Malahija 3

1 Evo, ja æu poslati anðela svojega, koji æe pripraviti put preda mnom, i iznenada æe doæi u crkvu svoju Gospod, kojega vi tražite, i anðeo zavjetni, kojega vi želite, evo doæi æe, veli Gospod nad vojskama.

“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.

2 Ali ko æe podnijeti dan dolaska njegova? i ko æe se održati kad se pokaže? jer je on kao oganj livèev i kao milo bjeljarsko.

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.

3 I sješæe kao onaj koji lije i èisti srebro, i oèistiæe sinove Levijeve, i pretopiæe ih kao zlato i srebro, i oni æe prinositi Gospodu prinose u pravdi.

And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.

4 I ugodan æe biti Gospodu prinos Judin i Jerusalimski kao u staro vrijeme i kao preðašnjih godina.

Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.

5 I doæi æu k vama na sud, i biæu brz svjedok protiv vraèara i protiv preljuboèinaca, i protiv onijeh koji se kunu krivo i protiv onijeh koji zakidaju najam najamniku, i udovici i siroti i došljaku krivo èine i ne boje se mene, veli Gospod nad vojskama.

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

6 Jer ja Gospod ne mijenjam se; zato vi, sinovi Jakovljevi, ne izgiboste.

“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

7 Od vremena otaca svojih otstupiste od uredaba mojih i ne držaste ih. Vratite se k meni, i ja æu se vratiti k vama, veli Gospod nad vojskama. Ali velite: u èem bismo se vratili?

Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’

8 Eda li æe èovjek zakidati Boga? a vi mene zakidate; i govorite: u èem te zakidamo? u desetku i u prinosu.

Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.

9 Prokleti ste, jer me zakidate, vi, sav narod.

You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.

10 Donesite sve desetke u spreme da bude hrane u mojoj kuæi, i okušajte me u tom, veli Gospod nad vojskama, hoæu li vam otvoriti ustave nebeske i izliti blagoslov na vas da vam bude dosta.

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.

11 I zaprijetiæu vas radi proždrljivcu, te vam neæe kvariti roda zemaljskoga, i vinova loza u polju neæe vam biti nerodna, veli Gospod nad vojskama.

I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.

12 I zvaæe vas blaženim svi narodi, jer æete biti zemlja mila, veli Gospod nad vojskama.

“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.

13 Žestoke bjehu vaše rijeèi na me, veli Gospod; a vi velite: šta govorismo na tebe?

“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

14 Rekoste: zaludu je služiti Bogu, i kaka æe biti korist da držimo što je naredio da se drži, i da hodimo žalosni pred Gospodom nad vojskama?

You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

15 Zato hvalimo ponosite da su sreæni; napreduju koji èine bezakonje, i koji iskušavaju Boga, izbavljaju se.

So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”

16 Tada koji se boje Gospoda govoriše jedan drugome, i pogleda Gospod, i èu, i napisa se knjiga za spomen pred njim za one koji se boje Gospoda i misle o imenu njegovu.

At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

17 Ti æe mi biti blago, veli Gospod nad vojskama, u onaj dan kad ja uèinim, i biæu im milostiv kao što je otac milostiv svome sinu koji mu služi.

“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

18 Tada æete se obratiti i vidjeæete razliku izmeðu pravednika i bezbožnika, izmeðu onoga koji služi Bogu i onoga koji mu ne služi.

So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”