Malachi 3

hinni sholeakh malakhi ufinnah-derekh lefanay ufitom yavo el-hekhalo ha'adon asher-attem mevaqshim umalakh habberit asher-attem khafetsim hinneh-va amar Adonai tseva'ot

Behold, I am sending My messenger to clear the way before Me, and the Sovereign you seek shall come to the temple suddenly. As for the angel of the covenant that you desire, he is already coming.

umi mekhalkel et-yom bo'o umi ha'omed behera'oto ki-hu ke'esh metsaref ukhevorit mekhabbesim

But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can hold out when he appears? For he is like a smelter’s fire and like fuller’s lye.

veyashav metsaref umetaher kesef vetihar et-bene-levi veziqqaq otam kazzahav vekhakkasef vehayu la-Adonai maggishe minkhah bitsdaqah

He shall act like a smelter and purger of silver; and he shall purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they shall present offerings in righteousness.

ve'arevah la-Adonai minkhat yehudah virushalai͏m kime olam ukheshanim qadmoniyyot

Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem shall be pleasing to GOD as in the days of yore and in the years of old.

veqaravti alekhem lammishpat vehayiti ed memaher bamkhashefim uvamna'afim uvannishba'im lashaqer uve'osheqe sekhar-sakhir almanah veyatom umatte-ger velo yere'uni amar Adonai tseva'ot

But [first] I will step forward to contend against you, and I will act as a relentless accuser against those who have no fear of Me: Who practice sorcery, who commit adultery, who swear falsely, who cheat laborers of their hire, and who subvert [the cause of] the widow, orphan, and stranger, said GOD of Hosts.

ki ani Adonai lo shaniti ve'attem bene-ya'aqov lo khelitem

For I am GOD—I have not changed; and you are the children of Jacob—you have not ceased to be.

lemime avotekhem sartem mekhuqqay velo shemartem shuvu elay ve'ashuvah alekhem amar Adonai tseva'ot va'amartem bammeh nashuv

From the very days of your ancestors you have turned away from My laws and have not observed them. Turn back to Me, and I will turn back to you—said GOD of Hosts. But you ask, “How shall we turn back?”

hayiqba adam elohim ki attem qove'im oti va'amartem bammeh qeva'anukha hamma'aser vehatterumah

Ought mortals to defraud God? Yet you are defrauding Me. And you ask, “How have we been defrauding You?” In tithe and contribution.

bamme'erah attem ne'arim ve'oti attem qove'im haggoy kullo

You are suffering under a curse, yet you go on defrauding Me—the whole nation of you.

havi'u et-kol-hamma'aser el-bet ha'otsar vihi teref beveti uvekhanuni na bazot amar Adonai tseva'ot im-lo eftakh lakhem et arubbot hashamayim vahariqoti lakhem berakhah ad-beli-day

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, and let there be food in My House, and thus put Me to the test—said GOD of Hosts. I will surely open the floodgates of the sky for you and pour down blessings on you;

vega'arti lakhem ba'okhel velo-yashkhit lakhem et-peri ha'adamah velo-teshakkel lakhem haggefen bassadeh amar Adonai tseva'ot

and I will banish the locusts from you, so that they will not destroy the yield of your soil; and your vines in the field shall no longer miscarry—said GOD of Hosts.

ve'isheru etkhem kol-haggoyim ki-tihyu attem erets khefets amar Adonai tseva'ot

And all the nations shall account you happy, for you shall be the most desired of lands—said GOD of Hosts.

khazequ alay divrekhem amar Adonai va'amartem mah-nnidbarnu alekha

You have spoken hard words against Me—said GOD. But you ask, “What have we been saying among ourselves against You?”

amartem shav avod elohim umah-bbetsa ki shamarnu mishmarto vekhi halakhnu qedorannit mippene Adonai tseva'ot

You have said, “It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping God’s charge and walking in abject awe of GOD of Hosts?

ve'attah anakhnu me'asherim zedim gam-nivnu ose rishah gam bakhanu elohim vayyimmaletu

And so, we account the arrogant happy: they have indeed done evil and endured; they have indeed dared God and escaped.”

az nidberu yire Adonai ish el-re'ehu vayyaqshev Adonai vayyishma vayyikkatev sefer zikkaron lefanayw leyire Adonai ulekhosheve shemo

In this vein have those who revere GOD been talking to one another. GOD has heard and noted it, and a scroll of remembrance has been written at God’s behest concerning those who revere GOD and esteem that name.

vehayu li amar Adonai tseva'ot layyom asher ani oseh segullah vekhamalti alehem ka'asher yakhmol ish al-beno ha'oved oto

And on the day that I am preparing, said GOD of Hosts, they shall be My treasured possession; I will be tender toward them as a man is tender toward a son who ministers to him.

veshavtem ure'item ben tsaddiq lerasha ben oved elohim la'asher lo avado

And you shall come to see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who have served God and those who have not.

ki-hinneh hayyom ba bo'er kattannur vehayu khol-zedim vekhol-oseh rishah qash velihat otam hayyom habba amar Adonai tseva'ot asher lo-ya'azov lahem shoresh ve'anaf

For lo! That day is at hand, burning like an oven. All the arrogant and all the doers of evil shall be straw, and the day that is coming—said GOD of Hosts—shall burn them to ashes and leave of them neither stock nor boughs.

vezarekhah lakhem yire shemi shemesh tsedaqah umarpe bikhnafeha vitsatem ufishtem ke'egle marbeq

But for you who revere My name a sun of victory shall rise to bring healing. You shall go forth and stamp like stall-fed calves,

ve'assotem resha'im ki-yihyu efer takhat kappot raglekhem bayyom asher ani oseh amar Adonai tseva'ot

and you shall trample the wicked to a pulp, for they shall be dust beneath your feet on the day that I am preparing—said GOD of Hosts.

zikhru torat mosheh avdi asher tsivviti oto vekhorev al-kol-yisra'el khuqqim umishpatim

Be mindful of the Teaching of My servant Moses, whom I charged at Horeb with laws and rules for all Israel.

hinneh anokhi sholeakh lakhem et eliyyah hannavi lifne bo yom Adonai haggadol vehannora

Lo, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before the coming of the awesome, fearful day of GOD.

veheshiv lev-avot al-banim velev banim al-avotam pen-avo vehikketi et-ha'arets kherem

He shall reconcile parents with children and children with their parents, so that, when I come, I do not strike the whole land with utter destruction. Lo, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before the coming of the awesome, fearful day of GOD.