Malachias 1

1Ang hula na salita ng Panginoon sa Israel sa pamamagitan ni Malakias. 2Inibig ko kayo, sabi ng Panginoon. Gayon ma'y inyong sinasabi, Sa ano mo kami inibig? Hindi baga si Esau ay kapatid ni Jacob? sabi ng Panginoon: gayon ma'y inibig ko si Jacob; 3Nguni't si Esau ay aking kinapootan, at ginawa ko ang kaniyang mga bundok na isang kasiraan, at ibinigay ko ang kaniyang mana sa mga chakal sa ilang. 4Yamang sabi ng Edom, Tayo'y nangabagsak, nguni't mangagbabalik tayo, at ating itatayo ang mga wasak na dako; ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, Sila'y mangagtatayo, nguni't aking ibabagsak; at tatawagin sila ng mga tao, Ang hangganan ng kasamaan, at Ang bayang kinagalitan ng Panginoon magpakailan man. 5At makikita ng inyong mga mata, at inyong sasabihin, Dakilain ang Panginoon sa dako roon ng hangganan ng Israel. 6Iginagalang ng anak ang kaniyang ama, at ng alila ang kaniyang panginoon: kung ako nga'y ama, saan nandoon ang aking dangal? at kung ako'y panginoon, saan nandoon ang takot sa akin? sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo sa inyo, Oh mga saserdote, na nagsisihamak ng aking pangalan. At inyong sinasabi, Sa ano namin hinamak ang iyong pangalan? 7Kayo'y nangaghahandog ng karumaldumal na hain sa aking dambana. At inyong sinasabi, Sa ano namin nilapastangan ka? Sa inyong sinasabi, ang dulang ng Panginoon ay hamak. 8At pagka kayo'y nangaghahandog ng bulag na pinakahain, di kasamaan! at pagka kayo'y nangaghahandog ng pilay at may sakit, di kasamaan! Iharap mo nga sa iyong tagapamahala; kalulugdan ka baga niya? o tatanggapin baga niya ang iyong pagkatao? sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo. 9At ngayo'y isinasamo ko sa inyo, inyong dalanginin ang lingap ng Dios, upang pagbiyayaan niya tayo; ito'y nangyari sa inyong mga paraan: tatanggapin baga niya ang pagkatao ng sinoman sa inyo? sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo. 10Oh kung mayroon sana sa inyo na magsara ng mga pinto, upang huwag ninyong mangapaningasan ang apoy sa aking dambana ng walang kabuluhan! Hindi ko kayo kinalulugdan, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ni tatanggap man ako ng handog sa inyong kamay. 11Sapagka't mula sa sinisikatan ng araw hanggang sa nilulubugan niyaon, magiging dakila ang aking pangalan sa mga Gentil; at sa bawa't dako ay paghahandugan ng kamangyan ang aking pangalan, at ng dalisay na handog: sapagka't ang aking pangalan ay magiging dakila sa gitna ng mga Gentil, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo. 12Nguni't inyong nilapastangan na inyong sinasabi, Ang dulang ng Panginoon ay nadumhan, at ang laman niyaon, sa makatuwid baga'y ang hain doon ay hamak. 13Inyong sinasabi rin naman, Narito, nakayayamot! at inyong nginusuan, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo; at inyong iniharap ang nakuha sa dahas, at ang pilay, at ang may sakit; ganito ninyo dinadala ang handog: tatanggapin ko baga ito sa inyong kamay? sabi ng Panginoon. 14Nguni't sumpain ang magdaraya na mayroon sa kaniyang kawan na isang lalake, at nananata, at naghahain sa Panginoon ng marungis na bagay; sapagka't ako'y dakilang Hari, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, at ang aking pangalan ay kakilakilabot sa gitna ng mga Gentil.

1An oracle: Yahweh’s word to Israel by Malachi. 2“I have loved you,” says Yahweh. Yet you say, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says Yahweh, “Yet I loved Jacob; 3but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.” 4Whereas Edom says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places”; thus says Yahweh of Armies, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them ‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom Yahweh shows wrath forever.” 5Your eyes will see, and you will say, “Yahweh is great—even beyond the border of Israel!” 6“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ 7You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is contemptible.’ 8When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn’t that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn’t that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?” says Yahweh of Armies. 9“Now, please entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?” says Yahweh of Armies. 10“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand. 11For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies. 12“But you profane it, in that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’ 13You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ and you have sniffed at it”, says Yahweh of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says Yahweh. 14“But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a defective thing; for I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”

1De last van het woord des HEEREN tot Israel, door den dienst van Maleachi. 2Ik heb u liefgehad, zegt de HEERE; maar gij zegt: Waarin hebt Gij ons liefgehad? Was niet Ezau Jakobs broeder? spreekt de HEERE; nochtans heb Ik Jakob liefgehad. 3En Ezau heb Ik gehaat; en Ik heb zijn bergen gesteld tot een verwoesting, en zijn erve voor de draken der woestijn. 4Ofschoon Edom zeide: Wij zijn verarmd, doch wij zullen de woeste plaatsen weder bouwen; alzo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen: Zullen zij bouwen, zo zal Ik afbreken; en men zal hen noemen: Landpale der goddeloosheid, en een volk, op hetwelk de HEERE vergramd is tot in eeuwigheid. 5En uw ogen zullen het zien, en gijlieden zult zeggen: De HEERE zij groot gemaakt, van de landpale Israels af! 6Een zoon zal den vader eren, en een knecht zijn heer; ben Ik dan een Vader, waar is Mijn eer? En ben Ik een Heere, waar is Mijn vreze? zegt de HEERE der heirscharen tot u, o priesters, verachters Mijns Naams! Maar gij zegt: Waarmede verachten wij Uw Naam? 7Gij brengt op Mijn altaar verontreinigd brood, en zegt: Waarmede verontreinigen wij U? Daarmede, dat gij zegt: Des HEEREN tafel is verachtelijk. 8Want als gij wat blinds aanbrengt om te offeren, het is bij u niet kwaad; en als gij wat kreupels of wat kranks aanbrengt, het is niet kwaad! Brengt dat toch uw vorst; zal hij een welgevallen aan u hebben? of zal hij uw aangezicht opnemen? zegt de HEERE der heirscharen. 9Nu dan, smeekt toch het aangezicht van God, dat Hij ons genadig zij; zulks is van uw hand geschied, zal Hij uw aangezicht opnemen? zegt de HEERE der heirscharen? 10Wie is er ook onder u, die de deuren om niet toesluit? En gij steekt het vuur niet aan op Mijn altaar om niet. Ik heb geen lust aan u, zegt de HEERE der heirscharen, en het spijsoffer is Mij van uw hand niet aangenaam. 11Maar van den opgang der zon tot haar ondergang, zal Mijn Naam groot zijn onder de heidenen; en aan alle plaats zal Mijn Naam reukwerk toegebracht worden, en een rein spijsoffer; want Mijn Naam zal groot zijn onder de heidenen, zegt de HEERE der heirscharen. 12Maar gij ontheiligt dien, als gij zegt: Des HEEREN tafel is ontreinigd, en haar inkomen, haar spijs is verachtelijk. 13Nog zegt gij: Ziet, wat een vermoeidheid! maar gij zoudt het kunnen wegblazen, zegt de HEERE der heirscharen; gij brengt ook hetgeen geroofd is, en dat kreupel en krank is; gij brengt ook spijsoffer; zou Mij zulks aangenaam zijn van uw hand? zegt de HEERE. 14Ja, vervloekt zij de bedrieger, die een mannetje in zijn kudde heeft, en den Heere belooft, en offert, dat verdorven is! want Ik ben een groot Koning, zegt de HEERE der heirscharen, en Mijn Naam is vreselijk onder de heidenen.