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وَحْيُ كَلِمَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ لِإِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ يَدِ مَلَاخِي: ١ 1
An oracle: the word of YHWH to Israel by Malachi.
«أَحْبَبْتُكُمْ، قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ. وَقُلْتُمْ: بِمَ أَحْبَبْتَنَا؟ أَلَيْسَ عِيسُو أَخًا لِيَعْقُوبَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَأَحْبَبْتُ يَعْقُوبَ ٢ 2
"I have loved you," says YHWH. Yet you say, "How have you loved us?" "Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says YHWH, "Yet I loved Jacob;
وَأَبْغَضْتُ عِيسُوَ، وَجَعَلْتُ جِبَالَهُ خَرَابًا وَمِيرَاثَهُ لِذِئَابِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ؟ ٣ 3
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness."
لِأَنَّ أَدُومَ قَالَ: قَدْ هُدِمْنَا، فَنَعُودُ وَنَبْنِي ٱلْخِرَبُ. هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ: هُمْ يَبْنُونَ وَأَنَا أَهْدِمُ. وَيَدْعُونَهُمْ تُخُومَ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَٱلشَّعْبَ ٱلَّذِي غَضِبَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. ٤ 4
Whereas Edom says, "We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places;" thus says YHWH of hosts, "They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them 'The Wicked Land,' even the people against whom YHWH shows wrath forever."
فَتَرَى أَعْيُنُكُمْ وَتَقُولُونَ: لِيَتَعَظَّمِ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ عِنْدِ تُخْمِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. ٥ 5
Your eyes will see, and you will say, "YHWH is great—even beyond the border of Israel."
«ٱلِٱبْنُ يُكْرِمُ أَبَاهُ، وَٱلْعَبْدُ يُكْرِمُ سَيِّدَهُ. فَإِنْ كُنْتُ أَنَا أَبًا، فَأَيْنَ كَرَامَتِي؟ وَإِنْ كُنْتُ سَيِّدًا، فَأَيْنَ هَيْبَتِي؟ قَالَ لَكُمْ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ. أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَهَنَةُ ٱلْمُحْتَقِرُونَ ٱسْمِي. وَتَقُولُونَ: بِمَ ٱحْتَقَرْنَا ٱسْمَكَ؟ ٦ 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 YHWH of hosts to you, cohanim, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'
تُقَرِّبُونَ خُبْزًا نَجِسًا عَلَى مَذْبَحِي. وَتَقُولُونَ: بِمَ نَجَّسْنَاكَ؟ بِقَوْلِكُمْ: إِنَّ مَائِدَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ مُحْتَقَرَةٌ. ٧ 7
You offer defiled bread on my altar. You say, 'How have we defiled you?' In that you say, 'YHWH's table is despised, and its fruit, its food, is despised.'
وَإِنْ قَرَّبْتُمُ ٱلْأَعْمَى ذَبِيحَةً، أَفَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ شَرًّا؟ وَإِنْ قَرَّبْتُمُ ٱلْأَعْرَجَ وَٱلسَّقِيمَ، أَفَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ شَرًّا؟ قَرِّبْهُ لِوَالِيكَ، أَفَيَرْضَى عَلَيْكَ أَوْ يَرْفَعُ وَجْهَكَ؟ قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ. ٨ 8
When 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 YHWH of hosts.
وَٱلْآنَ تَرَضَّوْا وَجْهَ ٱللهِ فَيَتَرَاءَفَ عَلَيْنَا. هَذِهِ كَانَتْ مِنْ يَدِكُمْ. هَلْ يَرْفَعُ وَجْهَكُمْ؟ قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ. ٩ 9
"Now, please entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?" says YHWH of hosts.
«مَنْ فِيكُمْ يُغْلِقُ ٱلْبَابَ! بَلْ لَا تُوقِدُونَ عَلَى مَذْبَحِي مَجَّانًا. لَيْسَتْ لِي مَسَّرَةٌ بِكُمْ، قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ، وَلَا أَقْبَلُ تَقْدِمَةً مِنْ يَدِكُمْ. ١٠ 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 YHWH of hosts, "neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
لِأَنَّهُ مِنْ مَشْرِقِ ٱلشَّمْسِ إِلَى مَغْرِبِهَا ٱسْمِي عَظِيمٌ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَفِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ يُقَرَّبُ لِٱسْمِي بَخُورٌ وَتَقْدِمَةٌ طَاهِرَةٌ، لِأَنَّ ٱسْمِي عَظِيمٌ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ. ١١ 11
For 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 YHWH of hosts.
أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَمُنَجِّسُوهُ، بِقَوْلِكُمْ: إِنَّ مَائِدَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ تَنَجَّسَتْ، وَثَمَرَتَهَا مُحْتَقَرٌ طَعَامُهَا. ١٢ 12
"But you profane it, in that you say, 'YHWH's table is defiled, and its fruit, its food, is despised.'
وَقُلْتُمْ: مَا هَذِهِ ٱلْمَشَقَّةُ؟ وَتَأَفَّفْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ. وَجِئْتُمْ بِٱلْمُغْتَصَبِ وَٱلْأَعْرَجِ وَٱلسَّقِيمِ، فَأَتَيْتُمْ بِٱلتَّقْدِمَةِ. فَهَلْ أَقْبَلُهَا مِنْ يَدِكُمْ؟ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ. ١٣ 13
You say also, 'Look, what a weariness it is.' and you sniff scornfully at it," says YHWH of hosts; "and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this from your hand?" says YHWH of hosts.
وَمَلْعُونٌ ٱلْمَاكِرُ ٱلَّذِي يُوجَدُ فِي قَطِيعِهِ ذَكَرٌ وَيَنْذُرُ وَيَذْبَحُ لِلسَّيِّدِ عَائِبًا. لِأَنِّي أَنَا مَلِكٌ عَظِيمٌ، قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ، وَٱسْمِي مَهِيبٌ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ. ١٤ 14
"But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to YHWH a blemished thing; for I am a great King," says YHWH of hosts, "and my name is awesome among the nations."

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