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 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 delight in, behold, he cometh, saith 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 may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ 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 shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto the LORD offerings in righteousness.
4 Potem bo daritev Juda in Jeruzalema prijetna Gospodu, kakor v dneh iz davnine in kakor v prejšnjih letih.
Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.
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.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers; and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
6 »Kajti jaz sem Gospod, jaz se ne spreminjam; zatorej vi, Jakobovi sinovi, niste uničeni.
For I the LORD change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
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?‹
From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall 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 ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Prekleti ste s prekletstvom, kajti oropali ste me, celó ves ta narod.
Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
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 ye the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough [to receive it].
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.
And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
12 »In vsi narodi vas bodo klicali blagoslovljeni, kajti vi boste krasna dežela, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki.
And all nations shall call you happy: for ye shall he a delightsome land, saith 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 have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein have we spoken against thee?
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?
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked 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.‹«
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and are delivered.
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.
Then they that feared the LORD spake one with another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon 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.
And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in the day that I do make, [even] a peculiar treasure; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 Potem se boste vrnili in razločevali med pravičnim in zlobnim, med tistim, ki služi Bogu in tistim, ki mu ne služi.«
Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
