Malachi 1

1 oracle word LORD to(wards) Israel in/on/with hand: by Malachi

A prophecy: This message came from the Lord concerning Israel through Malachi.

2 to love: lover [obj] you to say LORD and to say in/on/with what? to love: lover us not brother: male-sibling Esau to/for Jacob utterance LORD and to love: lover [obj] Jacob

I have loved you, says the Lord. But you ask, “How have you loved us?” Wasn't Esau Joseph's brother? the Lord responds. But I loved Joseph

3 and [obj] Esau to hate and to set: make [obj] mountain: mount his devastation and [obj] inheritance his to/for jackal wilderness

and despised Esau. I have made Esau's mountain homeland into a wasteland, and turned his inheritance into a desert for jackals.

4 for to say Edom to beat and to return: rescue and to build desolation thus to say LORD Hosts they(masc.) to build and I to overthrow and to call: call by to/for them border: area wickedness and [the] people which be indignant LORD till forever: enduring

The people of Edom may be saying: “We have been beaten down, but we will rebuild the ruins.” But this is what the Lord Almighty says, They may try and build, but I will tear down. They will be called a land of wickedness, and the people those who make the Lord angry forever.

5 and eye your to see: see and you(m. p.) to say to magnify LORD from upon to/for border: boundary Israel

You will see this destruction with your own eyes, and you will say, “The Lord is great, even beyond the borders of Israel.”

6 son: child to honor: honour father and servant/slave lord his and if father I where? glory my and if lord I where? fear my to say LORD Hosts to/for you [the] priest to despise name my and to say in/on/with what? to despise [obj] name your

A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. So if I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? says the Lord Almighty to you priests who show contempt for me. But you ask, “How have we shown contempt for you?”

7 to approach: bring upon altar my food to defile and to say in/on/with what? to defile you in/on/with to say you table LORD to despise he/she/it

By making defiled offerings on my altar. Then you ask, “How have we defiled you?” By saying the Lord's table doesn't deserve respect.

8 and for to approach: bring [emph?] blind to/for to sacrifice nothing bad: evil and for to approach: bring lame and be weak: ill nothing bad: evil to present: bring him please to/for governor your to accept you or to lift: kindness face: kindness your to say LORD Hosts

When you offer a blind animal as a sacrifice, isn't that wrong? Or when you offer an animal that is crippled or sick, isn't that wrong? Would you give such gifts to your governor? Would he be pleased with you? Would he be kind and show favor to you? asks the Lord Almighty.

9 and now to beg please face of God and be gracious us from hand: power your to be this to lift: kindness from you face: kindness to say LORD Hosts

So why don't you try being kind to God, begging him to be merciful to you? But when you bring such offerings, why should he show favor to you? asks the Lord Almighty.

10 who? also in/on/with you and to shut door and not to light altar my for nothing nothing to/for me pleasure in/on/with you to say LORD Hosts and offering not to accept from hand: power your

I really wish one of you would shut the Temple doors to stop you lighting pointless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you, says the Lord Almighty, and I will not accept offerings from you.

11 for from east sun and till entrance his great: large name my in/on/with nation and in/on/with all place incense to approach: bring to/for name my and offering pure for great: large name my in/on/with nation to say LORD Hosts

I am honored by nations from the farthest east to the distant west; everywhere people make offerings to me of incense and pure sacrifices. I am honored among the nations, says the Lord Almighty.

12 and you(m. p.) to profane/begin: profane [obj] him in/on/with to say you table Lord to defile he/she/it and fruit his to despise food his

But you dishonor me when you say the Lord's table doesn't deserve respect, and that its food can be treated with contempt.

13 and to say behold what? hardship and to breathe [obj] him to say LORD Hosts and to come (in): bring to plunder and [obj] [the] lame and [obj] [the] be weak: ill and to come (in): bring [obj] [the] offering to accept [obj] her from hand: power your to say LORD

You say, “All this is too much trouble!” and you sniff scornfully at it, says the Lord Almighty. But when you bring animals that are stolen or crippled or sick and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept what you're giving? asks the Lord.

14 and to curse to plot and there in/on/with flock his male and to vow and to sacrifice to ruin to/for Lord for king great: large I to say LORD Hosts and name my to fear: revere in/on/with nation

Cursed are those who cheat by vowing to bring a ram as a sacrifice and then offers an imperfect animal to the Lord. For I am a great King, says the Lord Almighty, and I am respected among the nations!