Malahija 4
1 Jer, gle, ide dan, koji gori kao peæ, i svi æe ponositi i svi koji rade bezbožno biti strnjika, i upaliæe ih dan koji ide, veli Gospod nad vojskama, i neæe im ostaviti ni korijena ni grane.
[This is also what] the Commander of the armies of angels says: “There will be a time that I will judge [and punish] people. [When that happens, it will be] like [SIM] a very hot furnace. At that time, all the proud and wicked people will be burned up like [MET] stubble burns. They will be burned up completely, [like] roots and branches [and everything else on a tree burns completely in a very hot fire].
2 A vama, koji se bojite imena mojega, granuæe sunce pravde, i zdravlje æe biti na zracima njegovijem, i izlaziæete i skakaæete kao teoci od jasala.
But [as for] you who revere me [MTY], [the one who will save you will come to you] like [MET] [the sun shines in the morning, and enable you to] become righteous (OR, [do what is] righteous); he will restore you [and protect you like a bird protects its chicks] [MET] under its wings. [When he comes, ] you will [be very joyful], like [SIM] calves that go out from a barn into the pasture leaping [joyfully].
3 I izgaziæete bezbožnike, jer æe oni biti pepeo pod vašim nogama u dan kad ja uèinim, veli Gospod nad vojskama.
At the time when I judge people, you will tread on wicked people as though [SIM] they were the dirt under your feet. [That is what I], the Commander of the armies of angels, promise.
4 Pamtite zakon Mojsija sluge mojega, kojemu zapovjedih na Horivu za svega Izrailja uredbe i zakone.
Be sure to obey the laws that I gave to Moses, who served me [well]. [Obey all] the commandments and regulations that I gave him on Sinai [Mountain], for all [you people of] Israel [to obey.]
5 Evo, ja æu vam poslati Iliju proroka prije nego doðe veliki i strašni dan Gospodnji;
Listen [to this: Some day] I will send to you the prophet Elijah. [He will arrive] before the great and dreadful/terrible day when [I], Yahweh, [will judge and punish people].
6 I on æe obratiti srce otaca k sinovima, i srce sinova k ocima njihovijem, da ne doðem i zatrem zemlju.
Because of what he [preaches], parents and their children will [love] each other [again] [IDM]. If that does not happen, I will come and curse your country [and destroy it].”
