Malahija 2
1 I tako sada vama je ova zapovijest, sveštenici.
"Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
2 Ako ne poslušate i ne stavite u srce da date slavu imenu mojemu, veli Gospod nad vojskama, tada æu pustiti na vas prokletstvo i prokleæu blagoslove vaše; i prokleh ih, jer ne stavljate u srce.
If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name," says Jehovah of hosts, "then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.
3 Evo ja æu vam pokvariti usjev, i baciæu vam balegu u lice, balegu praznika vaših, da vas odnese sa sobom.
Look, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
4 I poznaæete da sam vam ja poslao ovu zapovijest da bi bio moj zavjet s Levijem, veli Gospod nad vojskama.
You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi," says Jehovah of hosts.
5 Zavjet moj za život i mir bješe s njim, i dadoh mu to za strah, jer me se bojaše i imena se mojega strašaše.
"My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
6 Zakon istiniti bješe u ustima njegovijem, i bezakonje se ne naðe na usnama njegovijem; u miru i pravo ide sa mnom i mnoge odvrati od bezakonja.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
7 Jer usne sveštenikove treba da èuvaju znanje i zakon da se traži iz njegovijeh usta, jer je anðeo Gospoda nad vojskama.
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.
8 Ali vi zaðoste s puta, i uèiniste te se mnogi spotakoše o zakon, pokvariste zavjet Levijev, veli Gospod nad vojskama.
But you have turned aside out of the way. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says Jehovah of hosts.
9 Zato i ja vas uèinih prezrenim i poništenim u svega naroda, kao što se vi ne držite mojih putova i u zakonu gledate ko je ko.
"Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
10 Nije li nam svjema jedan otac? nije li nas jedan Bog stvorio? zašto nevjeru èinimo jedan drugome skvrneæi zavjet otaca svojih?
Do we not all have one father? Hasn't one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
11 Juda èini nevjeru, i gad se èini u Izrailju i u Jerusalimu; jer skvrni Juda svetinju Gospodnju, koju bi mu valjalo ljubiti, ženeæi se kæerju tuðega boga.
Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
12 Gospod æe istrijebiti iz šatora Jakovljevijeh èovjeka koji èini tako, koji straži i koji odgovara, i koji prinosi prinos Gospodu nad vojskama.
Jehovah will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to Jehovah of hosts.
13 Još i ovo èinite: pokrivate suzama oltar Gospodnji, plaèem i uzdasima; zato ne gleda više na prinos, niti mu je drago primiti što iz vaših ruku.
This again you do: you cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn't regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.
14 A vi govorite: zašto? Zato što je Gospod svjedok izmeðu tebe i žene mladosti tvoje, kojoj ti èiniš nevjeru, a ona ti je drugarica i žena, s kojom si u vjeri.
Yet you say, 'Why?' Because Jehovah has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.
15 Jer nije li uèinio jedno, ako i imaše još više duha? a zašto jedno? da traži sjeme Božije; zato èuvajte duh svoj, i ženi mladosti svoje ne èinite nevjere.
Did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 Jer Gospod Bog Izrailjev veli da mrzi na puštanje, jer taki pokriva nasilje plaštem svojim, govori Gospod nad vojskama; zato èuvajte duh svoj da ne èinite nevjere.
For I hate divorce," says Jehovah, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with violence." says Jehovah of hosts. "Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.
17 Dosaðujete Gospodu rijeèima svojim, i govorite: u èem mu dosaðujemo? U tom što govorite: ko god èini zlo, po volji je Gospodu, i taki su mu mili; ili: gdje je Bog koji sudi?
You have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that you say, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delights in them;' or 'Where is the God of justice?'
