Malahija 1
1 Breme rijeèi Gospodnje Izrailju preko Malahije.
A revelation, the LORD’s word to Israel by Malachi.
2 Ljubim vas, veli Gospod; a vi govorite: u èem nas ljubiš? Ne bješe li Isav brat Jakovu? govori Gospod; ali Jakova ljubih.
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. Yet you say, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says the LORD, “Yet I loved Jacob;
3 A na Isava mrzih; zato gore njegove opustih i našljedstvo njegovo dadoh zmajevima iz pustinje.
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.”
4 Što Edom govori: osiromašismo, ali æemo se povratiti i sagraditi pusta mjesta, ovako veli Gospod nad vojskama: neka oni grade, ali æu ja razgraditi, i oni æe se zvati: krajina bezakonièka i narod na koji se gnjevi Gospod dovijeka.
Whereas Edom says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places,” the LORD of Hosts says, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them ‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom the LORD shows wrath forever.”
5 I oèi æe vaše vidjeti i vi æete reæi: velik je Gospod na meðama Izrailjevijem.
Your eyes will see, and you will say, “The LORD is great—even beyond the border of Israel!”
6 Sin poštuje oca i sluga gospodara svojega; ako sam ja otac, gdje je èast moja? i ako sam gospodar, gdje je strah moj? veli Gospod nad vojskama vama, sveštenici, koji prezirete ime moje, i govorite: u èem preziremo ime tvoje?
“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 the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise my name. “You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’
7 Donosite na moj oltar hljeb oskvrnjen, i govorite: èim te oskvrnismo? Tijem što govorite: sto je Gospodnji za preziranje.
You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘The LORD’s table is contemptible.’
8 I kad donosite slijepo na žrtvu, nije li zlo? i kad donosite hromo ili bolesno, nije li zlo? odnesi ga starješini svojemu, hoæeš li mu ugoditi i hoæe li pogledati na te? veli Gospod nad vojskama.
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 the LORD of Hosts.
9 Zato, molite se Bogu da se smiluje na nas; kad je to iz vaših ruku, hoæe li na koga od vas gledati? govori Gospod nad vojskama.
“Now, please entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?” says the LORD of Hosts.
10 Ko je meðu vama koji bi zatvorio vrata ili zapalio oganj na mom oltaru ni za što? Nijeste mi mili, veli Gospod nad vojskama, i neæu primiti dara iz vaše ruke.
“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 the LORD of Hosts, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
11 Jer od istoka sunèanoga do zapada veliko æe biti ime moje meðu narodima, i na svakom æe se mjestu prinositi kad imenu mojemu i èist dar; jer æe ime moje biti veliko meðu narodima, veli Gospod nad vojskama.
For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, 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 the LORD of Hosts.
12 A vi ga skvrnite govoreæi: sto je Gospodnji neèist, i što se postavlja na nj, jelo je za preziranje.
“But you profane it when you say, ‘The LORD’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’
13 I govorite: gle, kolika muka! a moglo bi se oduhnuti, govori Gospod nad vojskama; i donosite oteto, i hromo i bolesno donosite na dar; eda li æu primiti iz ruke vaše? govori Gospod.
You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ And you have sniffed at it”, says the LORD 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 at your hand?” says the LORD.
14 Proklet da je varalica, koji ima u svom stadu muško i zavjetuje, pa prinosi Gospodu kvarno; jer sam velik car, veli Gospod nad vojskama, i ime je moje strašno meðu narodima.
“But the deceiver is cursed who has in his flock a male, and vows and sacrifices to the Lord a defective thing; for I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”
