Malaquías 2

1 Ahora pues, oh sacerdotes, para ustedes es este Mandamiento.

You priests, I will say something to warn you.

2 Si no escuchan, ni deciden de corazón dar gloria a mi Nombre, dice Yavé de las huestes, enviaré maldición sobre ustedes y maldeciré sus bendiciones. En verdad, ya las maldije, porque ustedes no las reciben de corazón.

The Commander of the armies of angels says [this]: “Pay attention [to what I am saying], and [then] decide [IDM] to honor me [MTY]. If you do not do that, I will curse you, and I will curse [the things that I have given to you to] bless you. And I have already cursed them, because you have not honored [IDM] me.

3 Ciertamente, reprendo su descendencia y echaré estiércol sobre sus caras, el estiércol [de las víctimas] de sus solemnidades. Ustedes mismos serán echados con él.

I will punish your descendants [MET], and [it will be as though] I will splatter on your faces [some of] the material inside the stomachs of the animals that are brought to be sacrificed, and you will be thrown away with the rest of that material.

4 Entonces sabrán que Yo les envié este Mandamiento, para que mi Pacto continúe con Leví, dice Yavé de las huestes.

When that happens, you will know that I warned you like this, in order that my agreement with [you priests who are descendants of] Levi will continue [to be obeyed]. [That is what I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, am saying [to you].

5 Mi Pacto con él era de vida y paz. Se las di y él reverenció mi Nombre.

My agreement with [your ancestor] Levi was because I wanted the priests to live prosperously and peacefully. And that is what I have done for them. I required that they greatly respect me and revere [DOU] me.

6 La Ley de verdad estuvo en su boca, y no había iniquidad en sus labios. En paz y en rectitud anduvo conmigo, y apartó a muchos de su iniquidad.

They told the people that what I instructed them to do was right. And they did not tell [MTY] lies. They worked for me peacefully and loyally, and they helped many people to stop sinning.

7 Pues los labios del sacerdote deben guardar la sabiduría, y el pueblo buscará la Ley de su boca, porque él es mensajero de Yavé de las huestes.

What priests say [MTY] should enable more people to know [about me], and people should go to them [MTY] to be taught [what I want them to know], because priests [should] be messengers from me, the Commander of the armies of angels.

8 Pero ustedes se apartaron del camino, y a muchos hicieron tropezar en la Ley. Corrompieron el Pacto de Leví, dice Yavé de las huestes.

But, you priests have stopped doing what I wanted you to do. What you have taught people has caused many [of them] to sin. You have rejected the agreement [that I made] with [the descendants of] Levi [long ago].

9 Por tanto, Yo también los hago despreciables y viles ante todo el pueblo, porque ustedes no siguieron mis caminos, y muestran parcialidad en cuanto a la Ley.

Therefore I have caused all the people to despise you, and I have caused you to be humiliated, because you have not obeyed me. When you teach [people] my commands, you do not treat all [people] equally.”

10 ¿No tenemos todos un mismo Padre? ¿No nos creó un mismo ʼElohim? ¿Por qué, pues, nos portamos con deslealtad uno contra otro, y profanamos el Pacto de nuestros antepasados?

[Now I will warn you about something else]. We all certainly [RHQ] have the same [heavenly] Father. We are certainly [RHQ] [all] created by the same God. So why are [RHQ] [some of] you disobeying/despising the agreement [that Yahweh made] with our ancestors, by not doing for each other what you said that you would do?

11 Judá fue infiel. En Israel y en Jerusalén se cometió repugnancia, porque Judá profanó el Santuario de Yavé que Él ama, y se casó con la hija de un ʼelohim extraño.

[You people of] Judah have been unfaithful [to Yahweh]. You have done detestable things in Jerusalem and in [other places] in Israel. You Israeli men have defiled the temple that Yahweh loves. [You have done that by] marrying women who worship idols.

12 Yavé elimine de las tiendas de Jacob hasta el último hombre que haga esto, tanto al testigo como al defensor y al que presenta una ofrenda a Yavé de las huestes.

I wish that Yahweh would expel from Israel every man who has done that, [even though] they [say that they are obeying] the Commander of the armies of angels by bringing offerings to him.

13 Además ustedes hacen esto: Cubren el altar de Yavé con lágrimas, llanto y gemido, porque ya no miro sus ofrendas, ni las acepto con agrado de su mano.

This is another thing that you do: You cover Yahweh’s altar with your tears. You wail because he no longer pays attention to your offerings; but he is not pleased with them.

14 Ustedes preguntan: ¿Por qué? Porque Yavé fue testigo entre ti y la esposa de tu juventud, a la que fuiste infiel, aunque ella es tu compañera y la esposa de tu pacto.

You [cry out], saying, “Why does Yahweh not like our offerings?” The answer is that Yahweh heard what each of you men solemnly promised to your wives when you were young. But you men have not done what you promised your wives; you sent them away, the ones to whom you made that agreement.

15 ¿No hizo Él un solo ser que tiene carne y espíritu? ¿Y qué demanda ese uno? Una descendencia consagrada a ʼElohim. Guárdense, pues, en su espíritu, y no sean desleales con la esposa de su juventud.

It is certainly [RHQ] Yahweh who joined you together. Your spirits and your bodies belong to him. [So] what he wants [RHQ] from you are godly children. So make sure that each of you men remain (with/loyal to) the woman that you married when you were young.

16 Porque aborrezco el repudio y al que cubre su ropa con violencia, dice Yavé de las huestes de las huestes. Así que cuiden su espíritu y no sean infieles.

Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says, “I hate divorce!” [So] if you men divorce your wives, you are overwhelming them by being cruel to them. So be sure that you are (not disloyal/remain united) to your wives. [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says.

17 Ustedes fastidian a Yavé con sus palabras y dicen: ¿Cómo lo fastidiamos? Cuando dicen: Todo el que hace mal agrada a Yavé, y de ellos se complace. O dicen: ¿Dónde está el ʼElohim de justicia?

Yahweh [also says], “What you have said has caused me to become disgusted.” You reply, “What have we said that caused him to become disgusted?” [The answer is that you have caused him to become disgusted] by saying that Yahweh is pleased with all those who do evil things. [You have caused him to become disgusted] by [constantly] asking, “Why does God not act fairly?”