Malachi 1

massa devar-Adonai el-yisra'el beyad malakhi

A pronouncement: The word of GOD to Israel through Malachi.

ahavti etkhem amar Adonai va'amartem bammah ahavtanu halo-akh esav leya'aqov ne'um-Adonai va'ohav et-ya'aqov

I have shown you love, said GOD. But you ask, “How have You shown us love?” After all—declares GOD—Esau is Jacob’s brother; yet I have accepted Jacob

ve'et-esav saneti va'asim et-harayw shemamah ve'et-nakhalato letannot midbar

and have rejected Esau. I have made his hills a desolation, his territory a home for beasts of the desert.

ki-tomar edom rushashnu venashuv venivneh khoravot koh amar Adonai tseva'ot hemmah yivnu va'ani eheros veqare'u lahem gevul rishah veha'am asher-za'am Adonai ad-olam

If Edom thinks, “Though crushed, we can build the ruins again,” thus said GOD of Hosts: They may build, but I will tear down. And so they shall be known as the region of wickedness, the people damned forever of GOD.

ve'enekhem tirenah ve'attem tomeru yigdal Adonai me'al ligvul yisra'el

Your eyes shall behold it, and you shall declare, “Great is GOD beyond the borders of Israel!”

ben yekhabbed av ve'eved adonayw ve'im-av ani ayyeh khevodi ve'im-adonim ani ayyeh mora'i amar Adonai tseva'ot lakhem hakkohanim boze shemi va'amartem bammeh vazinu et-shemekha

A son should honor his father, and a slave his master. Now if I were a father, where would be the honor due Me? And if I were a master, where would be the reverence due Me?—said GOD of Hosts to you, O priests who scorn My name. But you ask, “How have we scorned Your name?”

maggishim al-mizbekhi lekhem mego'al va'amartem bammeh ge'alnukha be'emorkhem shulkhan Adonai nivzeh hu

You offer defiled food on My altar. But you ask, “How have we defiled You?” By saying, “GOD’s table can be treated with scorn.”

vekhi-taggishun ivver lizboakh en ra vekhi taggishu pisseakh vekholeh en ra haqrivehu na lefekhatekha hayirtsekha o hayissa fanekha amar Adonai tseva'ot

When you present a blind animal for sacrifice—it doesn’t matter! When you present a lame or sick one—it doesn’t matter! Just offer it to your governor: Will he accept you? Will he show you favor?—said GOD of Hosts.

ve'attah khallu-na fene-el vikhonnenu miyyedkhem hayetah zot hayissa mikkem panim amar Adonai tseva'ot

And now implore the favor of God! Will compassion be shown to us? This is what you have done—will any of you be accepted? GOD of Hosts has said:

mi gam-bakhem veyisgor delatayim velo-ta'iru mizbekhi khinnam en-li khefets bakhem amar Adonai tseva'ot uminkhah lo-ertseh miyyedkhem

If only you would lock My doors, and not kindle fire on My altar to no purpose! I take no pleasure in you—said GOD of Hosts—and I will accept no offering from you.

ki mimmizrakh-shemesh ve'ad-mevo'o gadol shemi baggoyim uvekhol-maqom muqtar muggash lishmi uminkhah tehorah ki-gadol shemi baggoyim amar Adonai tseva'ot

For from where the sun rises to where it sets, My name is honored among the nations, and everywhere incense and pure oblation are offered to My name; for My name is honored among the nations—said GOD of Hosts.

ve'attem mekhallelim oto be'emorkhem shulkhan adonay mego'al hu venivo nivzeh okhlo

But you profane it when you say, “The table of the Sovereign is defiled and the meat, the food, can be treated with scorn.”

va'amartem hinneh mattela'ah vehippakhtem oto amar Adonai tseva'ot vahavetem gazul ve'et-happisseakh ve'et-hakholeh vahavetem et-hamminkhah ha'ertseh otah miyyedkhem amar Adonai

You say, “Oh, what a bother!” And so you degrade it—said GOD of Hosts—and you bring the stolen, the lame, and the sick; and you offer such as an oblation. Will I accept it from you?—said GOD.

ve'arur nokhel veyesh be'edro zakhar venoder vezoveakh moshkhat ladonay ki melekh gadol ani amar Adonai tseva'ot ushemi nora vaggoyim

A curse on the cheat who has an [unblemished] male in the flock, but vows and sacrifices a blemished animal to the Sovereign! For I am an emperor—said GOD of Hosts—and My name is revered among the nations.