¹The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.

¹Prorokovanje besede GOSPODOVE za Izraela po Malahiju.

²I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

²Ljubil sem vas, pravi GOSPOD. Vi pa pravite: V čem si nas ljubil? Ni li bil Ezav brat Jakobov? govori GOSPOD; a ljubil sem Jakoba,

³And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

³Ezava pa sem sovražil ter sem naredil njegove gore v puščavo in dal njegovo dediščino šakalom v pustinji.

⁴Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.

⁴Ako pravi Edom: Razdrti smo, pa zopet zgradimo, kar je podrtega – pravi tako GOSPOD nad vojskami: Oni bodo zidali, jaz pa bom podiral; in imenovali se bodo „kraji brezbožnosti“ in „ljudstvo, nad katerim se Bog srdi vekomaj“.

⁵And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.

⁵In vaše oči bodo to videle in porečete: Velik je GOSPOD tudi preko Izraelove meje!

⁶A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

⁶Sin spoštuje očeta in hlapec gospodarja. Ako sem torej oče, kje je moja čast? in ako sem Gospod, kje je moj strah? pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami vam, o duhovniki, ki zaničujete moje ime. Vendar še govorite: V čem smo zaničevali tvoje ime?

⁷Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.

⁷Oskrunjen kruh darujete na oltarju mojem. Vendar govorite: S čim smo te oskrunili? S tem, da pravite: Miza GOSPODOVA se sme prezirati.

⁸And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.

⁸In ko prinašate v daritev slepo živinče, ni nič hudega; in ko prinašate hromo in bolno, tudi ni nič hudega. Prinesi pa to deželnemu oblastniku svojemu! mu li bodeš ugoden? ali se ozre nate? pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami.

⁹And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.

⁹In sedaj, velim, prosite blagovoljnosti Boga mogočnega, da nam bode milosten! se li, ker je to vaša roka storila, milo ozre na koga izmed vas? pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami.

¹⁰Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

¹⁰Da bi bil med vami le eden, ki bi zaprl vrata, da ne netite ognja na oltarju mojem brezkoristno! Niste mi nič ugodni, pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami, in darila ne sprejmem milo iz roke vaše.

¹¹For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.

¹¹Kajti od solnčnega vzhoda do zahoda bode moje ime veliko med poganskimi narodi; in na vsakem mestu se bo darovalo kadilo mojemu imenu in čisto darilo; zakaj moje ime bode veliko med poganskimi narodi, pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami.

¹²But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

¹²A vi ga oskrunjate s tem, da govorite: Miza GOSPODOVA je onečiščena, in jed, ki se dobi ž nje, se sme prezirati.

¹³Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.

¹³In pravite: Glej, koliko truda pri njej! in jo zaničujete, pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami, ter prinašate, kar ste siloma vzeli, in hromo in bolno, in tako prinašate darilo. Ali naj to milo sprejmem iz roke vaše? pravi GOSPOD.Proklet pa bodi, kdor ravna zvijačno, ko ima samca v čredi, pa stori obljubo in potem daruje Gospodu kaj pokvarjenega! Kajti velik kralj sem jaz, pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami, in moje ime je strašno med pogani.

¹⁴But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

¹⁴Proklet pa bodi, kdor ravna zvijačno, ko ima samca v čredi, pa stori obljubo in potem daruje Gospodu kaj pokvarjenega! Kajti velik kralj sem jaz, pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami, in moje ime je strašno med pogani.