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

¹A sad vas opominjem, svećenici!

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.

²Ako ne budete poslušali, ako ne budete k srcu uzeli da proslavite Ime moje - govori Jahve nad Vojskama - kletvu ću na vas svaliti i proklet ću vaš blagoslov. I već ga prokleh jer to niste k srcu uzeli.

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.

³I slomit ću vam ruku, bacit ću vam u lice izmetine, izmetine vaših svetkovina, i s njima ću vas splaviti.

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

⁴Po tom ćete znati: to je bila moja opomena da ostane Savez moj s Levijem - govori Jahve nad Vojskama.

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.

⁵A moj Savez s njim, to bijaše život i mir - ja sam mu ih dao: bijaše to strah - i on me se bojao, Imena se moga plašio.

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.

⁶Zakon istine bijaše u njegovim ustima i pakost mu ne kaljaše usana; u miru i pravičnosti hodio je sa mnom i mnoge je od grijeha odvratio.

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.

⁷Da, usne svećenikove treba da čuvaju znanje, a iz njegovih usta treba tražiti Zakon: ta on je glasnik Jahve nad Vojskama.

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.

⁸Ali vi ste s puta zašli, učinili ste da se mnogi o Zakon spotiču, raskinuli ste Savez Levijev - govori Jahve nad Vojskama.

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.

⁹Zato učinih da vas preziru i ponizuju svi narodi jer se putova mojih vi držali niste, nego ste bili pristrani primjenjujuć Zakon.

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?

¹⁰Nemamo li svi jednog Oca? Nije li nas jedan Bog stvorio? Zašto smo onda jedan drugome nevjerni te skvrnimo Savez svojih otaca?

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.

¹¹Iznevjerio se Juda: učinili su sramotu u Izraelu i Jeruzalemu, jer Juda je oskvrnuo Svetinju, Jahvi dragu, i ženi se kćerju tuđega božanstva.

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.

¹²Svakog tko tako učini, ma tko bio on, nek iskorijeni Jahve iz šatora Jakovljevih i izmeđ onih koji prinose žrtvu Jahvi nad Vojskama!

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.

¹³I ovo još vi činite: zalijevate suzama Jahvin žrtvenik tužeći i ridajući, jer on više neće da se žr tvi prikloni, iz ruke mu vaše ona nije ugodna.

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.

¹⁴I vi pitate: "Zašto?" Zato što je Jahve bio svjedok između tebe i žene mladosti tvoje kojoj si nevjeran premda ti drugarica bijaše i žena tvoga saveza.

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.

¹⁵Nije li On načinio jedno jedino biće dahom životnim obdareno? A što to jedino biće traži? Božanski naraštaj! Poštuj dakle život svoj i ne budi nevjeran ženi svoje mladosti.

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.

¹⁶Jer ja mrzim otpuštanje žena - govori Jahve, Bog Izraelov - i onog koji nevjerom haljine svoje kalja - govori Jahve nad Vojskama! Poštujte dakle život svoj, ne budite nevjerni!

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?’

¹⁷Dosađujete Jahvi svojim riječima, a pitate: "U čemu mu dosađujemo?" Time što govorite: "Svi koji zlo čine dobro su viđeni u očima Jahvinim i takvi su mu mili!" ili: "Gdje je Bog pravde?"