Malaquías 3

1 Ciertamente, Yo envío mi mensajero, el cual preparará el camino delante de Mí. Y vendrá súbitamente a su Casa el ʼAdón a Quien ustedes buscan, el Ángel del Pacto, a Quien ustedes desean. Ciertamente viene, dice Yavé de las huestes.

See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.

2 ¿Y quién soportará el día de su venida? ¿Y quién permanecerá cuando Él se manifieste? Porque Él es fuego de fundidor y lejía de lavadores.

But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.

3 Se sentará para refinar y purificar la plata, porque purificará a los hijos de Leví. Los acrisolará como el oro y la plata, y presentarán a Yavé sacrificios de justicia.

He will take his seat, testing and cleaning the sons of Levi, burning away the evil from them as from gold and silver; so that they may make offerings to the Lord in righteousness.

4 Entonces la ofrenda de Judá y de Jerusalén será grata a Yavé, como en los días de antaño y como en los años antiguos.

Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord, as in days gone by, and as in past years.

5 Vendré a ustedes para juzgar. Seré testigo inmediato contra los hechiceros, los adúlteros, los que juran en falso, los que defraudan el salario del jornalero, de la viuda y del huérfano, y los que hacen tropezar al extranjero sin temor a Mí, dice Yavé de las huestes.

And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.

6 Porque Yo, Yavé, no cambio. Por eso ustedes, oh hijos de Jacob, no fueron consumidos.

For I am the Lord, I am unchanged; and so you, O sons of Jacob, have not been cut off.

7 Desde los días de sus antepasados se apartaron de mis Estatutos y no los guardaron. Regresen a Mí, y Yo me volveré a ustedes, dice Yavé de las huestes. Pero ustedes dicen: ¿De qué nos volvemos?

From the days of your fathers you have been turned away from my rules and have not kept them. Come back to me, and I will come back to you, says the Lord of armies. But you say, How are we to come back?

8 ¿Robará el hombre a ʼElohim? ¡Pues ustedes me roban! Y dicen: ¿En qué te robamos? ¡En los diezmos y en las ofrendas!

Will a man keep back from God what is right? But you have kept back what is mine. But you say, What have we kept back from you? Tenths and offerings.

9 ¡Son malditos con maldición, porque ustedes, toda la nación, me roban!

You are cursed with a curse; for you have kept back from me what is mine, even all this nation.

10 Traigan todos los diezmos al tesoro para que haya alimento en mi Casa. Y pruébenme ahora en esto, dice Yavé de las huestes, si no les abro las ventanas del cielo y derramo sobre ustedes bendición hasta que sobreabunde.

Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.

11 Reprenderé también al devorador, y no les destruirá el fruto de la tierra, ni será estéril la vid en el campo, dice Yavé de las huestes.

And on your account I will keep back the locusts from wasting the fruits of your land; and the fruit of your vine will not be dropped on the field before its time, says the Lord of armies

12 Todas las naciones les dirán bienaventurados, porque serán una tierra deleitosa, dice Yavé de las huestes.

And you will be named happy by all nations: for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of armies.

13 Sus palabras fueron duras contra Mí, dice Yavé. Pero ustedes dicen: ¿Qué hablamos contra Ti?

Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?

14 Dijeron: Por demás es servir a ʼElohim. ¿Qué provecho tiene el guardar su Precepto, y que andemos afligidos delante de Yavé de las huestes?

You have said, It is no use worshipping God: what profit have we had from keeping his orders, and going in clothing of sorrow before the Lord of armies?

15 Así que ahora nosotros llamamos bendecidos a los altivos, y decimos que los hacedores de perversidad prosperan, y que los que provocan a ʼElohim escapan.

And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.

16 Entonces los que temían a Yavé hablaron el uno al otro, y Yavé prestó atención y escuchó. Y fue escrito un rollo de memoria delante de Él, a favor de los que temen a Yavé y honran su Nombre.

Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.

17 En el día que Yo preparo, dice Yavé de las huestes, serán para Mí un especial tesoro. Los perdonaré como un hombre perdona a su hijo que le sirve.

And they will be mine, says the Lord, in the day when I make them my special property; and I will have mercy on them as a man has mercy on his son who is his servant.

18 Entonces se convertirán. Distinguirán entre el justo y el perverso, y entre el que sirve a ʼElohim y el que no le sirve.

Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.