1“And now, O priests, this command is for you. (Mal 1:6; Mal 2:4)2If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart. (Le 26:14; De 28:15; Ps 69:22; Mal 3:9)3Behold, I will rebuke your offspring,[1] and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it.[2] (Ex 29:14; Joe 1:17; Na 3:6; Hag 2:17)4So shall you know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts. (Nu 3:45; Nu 25:12; Ne 13:29; Mal 2:1; Mal 2:8)5My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name. (Le 16:2; Isa 54:10)6True instruction[3] was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. (De 33:10; Da 12:3; Jas 5:20)7For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people[4] should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. (Le 10:11; De 17:9)8But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts, (1Sa 2:17; Jer 18:15; Eze 22:26; Mal 2:4)9and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but show partiality in your instruction.” (De 1:17; De 16:19; 1Sa 2:30)
Judah Profaned the Covenant
10Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers? (Isa 21:2; Isa 24:16; Isa 33:1; Ac 17:26; 1Co 8:6; Eph 4:6)11Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. (Ezr 9:2; Mal 2:10)12May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant[5] of the man who does this, who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts! (Mal 1:7)13And this second thing you do. You cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. (Zec 7:3)14But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. (Isa 54:6; Mal 1:2; Mal 2:10; Mal 2:11; Mal 3:5)15Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?[6] And what was the one God[7] seeking?[8] Godly offspring. So guard yourselves[9] in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth. (Ge 2:24; Ezr 9:2; Mal 2:10; Mt 19:4)16“For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her,[10] says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers[11] his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.” (Mal 2:10; Mt 5:32; Mr 10:9; Mr 10:11; Lu 16:18; 1Co 7:10)
The Messenger of the Lord
17You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?” (Isa 5:20; Isa 43:24; Mal 2:14; Mal 3:1; Mal 3:15; 2Pe 3:4)
Malachi 2
圣经当代译本修订版
from Biblica1祭司们啊，这诫命是传给你们的。2万军之耶和华说：“如果你们不听从我的话，也不从内心尊崇我的名，我必使咒诅临到你们，把你们的福气变成咒诅。事实上，因为你们不把我的诫命放在心上，我已经咒诅了你们。3我必斥责你们的子孙，把你们祭牲的粪便抹在你们脸上，又把你们和粪便一同丢掉，4你们便知道我这样告诫你们，是为了维持我与你们祖先利未所立的约。这是万军之耶和华说的。5我与他所立的是生命和平安之约，我将生命和平安赐给他，使他心存敬畏。他就尊崇我，敬畏我的名。6他口中教导真理，嘴里毫无诡诈。他与我同行，过着平安正直的生活，并引导许多人远离罪恶。7祭司的嘴唇应持守知识，人民应从他口中寻求训诲，因为他是万军之耶和华的使者。8然而，你们却偏离正道，你们的教导使许多人跌倒，破坏了我和利未所立的约。”这是万军之耶和华说的。9“因此，我必使你们在众人面前遭藐视、轻贱。因为你们不遵守我的道，在教导上偏心待人。”10难道我们不是出于同一位父亲，由同一位上帝所造吗？为何我们竟彼此欺骗，背弃上帝与我们祖先所立的约呢？11犹大人不忠贞，在以色列和耶路撒冷做了可憎的事，他们娶信奉外邦神明的女子为妻，亵渎了耶和华所爱的圣所。12愿耶和华从雅各的帐篷中铲除所有做这事并献供物给万军之耶和华的人！13另外，你们哀哭悲叹，眼泪甚至淹没了耶和华的祭坛，因为耶和华不再理会你们的供物，不再悦纳你们所献的。14你们还问为什么。因为耶和华在你和你的发妻中间作证，她是你的配偶，是你盟约的妻子，你却对她不忠。15上帝不是把你们结合为一体，叫你们肉体和心灵都归祂吗[1]？祂为何这样做？是为了得敬虔的后裔。所以，你们要小心谨慎，不可对自己的发妻不忠。16以色列的上帝耶和华说：“我憎恶休妻和以暴虐待妻子的人。所以你们要小心谨慎，不可有不忠的行为。”这是万军之耶和华说的。17你们说的话使耶和华厌烦，然而，你们还说：“我们在何事上令祂厌烦呢？”因为你们说：“耶和华将所有作恶者视为好人，并且喜悦他们”，还说：“公义的上帝在哪里？”