campo vos não será esteril, diz o Senhor dos Exercitos.

And I have pushed against the consumer for you, And He does not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor does the vine in the field miscarry to you,” said YHWH of Hosts.

12 E todas as nações vos chamarão bemaventurados; porque vós sereis uma terra deleitosa, diz o Senhor dos Exercitos.

“And all the nations have declared you blessed, For you are a delightful land,” said YHWH of Hosts.

13 As vossas palavras prevaleceram contra mim, diz o Senhor; mas vós dizeis: Que temos fallado contra ti?

“Your words have been hard against Me,” said YHWH, “And you have said, What have we spoken against You?

14 Vós dizeis: Debalde é servir a Deus: que nos aproveita termos guardado os seus preceitos, e andarmos vestidos de preto diante do Senhor dos Exercitos?

You have said, A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of YHWH of Hosts?

15 Ora pois, nós reputamos por bemaventurados os soberbos: tambem os que obram impiedade se edificam; tambem tentam ao Senhor, e escapam.

And now, we are declaring the proud blessed, Indeed, those doing wickedness have been built up, Indeed, they have tempted God, and escape.

16 Então aquelles que temem ao Senhor fallam cada um com o seu companheiro; e o Senhor attenta e ouve; e ha um memorial escripto diante d'elle, para os que temem o Senhor, e para os que se lembram do seu nome.

Then have those fearing YHWH spoken to one another, And YHWH attends and hears, And a scroll of memorial is written before Him Of those fearing YHWH, And of those esteeming His Name.

17 E elles serão meus, diz o Senhor dos Exercitos, n'aquelle dia que farei me serão propriedade; poupal-os-hei, como um homem poupa a seu filho, que o serve.

And they have been to Me,” said YHWH of Hosts, “In the day that I am appointing—a peculiar treasure, And I have had pity on them, As one has pity on his son who is serving him.

18 Então tornareis e vereis a differença entre o justo e o impio; entre o que serve a Deus, e o que não o serve.

And you have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.”