¹Ja nüüd teie kohta, preestrid, on otsus see:

¹“Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.

²kui te ei kuula ega võta südamesse, et te peate andma au mu nimele, ütleb vägede Issand, siis ma läkitan teie vastu needuse ja muudan teie õnnistused needuseks, jah, needuseks, sest te ei ole võtnud seda südamesse.

²If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says Yahweh of Armies, “then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.

³Vaata, ma sõitlen teie seemet ja puistan teile rooja näkku, teie pidupäevade rooja, ja teid endid viiakse selle juurde.

³Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.

⁴Ja te saate tunda, et mina olen teile läkitanud selle otsuse, et minu leping Leeviga jääks püsima, ütleb vägede Issand.

⁴You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.

⁵Minu leping temaga oli elu ja rahu, ja ma andsin selle temale, et ta kardaks; ja ta kartis mind, ta värises mu nime ees.

⁵“My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.

⁶Tõeõpetus oli tal suus ja pettust ei leitud tema huulilt. Rahus ja siiruses käis ta minuga ja pööras paljusid ära patust.

⁶The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

⁷Jah, preestri huuled talletavad tarkust ja tema suust otsitakse õpetust, sest tema on vägede Issanda käskjalg.

⁷For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.

⁸Aga teie olete lahkunud sellelt teelt, olete õpetusega pannud paljusid komistama, olete rikkunud Leevi liidu, ütleb vägede Issand.

⁸But you have turned aside out of the way. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.

⁹Sellepärast teen minagi teid põlatuiks ja armetuiks kõigi rahvaste juures, sest te pole tähele pannud minu teid, vaid olete õpetuses olnud erapoolikud.

⁹“Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.

¹⁰Eks ole meil kõigil üks isa? Eks ole meid loonud üks Jumal? Mispärast me siis ei ole üksteisele truud, vaid teotame oma vanemate lepingut?

¹⁰Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

¹¹Juuda on olnud truuduseta ja Iisraelis ja Jeruusalemmas on tehtud jäledust. Sest Juuda on teotanud pühamut, mida Issand armastab, ja on võtnud naiseks võõra jumala tütre.

¹¹Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

¹²Issand hävitagu Jaakobi telkidest mees, kes seda teeb, olgu ta kes tahes, ka see, kes viib vägede Issandale ohvriandi.

¹²Yahweh will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of Armies.

¹³Ja veel te olete teinud seda: Issanda altar on kaetud silmaveega, nutu ja oigamisega, nii et ta enam ei pöördu ohvrianni poole ega võta seda hea meelega teie käest vastu.

¹³This again you do: you cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn’t regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.

¹⁴Aga te ütlete: 'Mispärast?' Sellepärast, et Issand on tunnistajaks sinu ja su noorpõlve naise vahel, kelle vastu sa oled olnud truudusetu, kuigi ta on sinu abikaasa ja sinu seadusejärgne naine.

¹⁴Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.

¹⁵Aga ükski ei tee seda, kelles on veel vaimu jääki. Ja mida peab ta tegema? Otsima Jumala sugu! Kandke siis hoolt oma vaimu eest ja ükski ärgu olgu truudusetu oma noorpõlve naise vastu!

¹⁵Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

¹⁶Sest ma vihkan lahutust, ütleb Issand, Iisraeli Jumal, ja seda, kes katab oma kuue vägivallaga, ütleb vägede Issand. Kandke siis hoolt oma vaimu eest ja ärge olge truudusetud!

¹⁶For I hate divorce,” says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don’t deal treacherously.

¹⁷Te väsitate Issandat oma kõnedega. Ometi te ütlete: 'Kuidas me väsitame?' Sellega, et ütlete: 'Igaüks, kes kurja teeb, on Issanda silmis hea, ja seesugune on tema meele järgi.' Või: 'Kus on kohut mõistev Jumal?'

¹⁷You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’