Malachi 2

ve'attah alekhem hammitsvah hazzot hakkohanim

And now, O priests, this charge is for you:

im-lo tishme'u ve'im-lo tasimu al-lev latet kavod lishmi amar Adonai tseva'ot veshillakhti vakhem et-hamme'erah ve'aroti et-birkhotekhem vegam arotiha ki enekhem samim al-lev

Unless you obey and unless you lay it to heart, and do honor to My name—said GOD of Hosts—I will send a curse and turn your blessings into curses. (Indeed, I have turned them into curses, because you do not lay it to heart.)

hinni go'er lakhem et-hazzera vezeriti feresh al-penekhem peresh khaggekhem venasa etkhem elayw

I will put your seed under a ban, and I will strew dung upon your faces, the dung of your festal sacrifices, and you shall be carried out to its [heap].

vidatem ki shillakhti alekhem et hammitsvah hazzot lihyot beriti et-levi amar Adonai tseva'ot

Know, then, that I have sent this charge to you that My covenant with Levi may endure—said GOD of Hosts.

beriti hayetah itto hakhayyim vehashalom va'ettenem-lo mora vayyira'eni umippene shemi nikhat hu

I had with him a covenant of life and well-being, which I gave to him, and of reverence, which he showed Me. For he stood in awe of My name.

torat emet hayetah befihu ve'avlah lo-nimtsa visfatayw beshalom uvemishor halakh itti verabbim heshiv me'avon

Proper rulings were in his mouth, And nothing perverse was on his lips; He served Me with complete loyalty And held the many back from iniquity.

ki-sifte khohen yishmeru-da'at vetorah yevaqshu mippihu ki malakh Adonaitseva'ot hu

For the lips of a priest guard knowledge, And rulings are sought from his mouth; For he is a messenger of GOD of Hosts.

ve'attem sartem min-hadderekh hikhshaltem rabbim battorah shikhattem berit hallevi amar Adonai tseva'ot

But you have turned away from that course: You have made the many stumble through your rulings; you have corrupted the covenant of the Levites—said GOD of Hosts.

vegam-ani natatti etkhem nivzim ushefalim lekhol-ha'am kefi asher enekhem shomerim et-derakhay venose'im panim battorah

And I, in turn, have made you despicable and vile in the eyes of all the people, because you disregard My ways and show partiality in your rulings.

halo av ekhad lekhullanu halo el ekhad bera'anu maddua nivgad ish be'akhiv lekhallel berit avotenu

Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we break faith with one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?

bagedah yehudah veto'evah ne'estah veyisra'el uvirushalai͏m ki khillel yehudah qodesh Adonai asher ahev uva'al bat-el nekhar

Judah has broken faith; abhorrent things have been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned what is holy to, and desired by, GOD—and espoused daughters of alien gods.

yakhret Adonai la'ish asher ya'asennah er ve'oneh me'ohole ya'aqov umaggish minkhah la-Adonai tseva'ot

May GOD leave to any man who has done this no descendants dwelling in the tents of Jacob and presenting offerings to GOD of Hosts.

vezot shenit ta'asu kassot dimah et-mizbakh Adonai bekhi va'anaqah me'en od penot el-hamminkhah velaqakhat ratson miyyedkhem

And this you do as well: You cover the altar of GOD with tears, weeping, and moaning, so that [God] refuses to regard the oblation anymore and to accept what you offer.

va'amartem al-mah al ki-Adonai he'id benekha uven eshet ne'urekha asher attah bagadtah bah vehi khavertekha ve'eshet beritekha

But you ask, “Because of what?” Because GOD is a witness between you and the wife of your youth with whom you have broken faith, though she is your partner and covenanted spouse.

velo-ekhad asah ushe'ar ruakh lo umah ha'ekhad mevaqqesh zera elohim venishmartem berukhakhem uve'eshet ne'urekha al-yivgod

Did not the One make [all,] so that all remaining life-breath is that One’s? And what does that One seek but godly folk? So be careful of your life-breath, and let no one break faith with the wife of his youth.

ki-sane shallakh amar Adonai elohe yisra'el vekhissah khamas al-levusho amar Adonai tseva'ot venishmartem berukhakhem velo tivgodu

For I detest divorce—said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel—and covering oneself with lawlessness as with a garment—said GOD of Hosts. So be careful of your life-breath and do not act treacherously.

hogatem Adonai bedivrekhem va'amartem bammah hoga'enu be'emorkhem kol-oseh ra tov be'ene Adonai uvahem hu khafets o ayyeh elohe hammishpat

You have wearied GOD with your talk. But you ask, “By what have we done so?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of GOD, who delights in them,” or else, “Where is the God of justice?”