Malachi 2

1 “And now this decree is for you, O priests:

1 «وَالآنَ هَاكُمْ هَذِهِ الْوَصِيَّةُ أَيُّهَا الْكَهَنَةُ:

2 If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.

2 إِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ الاسْتِمَاعَ، وَلَمْ تَنْوُوا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ أَنْ تُمَجِّدُوا اسْمِي، أَصُبُّ عَلَيْكُمُ اللَّعْنَةَ، وَأَلْعَنُ بَرَكَاتِكُمْ، بَلْ هَا أَنَا قَدْ حَوَّلْتُهَا إِلَى لَعْنَاتٍ لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَجْعَلُوهَا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ.

3 Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.

3 هَا أَنَا أُعَاقِبُ أَوْلادَكُمْ، وَأَنْثُرُ رَوْثَ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ الَّتِي تُقَدِّمُونَهَا لِي عَلَى وُجُوهِكُمْ، ثُم يَطْرَحُونَكُمْ مَعَهَا خَارِجاً فَوْقَ الْقُمَامَةِ الدَّنِسَةِ.

4 Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.

4 فَتُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ هَذِهِ التَّحْذِيرَاتِ لِكَيْ يَظَلَّ عَهْدِي مَعَ أَبْنَاءِ لاوِي قَائِماً.

5 “My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.

5 فَقَدْ كَانَ عَهْدِي مَعَ لاوِي وَنَسْلِهِ عَهْدَ حَيَاةٍ وَسَلامٍ، فَوَهَبْتُهُمَا لَهُمْ، وَمَنَحْتُهُمُ التَّقْوَى، فَاتَّقُونِي وَوَقَفُوا خَاشِعِينَ لاِسْمِي يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

6 True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.

6 نَطَقَ فَمُهُ بِشَرِيعَةِ الْحَقِّ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي شَفَتَيْهِ إِثْمٌ. وَسَلَكَ مَعِي سَبِيلَ السَّلامِ وَالاسْتِقَامَةِ وَرَدَّ كَثِيرِينَ عَنِ الْمَعْصِيَةِ.

7 For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

7 لأَنَّ شَفَتَيِ الْكَاهِنِ تَحْفَظَانِ الْعِلْمَ، وَمِنْ فَمِهِ يَطْلُبُ النَّاسُ الشَّرِيعَةَ، لأَنَّهُ رَسُولُ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ.

8 But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.

8 وَلَكِنَّكُمُ انْحَرَفْتُمْ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ، وَأَعْثَرْتُمْ بِتَعَالِيمِكُمْ كَثِيرِينَ، وَنَقَضْتُمْ عَهْدِي مَعَ النَّسْلِ الْكَهَنُوتِيِّ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

9 “So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

9 لِذَلِكَ أُحَقِّرُكُمْ وَأُذِلُّكُمْ أَمَامَ جَمِيعِ النَّاسِ، لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تُطِيعُوا طُرُقِي، وَحَابَيْتُمْ فِي تَطْبِيقِ شَرِيعَتِي».

10 Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?

10 أَلَيْسَ لَنَا جَمِيعاً أَبٌ وَاحِدٌ؟ أَلَمْ يَخْلُقْنَا إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ، فَمَا بَالُنَا يَغْدُرُ أَحَدُنَا بِالآخَرِ وَنُدَنِّسُ عَهْدَ آبَائِنَا؟

11 Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.

11 لَقَدْ غَدَرَ يَهُوذَا وَارْتَكَبَ الرَّجَاسَةَ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ لأَنَّ يَهُوذَا قَدْ دَنَّسَ هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ الْمَحْبُوبَ، وَتَزَوَّجَ مِنْ بَنَاتٍ يَعْبُدْنَ آلِهَةً غَرِيبَةً.

12 As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts.

12 لِيَسْتَأْصِلِ الرَّبُّ مِنْ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ كُلَّ مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا، مِنْ غَيْرِ تَمْيِيزٍ، وَحَتَّى مِمَّنْ يُقَدِّمُونَ قَرَابِينَ لِلرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ.

13 And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.

13 وَهَذَا أَيْضاً مَا ارْتَكَبْتُمْ: لَقَدْ أَغْرَقْتُمْ مَذْبَحَ الرَّبِّ بِالدُّمُوعِ، فَأَنْتُمْ تَبْكُونَ وَتَنُوحُونَ لأَنَّهْ لَمْ يَعُدْ يُعِيرُ تَقْدِمَاتِكُمُ انْتِبَاهاً أَوْ يَقْبَلُهَا مِنْكُمْ بِمَسَرَّةٍ.

14 Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

14 وَتَتَسَاءَلُونَ: لِمَاذَا؟ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ كَانَ شَاهِداً عَلَى الْعَهْدِ الْمَقْطُوعِ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ زَوْجَةِ صِبَاكَ الَّتِي غَدَرْتَ بِها، مَعَ أَنَّهَا شَرِيكَتُكَ وَامْرَأَةُ عَهْدِكَ.

15 Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

15 وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يُقْدِمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَيُّ وَاحِدٍ مَازَالَتْ فِيهِ بَقِيَّةٌ مِنَ الرُّوحِ. وَمَاذَا طَلَبَ هَذَا الْوَاحِدُ؟ ذُرِّيَّةَ اللهِ. لِهَذَا حَافِظُوا عَلَى أَرْوَاحِكُمْ، وَلا يَغْدُرْ أَحَدٌ بِزَوْجَةِ صِبَاهُ.

16 “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.

16 وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنِّي أَمْقُتُ الطَّلاقَ وَأَمْقُتُ أَنْ يُغَطِّيَ الرَّجُلُ زَوْجَتَهُ بِجَوْرِهِ، كَمَا يَتَغَطَّى هُوَ بِثَوْبِهِ. لِذَلِكَ احْتَرِسُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ وَلا تَنْكُثُوا عَهْداً.

17 You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

17 قَدْ أَتْعَبْتُمُ الرَّبَّ بِكَلامِكُمْ، وَمَابَرِحْتُمْ تَتَسَاءَلُونَ: «كَيْفَ أَتْعَبْنَاهُ؟» أَتْعَبْتُمُوهُ بِقَوْلِكُمْ: «كُلُّ مَنْ يَرْتَكِبُ الشَّرَّ هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ وَهُوَ يُسَرُّ بِهِمْ»، أَوْ بِسُؤَالِكُمْ: «أَيْنَ هُوَ إِلَهُ الْعَدْلِ؟»