| 1:1 |
A revelation, Yahwehs word to Israel by Malachi. |
A revelation: the word of YHWH to Israel through Malachi. |
| 1:2 |
I have loved you, says Yahweh. Yet you say, How have you loved us? Wasnt Esau Jacobs brother? says Yahweh, Yet I loved Jacob; |
I have loved yall, says YHWH. Yet yall say, How have you loved us? Wasnt Esau Jacobs brother? says YHWH. Yet I have loved Jacob, |
| 1:3 |
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness. |
but Esau I have hated. I have made his mountains into a wasteland, and I gave his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness. |
| 1:4 |
Whereas Edom says, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places, Yahweh of Armies says, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them The Wicked Land, even the people against whom Yahweh shows wrath forever. |
Edom says, We are beaten down, but we will return and rebuild the ruined places. But YHWH Almighty says, They will build, but I will demolish. They will be called The Wicked Land, a people with whom YHWH is indignant forever. |
| 1:5 |
Your eyes will see, and you will say, Yahweh is great—even beyond the border of Israel! |
Your* eyes will see it, and yall will say, Great is YHWH, even beyond the border of Israel! |
| 1:6 |
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 Yahweh of Armies to you priests who despise my name. You say, How have we despised your name? |
A son honors his father, and a slave 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 YHWH Almighty to yall priests who despise my name. Yall ask, How have we despised your name? |
| 1:7 |
You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, How have we polluted you? In that you say, Yahwehs table is contemptible. |
By offering defiled food on my altar. Yall ask, How have we defiled you? By saying, The table of YHWH can be despised. |
| 1:8 |
When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isnt that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isnt that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person? says Yahweh of Armies. |
When yall offer blind animals for sacrifice, isnt that evil? And when yall offer lame and sick animals, isnt that evil? Try offering that to your governor! Will he be pleased with you or show you favor? says YHWH Almighty. |
| 1:9 |
Now, please entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you? says Yahweh of Armies. |
Now, yall should plead for the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such an offering, will he show you favor? says YHWH Almighty. |
| 1:10 |
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 Yahweh of Armies, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. |
Oh that there were one of yall who would shut the temple doors, so that yall would not uselessly kindle fire on my altar! I am not pleased with yall, says YHWH Almighty, nor will I accept an offering from your* hand. |
| 1:11 |
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 Yahweh of Armies. |
For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name will be great among the nations. In every place incense and a pure offering will be offered to my name, for my name will be great among the nations, says YHWH Almighty. |
| 1:12 |
But you profane it when you say, Yahwehs table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible. |
But yall profane it by saying, The table of the Lord is polluted, and its fruit, its food is contemptible. |
| 1:13 |
You say also, Behold, what a weariness it is! And you have sniffed at it, says Yahweh of Armies; 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 Yahweh. |
Yall say also, See, what a hardship it is! as yall sniff at it disdainfully, says YHWH Almighty. Yall bring stolen, lame, and sick animals—yall bring this as a sacrifice! Should I accept this from your* hand? says YHWH. |
| 1:14 |
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 Yahweh of Armies, and my name is awesome among the nations. |
Cursed is the deceiver who has a male in his flock and vows it, but sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great King, says YHWH Almighty, and my name is awesome among the nations. |
| 2:1 |
Now, you priests, this commandment is for you. |
And now, this commandment is for yall, O priests. |
| 2:2 |
If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says Yahweh of Armies, then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart. |
If yall will not listen, and yall will not take it to heart to give glory to my name, says YHWH Almighty, then I will send a curse on yall, and I will curse yalls blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because yall do not take it to heart. |
| 2:3 |
Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it. |
See, I will rebuke yalls offspring, and I will spread dung on yalls faces, the dung from yalls feasts, and yall will be taken away with it. |
| 2:4 |
You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi, says Yahweh of Armies. |
Yall will know that I have sent this commandment to yall, so that my covenant with Levi may continue, says YHWH Almighty. |
| 2:5 |
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name. |
My covenant with him was one of life and peace. I gave them to him that he would be reverent toward me, and indeed he revered me and stood in awe of my name. |
| 2:6 |
The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity. |
True instruction was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity. |
| 2:7 |
For the priests lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies. |
For the lips of the priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek the instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of YHWH Almighty. |
| 2:8 |
But you have turned away from the path. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says Yahweh of Armies. |
But yall have turned away from the path. Yall have caused many to stumble in the law. Yall have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says YHWH Almighty. |
| 2:9 |
Therefore I have also made you contemptible and wicked before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law. |
Therefore I have also made yall despised and humiliated before all the people, because yall have not kept my ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law. |
| 2:10 |
Dont we all have one father? Hasnt one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers? |
Do we not all have one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we act unfaithfully, each against his brother, profaning the covenant of our ancestors? |
| 2:11 |
Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. |
Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has profaned the sanctuary YHWH loves by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. |
| 2:12 |
Yahweh will cut off the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of Armies. |
As for the man who does this, who awakes and answers, YHWH will cut him off from the tents of Jacob, though he presents an offering to YHWH Almighty. |
| 2:13 |
This again you do: you cover Yahwehs altar with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesnt regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand. |
Another thing yall do: yall cover the altar of YHWH with tears, weeping and groaning because ʜᴇ no longer regards the offering or receives it favorably from your* hand. |
| 2:14 |
Yet you say, Why? Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant. |
Yet yall ask, Why? It is because YHWH has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant. |
| 2:15 |
Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. |
No one who has a remnant of the Spirit does this. What did that one do when he was seeking an offspring of God? Therefore pay attention to yalls spirit and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth. |
| 2:16 |
One who hates and divorces, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence! says Yahweh of Armies. Therefore pay attention to your spirit, that you dont be unfaithful. |
For the man who hates and divorces, says YHWH, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence! says YHWH Almighty. So pay attention to yalls spirit and do not be unfaithful. |
| 2:17 |
You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, How have we wearied him? In that you say, Everyone who does evil is good in Yahwehs sight, and he delights in them; or Where is the God of justice? |
Yall have wearied YHWH with your* words. Yet yall say, How have we wearied him? Because yall say, Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of YHWH, and ʜᴇ delights in them, or Where is the God of justice? |
| 3:1 |
Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me! The Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. Behold, the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, is coming! says Yahweh of Armies. |
I will send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me! The Lord, whom yall seek, will suddenly come to ʜɪꜱ temple. Look, the messenger of the covenant, whom yall desire, is coming! says YHWH Almighty. |
| 3:2 |
But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiners fire, and like launderers soap; |
But who can endure the day of ʜɪꜱ coming? And who will stand when ʜᴇ appears? For ʜᴇ is like a refiners fire, and like a launderers soap. |
| 3:3 |
and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness. |
Hᴇ will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and ʜᴇ will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver. Then they will bring to YHWH offerings in righteousness, |
| 3:4 |
Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to Yahweh as in the days of old and as in ancient years. |
and the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to YHWH as in the days of old and as in former years. |
| 3:5 |
I will come near to you to judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and dont fear me, says Yahweh of Armies. |
I will come near to yall for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers, and those who exploit laborers, widows, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and dont fear me, says YHWH Almighty. |
| 3:6 |
For I, Yahweh, dont change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed. |
I, YHWH, do not change. Therefore, sons of Jacob, yall have not come to an end. |
| 3:7 |
From the days of your fathers you have turned away from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says Yahweh of Armies. But you say, How shall we return? |
From the days of your* ancestors, yall have turned away from my commandments and have not kept them. Yall return to me, and I will return to yall, says YHWH Almighty. But yall ask, How can we return? |
| 3:8 |
Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, How have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings. |
Will a human being rob God? Yet yall are robbing me! Then yall ask, How have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings. |
| 3:9 |
You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation. |
Yall are under a severe curse—this whole nation—because yall are robbing me. |
| 3:10 |
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this, says Yahweh of Armies, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be enough room for. |
Yall are to bring the entire tithe into the storehouse, so that there will be food in my house. Yall test me now on this, says YHWH Almighty, and see if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out such a blessing on yall that there will not be enough room for it. |
| 3:11 |
I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field, says Yahweh of Armies. |
For yalls sake, I will rebuke the devourer so that it will not destroy the fruits of the ground, and the vines in the field will not drop its fruit before harvest, says YHWH Almighty. |
| 3:12 |
All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land, says Yahweh of Armies. |
All nations will call yall blessed, for yall will be a land of delight, says YHWH Almighty. |
| 3:13 |
Your words have been harsh against me, says Yahweh. Yet you say, What have we spoken against you? |
Yalls words against me are harsh, says YHWH. Yet yall say, What have we said against you? |
| 3:14 |
You have said, It is vain to serve God, and What profit is it that we have followed his instructions and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies? |
Yall have said, It is futile to serve God, and What profit is it that we have followed ʜɪꜱ instructions and that we have walked mournfully before YHWH Almighty? |
| 3:15 |
Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape. |
But now we call the arrogant blessed. Indeed, those who do evil are built up, and those who test God escape! |
| 3:16 |
Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened and heard, and a book of memory was written before him for those who feared Yahweh and who honored his name. |
Then those who feared YHWH talked to one another, and YHWH listened and heard. A book of remembrance was written in ʜɪꜱ presence about those who feared YHWH and who honored ʜɪꜱ name. |
| 3:17 |
They shall be mine, says Yahweh of Armies, my own possession in the day that I make. I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him. |
They will be mine, says YHWH Almighty, on the day when I prepare my own possession. I will spare them just as a man spares his own son who serves him. |
| 3:18 |
Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesnt serve him. |
Then yall will return to discerning between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who doesnt serve ʜɪᴍ. |
| 4:1 |
For behold, the day comes, burning like a furnace, when all the proud and all who work wickedness will be stubble. The day that comes will burn them up, says Yahweh of Armies, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. |
For indeed, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the proud and all who work wickedness will be stubble. The day that comes will burn them up, says YHWH Almighty, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. |
| 4:2 |
But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out and leap like calves of the stall. |
But for yall who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will arise with healing in its wings. Yall will go out and run around like calves released from the stall. |
| 4:3 |
You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, says Yahweh of Armies. |
Yall will trample on the wicked, and they will be ashes under the soles of yalls feet on the day which I am preparing, says YHWH Almighty. |
| 4:4 |
Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances. |
Yall must remember the law of Moses my servant, even statutes and ordinances, which I gave to him in Horeb for all Israel. |
| 4:5 |
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes. |
Indeed, I will send yall Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of YHWH comes. |
| 4:6 |
He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse. |
He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and strike the earth with a curse. |