Malahija 2
1 »In sedaj, oh vi duhovniki, ta zapoved je za vas.
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
2 Če ne boste poslušali in če si tega ne boste položili k srcu, da izročite slavo mojemu imenu, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki, »bom nad vas poslal celo prekletstvo in bom preklel vaše blagoslove. Da, že sem jih preklel, ker si tega niste vzeli k srcu.
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
3 Glejte, pokvaril bom vaše seme in razmazal gnoj na vaše obraze, celó gnoj vaših slovesnih praznikov in nekdo vas bo odvedel z njim.
Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
4 In vedeli boste, da sem to zapoved poslal k vam, da bi bila moja zaveza lahko z Levijem, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki.
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
5 »Moja zaveza z njim je bila o življenju in miru in dal sem mu jih za strah, s katerim se me je bal in je bil prestrašen pred mojim imenom.
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear which he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
6 Postava resnice je bila v njegovih ustih in krivičnosti ni bilo najti na njegovih ustnicah. Z menoj je hodil v miru in nepristranskosti in mnoge je odvrnil proč od krivičnosti.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and turned many away from iniquity.
7 Kajti duhovnikove ustnice naj bi ohranile spoznanje in pri njegovih ustih naj bi iskali postavo, kajti on je poslanec od Gospoda nad bojevniki.
For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
8 Toda odšli ste iz poti, mnogim ste povzročili, da se spotaknejo ob postavi, pokvarili ste Lévijevo zavezo, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki.
But ye have departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
9 »Zato sem vas tudi naredil zaničevanja vredne in vas ponižal pred vsem ljudstvom, glede na to, da se niste držali mojih poti, temveč ste bili delni v postavi.«
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
10 Mar nimamo vsi istega očeta? Mar nas ni ustvaril en Bog? Zakaj zahrbtno postopamo vsak človek zoper svojega brata z oskrunitvijo zaveze naših očetov?
Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
11 Juda je postopal zahrbtno in ogabnost je zagrešena v Izraelu in v Jeruzalemu, kajti Juda je oskrunil svetost Gospoda, ki ga je ljubil in poročil hčer tujega boga.
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD whom he loved, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god.
12 Gospod bo iztrebil človeka, ki to počne, gospodarja in učenca, iz Jakobovih šotorov in tistega, ki daruje daritev Gospodu nad bojevniki.
The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering to the LORD of hosts.
13 In to ste ponovno storili, pokrivajoč Gospodov oltar s solzami, z jokanjem in z vzklikanjem, do take mere, da se ni več oziral na daritev ali to z dobro voljo sprejemal iz vaše roke.
And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
14 Vendar pravite: ›Zakaj?‹ Ker je bil Gospod priča med teboj in ženo tvoje mladosti, proti kateri si zahrbtno ravnal, čeprav je ona tvoja družabnica in žena tvoje zaveze.
Yet ye say, Why? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15 Mar ni on naredil eno? Vendar je imel preostanek duha. In zakaj eno? Da bi lahko iskal bogaboječe seme. Zato pazite na svojega duha in naj nihče ne postopa zahrbtno zoper ženo svoje mladosti.
And did he not make one? Yet had he the remnant of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 Kajti Gospod, Izraelov Bog, pravi, da sovraži ločitev, kajti nekdo zakriva nasilje s svojo obleko, ‹ govori Gospod nad bojevniki. ›Zato pazite na svojega duha, da ne ravnate zahrbtno.
For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
17 S svojimi besedami ste izmučili Gospoda. Vendar pravite: ›V čem smo ga izmučili?‹ Ko pravite: ›Vsak, kdor počenja zlo, je dober v Gospodovih očeh in on se razveseljuje v njih‹ ali: ›Kje je Bog sodbe?‹«
Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, How have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
