¹An oracle: the word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. to Israel by Malachi.

¹Prorokovanje besede GOSPODOVE za Izraela po Malahiju.

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;

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,

³but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.”

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

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.”

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“.

⁵Your eyes will see, and you will say, “Yahweh is great—even beyond the border of Israel!”

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

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?’

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?

⁷You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table contemptible.’

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

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.

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.

⁹“Now, please entreat the favor of God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?” says Yahweh of Armies.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

¹²“But you profane it, in that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’

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

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.

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.

¹⁴“But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” a blemished thing; for I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”

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.