¹And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

¹In zdaj, o duhovniki, vam velja ta zapoved.

²If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

²Ako nočete poslušati in ako ne boste imeli te skrbi v srcu, da bi dali čast mojemu imenu, pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami, pošljem prokletstvo med vas in prekolnem blagoslove vaše; saj sem jih že preklel, ker vas to ne skrbi v srcu.

³Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.

³Glejte, jaz vam pokaram setev in namečem vam gnoja v obraz, gnoja vaših praznikov, in odneso vas ž njim vred.

⁴And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

⁴In spoznate, da sem vam poslal to zapoved, da bi bila zaveza moja z Levijem, pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami.

⁵My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

⁵Zaveza moja je bila ž njim v življenje in mir, in dal sem mu jo za strah, in bal se je mene in trepetal spričo mojega imena.

⁶The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.

⁶Postava resnice je bila v ustih njegovih in krivica se mu ni našla v ustih; v miru in poštenosti je hodil z menoj in mnoge je preobrnil od krivičnosti.

⁷For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

⁷Kajti duhovnikove ustne morajo ohraniti spoznanje in iz njegovih ust naj prejemajo pouk o postavi, zakaj on je poslanec GOSPODA nad vojskami.

⁸But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

⁸A vi ste odstopili s pota, zakrivili ste, da so se mnogi spoteknili ob postavo; pokvarili ste zavezo Levijevo, pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami.

⁹Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

⁹Zato sem tudi jaz vas izdal v preziranje in poniževanje vsemu ljudstvu, tako kakor se niste držali potov mojih in ste se ozirali po osebi v rabi postave.

¹⁰Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

¹⁰Nimamo li vsi enega očeta? ni li nas ustvaril eden Bog? Zakaj ravnamo nezvesto vsak z bratom svojim, oskrunjajoč s tem očetov svojih zavezo?

¹¹Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

¹¹Juda je nezvesto ravnal, in gnusoba se je počenjala v Izraelu in v Jeruzalemu; kajti Juda je oskrunil svetišče GOSPODOVO, ki Mu je drago, in se zaročil s hčerjo inostranskega boga.

¹²The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.

¹²GOSPOD iztrebi moža, ki to dela, iz šatorov Jakobovih, njega, ki čuje, in njega, ki odgovarja, in njega, ki prinaša darilo GOSPODU nad vojskami.

¹³And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.

¹³In vdrugič delate to: pokrivate oltar GOSPODOV s solzami, z jokom in zdihovanjem, tako da se nič več ne ozre na darilo, tudi ne sprejme iz roke vaše, kar mu nosite v blagougodje.

¹⁴Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

¹⁴Pa pravite: Zakaj? Zato ker je bil GOSPOD priča med teboj in ženo mladosti tvoje, proti kateri si nezvesto ravnal, ko je vendar druža tvoja in žena zaveze tvoje.

¹⁵And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

¹⁵Ali ju ni Edini ustvaril? in njegov je bil ostanek duha. In kaj je hotel Edini? Iskal je semena Božjega. Zato pazite na duha svojega in nihče ne ravnaj nezvesto proti ženi mladosti svoje!

¹⁶For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

¹⁶Kajti sovražim razporoko, pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov, in njega, ki pokriva obleko svojo s silovitostjo, pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami. Zato pazite na duha svojega, da ne ravnate nezvesto.Utrudili ste GOSPODA s svojimi besedami. Pa pravite: S čim smo ga utrudili? S tem, da govorite: Kdorkoli dela hudo, je dober v očeh GOSPODOVIH, in taki mu ugajajo; sicer – kje je Bog sodbe?

¹⁷Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

¹⁷Utrudili ste GOSPODA s svojimi besedami. Pa pravite: S čim smo ga utrudili? S tem, da govorite: Kdorkoli dela hudo, je dober v očeh GOSPODOVIH, in taki mu ugajajo; sicer – kje je Bog sodbe?