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, And he shall prepare the way before me; And the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; And the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, Behold, he shall come, saith Jehovah 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 shall abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he shall be like the fire of the refiner, And like the soap of the fuller.

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 shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, And he shall purify the sons of Levi, And shall refine them as gold and silver, That, being holy to Jehovah, they may bring an offering in righteousness.

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

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasing to Jehovah, As in the days of old, And as in former years.

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.

And I will come near to you to judgment; And I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, and against adulterers, and against false swearers, And against those who defraud the hireling of his hire, And oppress the widow and the fatherless, And turn aside the stranger from his right, And fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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

For I am Jehovah; I change not; Therefore, ye sons of Jacob, are ye not consumed.

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?

From the days of your fathers have ye turned aside from my statutes, And have not kept them; Return to me, and I will return to you, Saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, “Wherein shall we return?”

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

Shall a man rob God, That ye have robbed me? But ye say, “Wherein have we robbed thee?” In tithes and offerings.

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

Ye are cursed with a curse, For ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

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 ye all the tithes into the storehouse, That there be food in my house; And try me now in this, Saith Jehovah of hosts, Whether I will not open to you the windows of heaven, And pour out upon you a blessing, until there is none left.

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.

And I will rebuke for you the devourer, And he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground, Nor shall your vine be barren in the field, Saith Jehovah of hosts.

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

And all nations shall call you blessed; For ye shall be a delightful land, Saith Jehovah of hosts.

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

Your words have been bold against me, saith Jehovah; Yet ye say, “What have we spoken against thee?”

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?

Ye have said, “It is a vain thing to serve God”; And, “What profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, And that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?

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

Therefore we call the proud happy; Yea, they that do wickedness are built up; Yea, they tempt God, and are delivered.”

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.

Then they that feared Jehovah spake to one another, And Jehovah gave ear and heard; And a book of remembrance was written before him, For them that feared Jehovah, And that thought upon 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.

And they shall be to me, saith Jehovah of hosts, In the day which I appoint, as my own possession; And I will spare them, As a father spareth his own son that serveth him.

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

Then shall ye return and see What is the difference between the righteous and the wicked, Between him who serveth God And him who serveth him not.