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| [1]The burden of the word of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 to Israel by Malachi. |
[1]The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. |
| [2]I have loved you, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. Yet ye say: 'Wherein hast Thou loved us?' Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; yet I loved Jacob; |
[2]I 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, |
| [3]But Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness. |
[3]And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. |
| [4]Whereas Edom saith: 'We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places'; thus saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts: They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall be called The border of wickedness, and The people whom 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 execrateth for ever. |
[4]Whereas 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. |
| [5]And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say: '𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 is great beyond the border of Israel.' |
[5]And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. |
| [6]A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master; if then I be a father, where is My honour? and if I be a master, where is My fear? saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise My name. And ye say: 'Wherein have we despised Thy name?' |
[6]A 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? |
| [7]Ye offer polluted bread upon Mine altar. And ye say: 'Wherein have we polluted thee?' In that ye say: 'The table of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 is contemptible.' |
[7]Ye 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. |
| [8]And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it no evil! And when ye offer the lame and sick, is it no evil! Present it now unto the governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts. |
[8]And 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. |
| [9]And now, I pray you, entreat the favour of God that He may be gracious unto us!—this hath been of your doing.—will He accept any of your persons? saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts. |
[9]And 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. |
| [10]Oh that there were even one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on Mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. |
[10]Who 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. |
| [11]For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same My name is great among the nations; and in every place offerings are presented unto My name, even pure oblations; for My name is great among the nations, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts. |
[11]For 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. |
| [12]But ye profane it, in that ye say: 'The table of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even the food thereof, is contemptible.' |
[12]But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. |
| [13]Ye say also: 'Behold, what a weariness is it!' and ye have snuffed at it, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts; and ye have brought that which was taken by violence, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the offering; should I accept this of your hand? saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. |
[13]Ye 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. |
| [14]But cursed be he that dealeth craftily, whereas he hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts, and My name is feared among the nations. |
[14]But 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. |