Malachi 3
1 ‘I am about to send my messenger and he will clear a path before me: And the Lord, who you are seeking, will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant who you long for is already coming, says the Lord of hosts.
| «هَا أَنَا أُرْسِلُ رَسُولِي فَيُمَهِّدُ الطَّرِيقَ أَمَامِي وَيَأْتِي الرَّبُّ الَّذِي تَطْلُبُونَهُ فَجْأَةً إِلَى هَيْكَلِهِ وَيُقْبِلُ أَيْضاً مَلاكُ الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي تُسَرُّونَ بِهِ» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ | ١ |
2 But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand firm when he appears? He is like a refiner’s fire, and like a launderer’s soap,
| وَلَكِنْ مَنْ يَحْتَمِلُ يَوْمَ مَجِيئِهِ؟ وَمَنْ يَثْبُتُ عِنْدَ ظُهُورِهِ؟ فَإِنَّهُ مِثْلُ نَارِ الْمُمَحِّصِ أَوْ أَشْنَانِ الْقَصَّارِينَ. | ٢ |
3 and he will sit as a refiner and purifier. He will purify the descendants of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, until they are fit to bring offerings to the Lord.
| فَيَجْلِسُ مُمَحِّصاً وَمُنَقِّياً لِلْفِضَّةِ لِيُطَهِّرَ أَبْنَاءَ لاوِي وَيُمَحِّصَهُمْ كَالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ، حَتَّى يُقَرِّبُوا لِلرَّبِّ تَقْدِمَاتٍ بِقُلُوبٍ طَاهِرَةٍ. | ٣ |
4 Then will the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ تَكُونُ تَقْدِمَةُ يَهُوذَا وَشَعْبِ أُورُشَلِيمَ مَرْضِيَّةً عِنْدَ الرَّبِّ، كَالْعَهْدِ بِها فِي سَالِفِ الأَيَّامِ وَفِي السِّنِينَ الْغَابِرَةِ. | ٤ |
5 ‘I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against the sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers, those who cheat workers, or widows, or orphans, deny justice to immigrants, and do not fear me,’ says the Lord of hosts.
| وَأَقْتَرِبُ مِنْكُمْ لأَكُونَ شَاهِداً سَرِيعاً ضِدَّ السَّحَرَةِ وَالزُّنَاةِ وَالْحَالِفِينَ بِالزُّورِ وَالْمُسْتَغِلِّينَ لأُجْرَةِ الْعَامِلِ وَمُضْطَهِدِي الأَرَامِلِ وَالأَيْتَامِ، وَالَّذِينَ يَظْلِمُونَ الْغُرَبَاءَ وَلا يَخَافُونَنِي. | ٥ |
6 ‘For I, the Lord, do not change; and you have not ceased to be descendants of Jacob.’
| فَإِنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ لَا أَتَغَيَّرُ، لِذَلِكَ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً لَمْ تَفْنَوْا يَا أَبْنَاءَ يَعْقُوبَ. | ٦ |
7 ‘From the days of your ancestors, you have turned aside from my statutes, and you have not kept them. Turn to me and I will turn to you,’ says the Lord. ‘You say, “How should we turn?”
| إِنَّ شَأْنَكُمْ كَشَأْنِ آبَائِكُمْ. ابْتَعَدْتُمْ عَنْ فَرَائِضِي وَلَمْ تُطِيعُوهَا. ارْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ فَأَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ تَسْأَلُونَ كَيْفَ نَرْجِعُ؟ | ٧ |
8 Can a human rob God? Yet you robbed me. You ask, “How have we robbed you?” In tithes and gifts!
| أَيَسْلُبُ الإِنْسَانُ اللهَ؟ لَقَدْ سَلَبْتُمُونِي! وَتَسْأَلُونَ: بِمَاذَا سَلَبْنَاكَ؟ فِي الْعُشُورِ وَالْقَرَابِينِ. | ٨ |
9 You – your entire nation – are all cursed, because you rob me.
| أَنْتُمْ، بَلِ الأُمَّةُ كُلُّهَا، تَحْتَ اللَّعْنَةِ لأَنَّكُمْ سَلَبْتُمُونِي. | ٩ |
10 ‘Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there is food in my house. Test me in this way. See if I will not open to you the windows of the sky, and pour you out a blessing, until there is more than enough.
| هَاتُوا الْعُشُورَ جَمِيعَهَا إِلَى بَيْتِ الْخَزِينَةِ لِيَتَوافَرَ فِي هَيْكَلِي طَعَامٌ، وَاخْتَبِرُونِي لِتَرَوْا إِنْ كُنْتُ لَا أَفْتَحُ كُوَى السَّمَاءِ وَأَفِيضُ عَلَيْكُمْ بَرَكَةً وَفِيرَةً، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ. | ١٠ |
11 I will rebuke for your sakes the devouring locust and he will not destroy your crops, nor will the vine fail to ripen its fruit in the field, says the Lord of hosts,
| وَأَكُفُّ عَنْكُمْ أَذَى الْجَرَادِ الْمُلْتَهِمِ، فَلا يُتْلِفُ لَكُمْ غَلّاتِ الأَرْضِ، وَلا تُصَابُ كُرُومُكُمْ بِالْعُقْمِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ. | ١١ |
12 and all nations will call you happy, for you will be a delightful land,’ says the Lord of hosts.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ تَدْعُوكُمْ جَمِيعُ الشُّعُوبِ «بِالأُمَّةِ الْمُبَارَكَةِ» لأَنَّ أَرْضَكُمْ تَكُونُ أَرْضَ بَهْجَةٍ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ. | ١٢ |
13 ‘You have said terrible things about me,’ says the Lord. ‘You ask, “What have we said about you?”
| لَقَدْ قَسَوْتُمْ فِي كَلامِكُمْ عَلَيَّ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ تَقُولُونَ: بِمَاذَا تَكَلَّمْنَا ضِدَّكَ؟ | ١٣ |
14 You have said, “It is useless to serve God, and what do we gain from the Lord of hosts by keeping his commands, and walking mournfully in funeral garb before him?
| لَقَدْ قُلْتُمْ: مِنَ الْعَبَثِ عِبَادَةُ اللهِ، وَأَيُّ جَدْوَى مِنْ حِفْظِنَا شَعَائِرَهُ، وَالنُّواحِ أَمَامَ حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ؟ | ١٤ |
15 So now we call the proud happy, evildoers thrive: they dare God and escape unharmed.”’
| وَهَا نَحْنُ الآنَ نَغْبِطُ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ، وَنَرَى فَاعِلِي الشَّرِّ يَزْدَهِرُونَ، بَلْ إِنَّهُمْ تَحَدُّوا اللهَ وَنَجَوْا. | ١٥ |
16 Such things those who revered the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice, and a record was written before him of those who revered the Lord and those who keep in mind his name.
| ثُمَّ حَدَّثَ خَائِفُو الرَّبِّ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً. فَأَصْغَى الرَّبُّ إِلَى كَلامِهِمْ وَسَمِعَهُمْ، فَتَمَّ تَدْوِينُ أَسْمَاءِ مُتَّقِيِّ الرَّبِّ وَالْمُتَأَمِّلِينَ بِاسْمِهِ أَمَامَهُ فِي كِتَابِ تَذْكِرَةٍ، وَرَدَ فِيهِ: | ١٦ |
17 ‘They will be mine,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘my special possession on that day that I am preparing. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
| «سَيَكُونُونَ لِي»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ، «فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي أَصْنَعُ فِيهِ نَفَائِسِي، وَأُحَافِظُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَمَا يُحَافِظُ الْوَالِدُ عَلَى ابْنِهِ الَّذِي يَخْدُمُهُ. | ١٧ |
18 Once again my people will see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between the person who serves God and the person who does not.’
| فَتَشْرَعُونَ ثَانِيَةً فِي التَّمْيِيزِ بَيْنَ الصَّالِحِ وَالطَّالِحِ، بَيْنَ مَنْ يَعْبُدُ اللهَ وَمَنْ لَا يَعْبُدُهُ». | ١٨ |
