 拉:1.(mal)  [瑪拉基亞]    [Malachi]   [共 3 章]  [思高聖經]
  
 拉:1.1      [題名]  神諭：上主藉瑪拉基亞傳於以色列的話。
 拉:1.2      [上主對以民的慈愛]  上主說：我愛了你們，而你們卻說：你怎樣愛了我們﹖厄撒烏不是雅各伯的哥哥嗎﹖──上主的斷語──但是我卻愛了雅各伯，
 拉:1.3      而恨了厄撒烏。我曾使他的山荒涼，使他的產業變為豺狼所住的曠野。
 拉:1.4      如果厄東說：我們雖然被毀滅，但我們必要重建廢墟。萬軍的上主卻這樣說：他們可以重建，但我必加以破壞，人們將稱之為「邪惡的地區，」為「上主永遠憤恨的人民。」
 拉:1.5      你們必要親眼看見，並且要說：上主連在以色列境界之外，也顯示了自己的偉大。
 拉:1.6      [責斥司祭]  兒子應孝敬父親，僕人應敬畏主人。但如果我是父親，對我的孝敬在哪裏﹖如果我是主人，對我的敬在哪裏﹖司祭們! 萬軍的上主對你們說：「你們輕視了我的名。」但你們卻說：「我們在什麼事上輕視了你的名﹖」
 拉:1.7      就在你們以不潔的食物供奉在我的祭壇上。你們又說：「我們在什麼事上玷污了它﹖」就是你們說：「上主的台桌是可輕賤的」的時候。
 拉:1.8      你們將一隻盲目的牲畜獻為犧牲，不是罪過嗎﹖將這樣的禮品，獻給你的市長吧! 看他是否會喜歡，會悅納﹖──萬軍的上主說。
 拉:1.9      現在你們懇求上主開恩，叫祂憐恤我們! 這事既然是你們經手，看祂是否會對你們垂青﹖──萬軍的上主說。
 拉:1.10     [預言新祭獻取代舊祭獻]  惟願你們中間有人關閉殿門，免得你們在我的祭壇上白白地點火! 我不你們──萬軍的上主說──也不悅納你們經手所獻的祭品，
 拉:1.11     因為從日出到日落，我的名在異民中大受顯揚，到處有人為我的名焚香獻祭，並奉獻潔淨的祭品，因為我的名在異民中大受顯揚──萬軍的上主說。
 拉:1.12     但你們卻褻瀆了它，即在你們說：「主的台桌是污穢的，上面的食物是可輕賤的」的時候。
 拉:1.13     你們還說：「唉，這是多麼麻煩! 」你們且嗤之以鼻──萬軍的上主說。你們將奪來的，跛腿的和有疾的拿來獻為祭品，我豈能從你們手中悅納﹖──上主說。
 拉:1.14     那在家畜群中原有公的，且許了願，卻拿有殘疾的獻給上主的騙子，是可詛咒的! 我是大王──萬軍的上主說：卜名在異民中必受敬畏。
  
 拉:2.1      [警告司祭]  司祭們! 這是向你們提出的警告：
 拉:2.2      如果你們不聽從，不把光榮我名的事放在心上──萬軍的上主說──我必使詛咒臨到你們身上，使你們的祝福變為詛咒。我已詛咒了，因為中誰也沒有把這事放在心上。
 拉:2.3      看，我必要砍斷你們的手臂，把糞污，即你們祭牲的糞污，撒在你們的臉上，使你們滿面慚愧。
 拉:2.4      [司祭有虧職守]  這樣你們便知道，我為你們提出了這警告，是為保存我與肋未所訂立的盟約，──萬軍的上主說。
 拉:2.5      我與他訂立的盟約，是有關生命及平安的盟，所以我賜給了他生命和平安；同時又是敬畏的盟約，所以他敬畏我，對我的名有所尊敬；
 拉:2.6      在他口中有真實教訓，在他脣舌上從不見謊言；他心懷虔誠和正直與我來往，使多人遠離了罪惡。
 拉:2.7      的確，司祭的脣應保衛智識，人也應該從他的口中得到教訓，因為他是萬軍上主的使者。
 拉:2.8      但是你們卻離棄正道，使許多人在法律上跌倒；你們破壞了我和肋未所立的盟約──萬軍的上主說。
 拉:2.9      為此，我也使你們受全體人民的輕視，因為你們沒有遵行我的道，在施教訓上觀情顧面。
 拉:2.10     [人民有關婚姻的罪惡]  我們不是共有一個父親嗎﹖不是一個天主造生了我們嗎﹖為什麼我們彼此欺騙褻瀆我們祖先的盟約﹖
 拉:2.11     猶大不守信義，在以色列和耶路撒冷行了醜惡的事，因為猶大褻瀆了上主所愛的聖所，娶了供奉邦神祗的女子。
 拉:2.12     惟願上主將行這事的人，連証證的人和監誓人，從雅各伯的會幕中剷除，由向萬軍的上主奉獻祭物的集會中剷除。
 拉:2.13     其次，你們還行了這件事：你們向上主的祭壇灑盡了眼淚，哭泣呻吟，
 拉:2.14     你們還問：「這是為什麼﹖」是因為上主是你與你青年時所娶的妻子之間的証人。她雖是你的伴侶，是你結盟的髮妻，你道對她不守信義。
 拉:2.15     上主不是造了他們成為一體，一個肉身，一個性命嗎﹖為什麼要結為一體﹖是為求得天主的子女；所以應關心你們的性命，對你青年結髮的妻子不要背信。
 拉:2.16     上主以色列的天主說：我憎恨休妻，休妻使人在自己的衣服上沾滿了不義，萬軍的上主聲明說。所以你們當關心你們的性命，不要不守信莪。
 拉:2.17     [責斥人民抱怨天主]  你們的言談使上主生厭，你們還問：「我們在什麼事上使他生厭﹖」即在你們說：「凡作惡的，在天主眼裏都是善的，並且他還喜悅他們，」或說：「公義的天主在那裏﹖」的時候。
  
 拉:3.1      [盟約的使者]  看! 我要派遣我的使者，在我前面預備道路。你們所尋求的主宰，必要忽然進入祂的殿內；你們所想望盟約的使者，看，他來了──萬軍的上主說。
 拉:3.2      但是祂來臨之日，有誰能支得住﹖祂顯現時，有誰能站立得住﹖因為祂像煉金者用的爐火，又像漂布者用的滷汁
 拉:3.3      祂必要坐下，像個溶化和煉淨銀子的人，煉淨肋未的子孫，精煉他們像精煉金銀一像，使他們能懷著虔誠，向上主奉獻祭品：
 拉:3.4      那時，猶大和耶路撒冷所獻的祭品，必能悅樂上主，有如昔日和往年。
 拉:3.5      那時，我必前來你與們接近，執行審判，迅速作證反對術士、犯奸和發虛誓的人，反對欺壓傭工，寡婦和孤兒的人，反對侵害外方人的權利，而不敬畏我的人──萬軍的上主說。
 拉:3.6      是的，我是上主，決不改變；但你們總是雅各伯的子孫!
 拉:3.7      [不守法律乃災禍之因]  自從你們祖先的日子以來，你們就離棄了我的法令，而不遵守。現在你們轉向我吧! 我必轉向你們──萬軍的上主說。你們卻說：「我們應怎樣轉向你呢﹖」
 拉:3.8      人豈能欺騙天主﹖可是你們卻欺騙了我! 你們卻說：「我們在什麼事上欺騙了你﹖」即在什一和應獻的祭物上。
 拉:3.9      他們全體人民! 你們必要遭受嚴厲的詛咒，因為你們都欺騙了我。
 拉:3.10     你們應把什一之物送入府庫，好使卜殿宇存有食糧。你們就在這事上試試我吧! ──萬軍的上主說──看我是否給你們開啟天閘，將祝福傾注在你們身上，直到你們心意滿足。
 拉:3.11     我必要為你們嚇走那舌食者，不容牠再損害你們的田產，也不讓你們田間的葡萄樹不結果實──萬軍的上主說。
 拉:3.12     萬民都要稱你們有福，因為你們將成為一片樂土──萬軍的上主說。
 拉:3.13     [上主之日善惡分明]  上主說：「你們竟然敢用言語頂撞我。你們卻說：「我們在什麼話上頂撞了你﹖」
 拉:3.14     即在你們說：「事奉天主只是徒然! 遵守祂的誡命，在萬軍的上主面前，穿苦衣而行，有什麼好處﹖
 拉:3.15     現在我們該稱驕傲人有福；作惡的人，居然順利，試探天主的人居然免罰! 」
 拉:3.16     這是敬畏上主的人彼此談論的。但上主都加以注意而聽見了，並且在祂面前的記錄簿上，為那些敬畏上主和投靠祂名號的人予以記錄了。
 拉:3.17     在我行事的時日──萬軍的上主說──他們必是屬於我的產業，我要憐愛他們，有如人憐愛服事自己的兒子。
 拉:3.18     你們將要重新看出義人和惡人，服事天主和不服事天主的人的區別。
 拉:3.19     看，那日子來臨，勢必如冒火燄的火爐，所有的驕傲人和惡的人都要成為禾楷；那一天來到，必要將他們燒盡──萬軍的上主說──不給他們留下根和枝條。
 拉:3.20     但為你們這些敬畏我名號的人，正義的太陽將要升起，以自己好似箭羽的光芒普施救恩；你們必將出來，蹦蹦跳跳有如出欄的牛犢。
 拉:3.21     你們要踐踏惡人，因為在我行事之日，他們必要如同在你們腳下的塵土──萬軍的上說。
 拉:3.22     [忠告和應許]  你們應記得我僕人梅瑟的法律，即我在曷勒布山，命他傳於全以色列的誡命和制度。
 拉:3.23     看，在上主偉大及可怕的日子來臨以前，我必派遣先知厄里亞到你們這裏來；
 拉:3.24     他將使父親的心轉向兒子，使兒子的心轉向父親，免得我來臨時，以毀滅律打擊這地。　[瑪拉基亞完篇]

 mal:1.      [Malachi]    3 chapters    [瑪拉基亞]   [英文版]
   
 mal:1.1     An oracle. The word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi.
 mal:1.2     I have loved you, says the LORD; but you say, "How have you loved us?"
 mal:1.3     Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, but hated Esau; I made his mountains a waste, his heritage a desert for jackals.
 mal:1.4     If Edom says, "We have been crushed but we will rebuild the ruins," Thus says the LORD of hosts: They indeed may build, but I will tear down, And they shall be called the land of guilt, the people with whom the LORD is angry forever.
 mal:1.5     Your own eyes shall see it, and you will say, "Great is the LORD, even beyond the land of Israel."
 mal:1.6     A son honors his father, and a servant fears his master; If then I am a father, where is the honor due to me? And if I am a master, where is the reverence due to me?-- So says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise his name. But you ask, "How have we despised your name?"
 mal:1.7     By offering polluted food on my altar! Then you ask, "How have we polluted it?" By saying the table of the LORD may be slighted!
 mal:1.8     When you offer a blind animal for sacrifice, is this not evil? When you offer the lame or the sick, is it not evil? Present it to your governor; see if he will accept it, or welcome you, says the LORD of hosts.
 mal:1.9     So now if you implore God for mercy on us, when you have done the like Will he welcome any of you? says the LORD of hosts.
 mal:1.10    Oh, that one among you would shut the temple gates to keep you from kindling fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts; neither will I accept any sacrifice from your hands,
 mal:1.11    For from the rising of the sun, even to its setting, my name is great among the nations; And everywhere they bring sacrifice to my name, and a pure offering; For great is my name among the nations, says the LORD of hosts.
 mal:1.12    But you behave profanely toward me by thinking the LORD'S table and its offering may be polluted, and its food slighted.
 mal:1.13    You also say, "What a burden!" and you scorn it, says the LORD of hosts; You bring in what you seize, or the lame, or the sick; yes, you bring it as a sacrifice. Shall I accept it from your hands? says the LORD.
 mal:1.14    Cursed is the deceiver, who has in his flock a male, but under his vow sacrifices to the LORD a gelding; For a great King am I, says the LORD of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations.
   
 mal:2.1     And now, O priests, this commandment is for you: If you do not listen,
 mal:2.2     And if you do not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will send a curse upon you and of your blessing I will make a curse. Yes, I have already cursed it, because you do not lay it to heart.
 mal:2.3     Lo, I will deprive you of the shoulder and I will strew dung in your faces, The dung of your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.
 mal:2.4     Then you will know that I sent you this commandment because I have a covenant with Levi, says the LORD of hosts.
 mal:2.5     My covenant with him was one of life and peace; fear I put in him, and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name.
 mal:2.6     True doctrine was in his mouth, and no dishonesty was found upon his lips; He walked with me in integrity and in uprightness, and turned many away from evil.
 mal:2.7     For the lips of the priest are to keep knowledge, and instruction is to be sought from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
 mal:2.8     But you have turned aside from the way, and have caused many to falter by your instruction; You have made void the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts.
 mal:2.9     I, therefore, have made you contemptible and base before all the people, Since you do not keep my ways, but show partiality in your decisions.
 mal:2.10    Have we not all the one Father? Has not the one God created us? Why then do we break faith with each other, violating the covenant of our fathers?
 mal:2.11    Judah has broken faith; an abominable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. Judah has profaned the temple which the LORD loves, and has married an idolatrous woman.
 mal:2.12    May the LORD cut off from the man who does this both witness and advocate out of the tents of Jacob, and anyone to offer sacrifice to the LORD of hosts!
 mal:2.13    This also you do: the altar of the LORD you cover with tears, weeping and groaning, Because he no longer regards your sacrifice nor accepts it favorably from your hand;
 mal:2.14    And you say, "Why is it?"-- Because the LORD is witness between you and the wife of your youth, With whom you have broken faith though she is your companion, your betrothed wife.
 mal:2.15    Did he not make one being, with flesh and spirit: and what does that one require but godly offspring? You must then safeguard life that is your own, and not break faith with the wife of your youth.
 mal:2.16    For I hate divorce, says the LORD, the God of Israel, And covering one's garment with injustice, says the LORD of hosts; You must then safeguard life that is your own, and not break faith.
 mal:2.17    You have wearied the LORD with your words, yet you say, "How have we wearied him?" By your saying, "Every evildoer is good in the sight of the LORD, And he is pleased with him"; or else, "Where is the just God?"
   
 mal:3.1   Lo, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me; And suddenly there will come to the temple the LORD whom you seek, And the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. Yes, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.
 mal:3.2   But who will endure the day of his coming? And who can stand when he appears? For he is like the refiner's fire, or like the fuller's lye.
 mal:3.3   He will sit refining and purifying (silver), and he will purify the sons of Levi, Refining them like gold or like silver that they may offer due sacrifice to the LORD.
 mal:3.4   Then the sacrifice of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old, as in years gone by.
 mal:3.5   I will draw near to you for judgment, and I will be swift to bear witness Against the sorcerers, adulterers, and perjurers, those who defraud the hired man of his wages, Against those who defraud widows and orphans; those who turn aside the stranger, and those who do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
 mal:3.6   Surely I, the LORD, do not change, nor do you cease to be sons of Jacob.
 mal:3.7   Since the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. Yet you say, "How must we return?"
 mal:3.8   Dare a man rob God? Yet you are robbing me! And you say, "How do we rob you?" In tithes and in offerings!
 mal:3.9   You are indeed accursed, for you, the whole nation, rob me.
 mal:3.10    Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, That there may be food in my house, and try me in this, says the LORD of hosts: Shall I not open for you the floodgates of heaven, to pour down blessing upon you without measure?
 mal:3.11    For your sake I will forbid the locust to destroy your crops; And the vine in the field will not be barren, says the LORD of hosts.
 mal:3.12    Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land, says the LORD of hosts.
 mal:3.13    You have defied me in word, says the LORD, yet you ask, "What have we spoken against you?"
 mal:3.14    You have said, "It is vain to serve God, and what do we profit by keeping his command, And going about in penitential dress in awe of the LORD of hosts?
 mal:3.15    Rather must we call the proud blessed; for indeed evildoers prosper, and even tempt God with impunity."
 mal:3.16    Then they who fear the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened attentively; And a record book was written before him of those who fear the LORD and trust in his name.
 mal:3.17    And they shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, my own special possession, on the day I take action. And I will have compassion on them, as a man has compassion on his son who serves him.
 mal:3.18    Then you will again see the distinction between the just and the wicked; Between him who serves God, and him who does not serve him.
 mal:3.19    For lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, And the day that is coming will set them on fire, leaving them neither root nor branch, says the LORD of hosts.
 mal:3.20    But for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays; And you will gambol like calves out of the stall
 mal:3.21    and tread down the wicked; They will become ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day I take action, says the LORD of hosts.
 mal:3.22    Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I enjoined him on Horeb, The statutes and ordinances for all Israel.
 mal:3.23    Lo, I will send you Elijah, the prophet, Before the day of the LORD comes, the great and terrible day,
 mal:3.24    To turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the land with doom. Lo, I will send you Elijah, the prophet, Before the day of the LORD comes, the great and terrible day. [end of Malachi]

