Malachi 3

1 “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.

1 万军之耶和华说：“我要差遣我的使者为我开路。你们所寻求的主必突然来到祂的殿中。你们所切慕的那位立约的使者快要来了！”

2 But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.

2 然而，祂来临的日子，谁能承受得起？祂出现的时候，谁能站立得住？因为祂像炼金之火，又像漂白衣的碱。

3 And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.

3 祂要坐下来，像炼净银子的人那样洁净利未的子孙，像熬炼金银一样熬炼他们，使他们凭公义向耶和华献祭。

4 Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.

4 这样，犹大和耶路撒冷所献的祭物就会蒙耶和华悦纳，如同以往的日子、从前的岁月。

5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

5 万军之耶和华说：“我要来到你们当中施行审判，速速作证指控那些行邪术的、通奸的、起假誓的、克扣工人薪水的、欺压寡妇孤儿的、冤枉外乡人的，以及不敬畏我的。

6 “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

6 “我耶和华永恒不变，所以你们这些雅各的子孙才没有灭绝。

7 Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’

7 从你们祖先开始，你们就常常偏离我的律例，不肯遵从。现在你们要转向我，我就转向你们。这是万军之耶和华说的。可是你们竟然说，‘我们该怎样转向你呢？’

8 Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.

8 “人怎可抢夺上帝的东西呢？可是你们不但抢夺我的东西，还说，‘我们哪里抢过你的东西？’ “你们在十分之一的奉献和其他供物上抢夺我的东西。

9 You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.

9 举国上下都是如此，所以你们必受咒诅。”

10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.

10 万军之耶和华说：“你们要把当纳的十分之一全部送到我的仓库，使我的殿中有粮。你们这样试试，看我会不会为你们打开天上的窗户，把祝福倾倒给你们，直到无处可容。”

11 I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.

11 万军之耶和华说：“我必为你们驱除害虫，不许它们毁坏你们地里的出产，你们田间的葡萄必不会未熟先落。”

12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.

12 万军之耶和华说：“万国必称你们为有福的，因为这地方必成为一片乐土。”

13 “Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

13 耶和华说：“你们出言毁谤我，还问，‘我们哪里毁谤你了？’

14 You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

14 你们说，‘事奉上帝是虚空的。遵从上帝的吩咐，在万军之耶和华面前痛悔有什么益处？

15 So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”

15 如今我们称狂傲的人有福。作恶的人凡事顺利，他们虽然试探上帝，却仍能逃过灾祸。’”

16 At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

16 那时，敬畏耶和华的彼此交谈，耶和华必留心倾听，祂面前的纪念册上记录着敬畏祂和尊崇祂名的人。

17 “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

17 万军之耶和华说：“到我所定的日子，他们必成为我宝贵的产业，我要怜悯他们，如同父亲怜悯他的孝顺儿子。

18 So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

18 那时，你们将再度看出义人与恶人之间的区别，事奉上帝者和不事奉上帝者之间的不同。