Malachi 2
1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment [is] for you.
I tako sada vama je ova zapovijest, sveštenici.
2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart.
Ako ne poslušate i ne stavite u srce da date slavu imenu mojemu, veli Gospod nad vojskama, tada æu pustiti na vas prokletstvo i prokleæu blagoslove vaše; i prokleh ih, jer ne stavljate u srce.
3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, [even] the dung of your solemn feasts; and [one] shall take you away with it.
Evo ja æu vam pokvariti usjev, i baciæu vam balegu u lice, balegu praznika vaših, da vas odnese sa sobom.
4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
I poznaæete da sam vam ja poslao ovu zapovijest da bi bio moj zavjet s Levijem, veli Gospod nad vojskama.
5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him [for] the fear with which he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
Zavjet moj za život i mir bješe s njim, i dadoh mu to za strah, jer me se bojaše i imena se mojega strašaše.
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and turned many away from iniquity.
Zakon istiniti bješe u ustima njegovijem, i bezakonje se ne naðe na usnama njegovijem; u miru i pravo ide sa mnom i mnoge odvrati od bezakonja.
7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he [is] the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
Jer usne sveštenikove treba da èuvaju znanje i zakon da se traži iz njegovijeh usta, jer je anðeo Gospoda nad vojskama.
8 But ye have departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
Ali vi zaðoste s puta, i uèiniste te se mnogi spotakoše o zakon, pokvariste zavjet Levijev, veli Gospod nad vojskama.
9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
Zato i ja vas uèinih prezrenim i poništenim u svega naroda, kao što se vi ne držite mojih putova i u zakonu gledate ko je ko.
10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Nije li nam svjema jedan otac? nije li nas jedan Bog stvorio? zašto nevjeru èinimo jedan drugome skvrneæi zavjet otaca svojih?
11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD whom he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Juda èini nevjeru, i gad se èini u Izrailju i u Jerusalimu; jer skvrni Juda svetinju Gospodnju, koju bi mu valjalo ljubiti, ženeæi se kæerju tuðega boga.
12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering to the LORD of hosts.
Gospod æe istrijebiti iz šatora Jakovljevijeh èovjeka koji èini tako, koji straži i koji odgovara, i koji prinosi prinos Gospodu nad vojskama.
13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth [it] with good will at your hand.
Još i ovo èinite: pokrivate suzama oltar Gospodnji, plaèem i uzdasima; zato ne gleda više na prinos, niti mu je drago primiti što iz vaših ruku.
14 Yet ye say, Why? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
A vi govorite: zašto? Zato što je Gospod svjedok izmeðu tebe i žene mladosti tvoje, kojoj ti èiniš nevjeru, a ona ti je drugarica i žena, s kojom si u vjeri.
15 And did he not make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Jer nije li uèinio jedno, ako i imaše još više duha? a zašto jedno? da traži sjeme Božije; zato èuvajte duh svoj, i ženi mladosti svoje ne èinite nevjere.
16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith, that he hateth putting away: for [one] covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Jer Gospod Bog Izrailjev veli da mrzi na puštanje, jer taki pokriva nasilje plaštem svojim, govori Gospod nad vojskama; zato èuvajte duh svoj da ne èinite nevjere.
17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, In what have we wearied [him]? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil [is] good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where [is] the God of judgment?
Dosaðujete Gospodu rijeèima svojim, i govorite: u èem mu dosaðujemo? U tom što govorite: ko god èini zlo, po volji je Gospodu, i taki su mu mili; ili: gdje je Bog koji sudi?
