Malachi

Chapter 1

1 THE vision of the words of the LORD concerning Israel by Malachi.

2 I have loved you, says the LORD. But you say, In what way hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the LORD; yet I have loved Jacob, and I have not favored Esau;

3 And I have made his mountains waste and his heritage for camps of shepherds in the wilderness.

4 And if the Edomites say, We are impoverished, but let us return and build the desolate places; thus says the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will demolish; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness and, The people against whom the LORD is angry for ever.

5 And your eyes shall see it, and you shall say, The LORD will be magnified beyond the border of Israel.

6 A son honors his father, and a servant his master; if then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And if you say, In what have we despised thy name?

7 In that you offer polluted bread upon my altar; and if you say, In what have we polluted it? In that you say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.

8 And when you offer a blind animal to the altar, is it not evil? And when you offer the lame and sick animals, is it not evil? Offer it now to your governor; will he be pleased with you or accept your person? says the LORD of hosts.

9 And now, pray before the LORD that he may be gracious to us for this disaster has been brought by your means; I will not regard your persons, says the LORD of hosts.

10 Who is there among you who would guard my doors or offer on my altar for nothing? I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering from your hand.

11 For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place they burn incense and offer to my name pure offerings; for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the LORD of hosts.

12 But you are profaning it, in that you say, The table of the LORD is polluted and its food is contemptible.

13 And you say, This is because we are miserable; and I have sniffed at it, says the LORD of hosts; for you bring offerings that are taken by violence, the lame and the sick; I will not accept them from your hands, says the LORD.

14 Cursed be he who has in his flock a ram, and vows and sacrifices for the LORD that which is sick; for I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreaded among the Gentiles.

瑪拉基書

第1章

1 耶和華有命、使馬拉基普告以色列族云、

2 耶和華曰、我眷愛爾、爾曰、眷愛余躬、何以爲徵、耶和華曰、以掃爲雅各之兄、我愛雅各、

3 不愛以掃、使其山荒蕪、爲野犬薮穴、

4 以東曰、予雖貧乏、倾圮之宅、必復建造、萬有之主耶和華曰、彼雖興版築、必爲我所毀、人稱之爲惡土、耶和華震怒斯民、恒久不已、

5 惟爾處於以色列族之境、目覩此事、必曰、願耶和華永獲揄揚、

6 萬有之主耶和華、告侮慢之祭司曰、子敬父、僕敬主、我旣爲父、爾奚不敬、我旣爲主、爾奚不畏、乃爾曰、何嘗侮爾哉、

7 爾以不潔之餅、奉於我壇、以我耶和華之儿、爲可藐視、猶言曰、何嘗凌辱爾乎、

8 萬有之主耶和華曰、爾欲奉祭、以瞽跛廢疾之牲獻之、豈得爲善乎、試獻於牧伯、彼豈納之、以爾爲悅、

9 萬有之主耶和華曰、獻此薄祭、繫爾之故、今雖呼顯於上、望我矜憫、我豈以爾爲悅、

10 萬有之主耶和華曰、爾中有誰、閉我殿門、燃火於我壇、而肯徒爲之乎、故我不以爾爲悅、不納爾禮物、

11 萬有之主耶和華曰、自日出之所、至日入之鄕、列邦之人、將尊我名、隨在焚香、奉獻祭品、惟潔是務、我之聲名、必爲列邦之人所尊焉、

12 惟爾屢言耶和華之几、已玷厥污、其饌菲薄、則瀆我名、

13 萬有之主耶和華曰、爾曰、供饌徒勞、何益之有、遂以跛疾斷傷之牲、獻之爲祭、我耶和華豈悅納爾哉、

14 萬有之主耶和華曰、我乃大君、列邦之人、必尊我名、浸假有偽善之人、羣中尚有純全之牡羊、乃取其體不全者、獻我爲祭、以輸其願、禍不遠矣。

Malachi

Chapter 1

瑪拉基書

第1章

1 THE vision of the words of the LORD concerning Israel by Malachi.

1 耶和華有命、使馬拉基普告以色列族云、

2 I have loved you, says the LORD. But you say, In what way hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the LORD; yet I have loved Jacob, and I have not favored Esau;

2 耶和華曰、我眷愛爾、爾曰、眷愛余躬、何以爲徵、耶和華曰、以掃爲雅各之兄、我愛雅各、

3 And I have made his mountains waste and his heritage for camps of shepherds in the wilderness.

3 不愛以掃、使其山荒蕪、爲野犬薮穴、

4 And if the Edomites say, We are impoverished, but let us return and build the desolate places; thus says the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will demolish; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness and, The people against whom the LORD is angry for ever.

4 以東曰、予雖貧乏、倾圮之宅、必復建造、萬有之主耶和華曰、彼雖興版築、必爲我所毀、人稱之爲惡土、耶和華震怒斯民、恒久不已、

5 And your eyes shall see it, and you shall say, The LORD will be magnified beyond the border of Israel.

5 惟爾處於以色列族之境、目覩此事、必曰、願耶和華永獲揄揚、

6 A son honors his father, and a servant his master; if then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And if you say, In what have we despised thy name?

6 萬有之主耶和華、告侮慢之祭司曰、子敬父、僕敬主、我旣爲父、爾奚不敬、我旣爲主、爾奚不畏、乃爾曰、何嘗侮爾哉、

7 In that you offer polluted bread upon my altar; and if you say, In what have we polluted it? In that you say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.

7 爾以不潔之餅、奉於我壇、以我耶和華之儿、爲可藐視、猶言曰、何嘗凌辱爾乎、

8 And when you offer a blind animal to the altar, is it not evil? And when you offer the lame and sick animals, is it not evil? Offer it now to your governor; will he be pleased with you or accept your person? says the LORD of hosts.

8 萬有之主耶和華曰、爾欲奉祭、以瞽跛廢疾之牲獻之、豈得爲善乎、試獻於牧伯、彼豈納之、以爾爲悅、

9 And now, pray before the LORD that he may be gracious to us for this disaster has been brought by your means; I will not regard your persons, says the LORD of hosts.

9 萬有之主耶和華曰、獻此薄祭、繫爾之故、今雖呼顯於上、望我矜憫、我豈以爾爲悅、

10 Who is there among you who would guard my doors or offer on my altar for nothing? I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering from your hand.

10 萬有之主耶和華曰、爾中有誰、閉我殿門、燃火於我壇、而肯徒爲之乎、故我不以爾爲悅、不納爾禮物、

11 For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place they burn incense and offer to my name pure offerings; for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the LORD of hosts.

11 萬有之主耶和華曰、自日出之所、至日入之鄕、列邦之人、將尊我名、隨在焚香、奉獻祭品、惟潔是務、我之聲名、必爲列邦之人所尊焉、

12 But you are profaning it, in that you say, The table of the LORD is polluted and its food is contemptible.

12 惟爾屢言耶和華之几、已玷厥污、其饌菲薄、則瀆我名、

13 And you say, This is because we are miserable; and I have sniffed at it, says the LORD of hosts; for you bring offerings that are taken by violence, the lame and the sick; I will not accept them from your hands, says the LORD.

13 萬有之主耶和華曰、爾曰、供饌徒勞、何益之有、遂以跛疾斷傷之牲、獻之爲祭、我耶和華豈悅納爾哉、

14 Cursed be he who has in his flock a ram, and vows and sacrifices for the LORD that which is sick; for I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreaded among the Gentiles.

14 萬有之主耶和華曰、我乃大君、列邦之人、必尊我名、浸假有偽善之人、羣中尚有純全之牡羊、乃取其體不全者、獻我爲祭、以輸其願、禍不遠矣。