Malahija 3

1 Evo, ja æu poslati anðela svojega, koji æe pripraviti put preda mnom, i iznenada æe doæi u crkvu svoju Gospod, kojega vi tražite, i anðeo zavjetni, kojega vi želite, evo doæi æe, veli Gospod nad vojskama.

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts.

2 Ali ko æe podnijeti dan dolaska njegova? i ko æe se održati kad se pokaže? jer je on kao oganj livèev i kao milo bjeljarsko.

But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:

3 I sješæe kao onaj koji lije i èisti srebro, i oèistiæe sinove Levijeve, i pretopiæe ih kao zlato i srebro, i oni æe prinositi Gospodu prinose u pravdi.

And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness.

4 I ugodan æe biti Gospodu prinos Judin i Jerusalimski kao u staro vrijeme i kao preðašnjih godina.

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

5 I doæi æu k vama na sud, i biæu brz svjedok protiv vraèara i protiv preljuboèinaca, i protiv onijeh koji se kunu krivo i protiv onijeh koji zakidaju najam najamniku, i udovici i siroti i došljaku krivo èine i ne boje se mene, veli Gospod nad vojskama.

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, says the LORD of hosts.

6 Jer ja Gospod ne mijenjam se; zato vi, sinovi Jakovljevi, ne izgiboste.

For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed.

7 Od vremena otaca svojih otstupiste od uredaba mojih i ne držaste ih. Vratite se k meni, i ja æu se vratiti k vama, veli Gospod nad vojskama. Ali velite: u èem bismo se vratili?

Even from the days of your fathers you are gone away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you said, Wherein shall we return?

8 Eda li æe èovjek zakidati Boga? a vi mene zakidate; i govorite: u èem te zakidamo? u desetku i u prinosu.

Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, Wherein have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings.

9 Prokleti ste, jer me zakidate, vi, sav narod.

You are cursed with a curse: for you have robbed me, even this whole nation.

10 Donesite sve desetke u spreme da bude hrane u mojoj kuæi, i okušajte me u tom, veli Gospod nad vojskama, hoæu li vam otvoriti ustave nebeske i izliti blagoslov na vas da vam bude dosta.

Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and prove me now herewith, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

11 I zaprijetiæu vas radi proždrljivcu, te vam neæe kvariti roda zemaljskoga, i vinova loza u polju neæe vam biti nerodna, veli Gospod nad vojskama.

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, says the LORD of hosts.

12 I zvaæe vas blaženim svi narodi, jer æete biti zemlja mila, veli Gospod nad vojskama.

And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a delightsome land, says the LORD of hosts.

13 Žestoke bjehu vaše rijeèi na me, veli Gospod; a vi velite: šta govorismo na tebe?

Your words have been stout against me, says the LORD. Yet you say, What have we spoken so much against you?

14 Rekoste: zaludu je služiti Bogu, i kaka æe biti korist da držimo što je naredio da se drži, i da hodimo žalosni pred Gospodom nad vojskama?

You have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

15 Zato hvalimo ponosite da su sreæni; napreduju koji èine bezakonje, i koji iskušavaju Boga, izbavljaju se.

And now we call the proud happy; yes, they that work wickedness are set up; yes, they that tempt God are even delivered.

16 Tada koji se boje Gospoda govoriše jedan drugome, i pogleda Gospod, i èu, i napisa se knjiga za spomen pred njim za one koji se boje Gospoda i misle o imenu njegovu.

Then they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD listened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought on his name.

17 Ti æe mi biti blago, veli Gospod nad vojskama, u onaj dan kad ja uèinim, i biæu im milostiv kao što je otac milostiv svome sinu koji mu služi.

And they shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son that serves him.

18 Tada æete se obratiti i vidjeæete razliku izmeðu pravednika i bezbožnika, izmeðu onoga koji služi Bogu i onoga koji mu ne služi.

Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not.