Malahija 3
1 »Glejte, poslal bom svojega poslanca in pripravil bo pot pred menoj in Gospod, ki ga iščete, bo nenadoma prišel k svojemu templju, celo poslanec zaveze, v katerem se razveseljujete. Glejte, prišel bo, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki.
“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 Toda kdo lahko prenese dan njegovega prihoda? In kdo bo obstal, ko se pojavi? Kajti podoben je prečiščevalčevemu ognju in podoben pralčevemu milu.
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 Sédel bo kakor prečiščevalec in čistilec srebra in očistil bo Lévijeve sinove in jih presejal kakor zlato in srebro, da bodo lahko Gospodu darovali daritev v pravičnosti.
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 Potem bo daritev Juda in Jeruzalema prijetna Gospodu, kakor v dneh iz davnine in kakor v prejšnjih letih.
Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.
5 In prišel bom bliže k vam, da sodim in bom hitra priča zoper čarodeje in zoper zakonolomce in zoper krivoprisežnike in zoper tiste, ki zatirajo najemnika pri njegovih plačilih, vdovo in osirotelega in ki odvračajo tujca pred njegovo pravico, mene pa se ne bojijo, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki.
“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 »Kajti jaz sem Gospod, jaz se ne spreminjam; zatorej vi, Jakobovi sinovi, niste uničeni.
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
7 Celo od dni svojih očetov ste odstopali od mojih odredb in se jih niste držali. Vrnite se k meni in jaz se bom vrnil k vam, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki. »Toda rekli ste: ›V čem se bomo vrnili?‹
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 Ali bo človek oropal Boga? Vendar ste me oropali. Toda vi pravite: ›V čem smo te oropali?‹ V desetinah in daritvah.
Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
9 Prekleti ste s prekletstvom, kajti oropali ste me, celó ves ta narod.
You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
10 Prinesite vse desetine v skladišče, da bo lahko hrana v moji hiši in preizkusite me sedaj s tem, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki, »če vam ne bom odprl oken neba in vam izlil blagoslova, tako da ne bo dovolj prostora, da bi ga sprejeli.«
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 Zaradi vas bom oštel požiralca in ne bo uničil sadov vaše zemlje niti vaša trta na polju svojega sadu ne bo odvrgla pred časom, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki.
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 »In vsi narodi vas bodo klicali blagoslovljeni, kajti vi boste krasna dežela, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki.
“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
13 »Vaše besede so bile arogantne zoper mene, « govori Gospod. »Vendar pravite: ›Kaj smo tako zelo govorili zoper tebe?‹
“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
14 Rekli ste: ›Prazno je služiti Bogu in kakšna korist je to, da smo se držali njegove odredbe in da smo žalujoč hodili pred Gospodom nad bojevniki?
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 In sedaj ponosnega imenujemo srečen. Da, tisti, ki počnejo zlobnost, so povzdignjeni; da, tisti, ki skušajo Boga, so celo osvobojeni.‹«
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
16 Potem so tisti, ki so se bali Gospoda, pogosto govorili drug drugemu. Gospod je prisluhnil in to slišal in knjiga spominov je bila napisana pred njim za tiste, ki so se bali Gospoda in tiste, ki mislijo na njegovo ime.
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 »Oni bodo moji, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki, »na tisti dan, ko bom pripravil svoje dragocenosti; in jim prizanesel, kakor mož prizanese svojemu lastnemu sinu, ki 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 Potem se boste vrnili in razločevali med pravičnim in zlobnim, med tistim, ki služi Bogu in tistim, ki mu ne služi.«
So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
