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 «هَأَنَذَا أُرْسِلُ مَلَاكِي فَيُهَيِّئُ ٱلطَّرِيقَ أَمَامِي. وَيَأْتِي بَغْتَةً إِلَى هَيْكَلِهِ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلَّذِي تَطْلُبُونَهُ، وَمَلَاكُ ٱلْعَهْدِ ٱلَّذِي تُسَرُّونَ بِهِ. هُوَذَا يَأْتِي، قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ»

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 وَمَنْ يَحْتَمِلُ يَوْمَ مَجِيئِهِ؟ وَمَنْ يَثْبُتُ عِنْدَ ظُهُورِهِ؟ لِأَنَّهُ مِثْلُ نَارِ ٱلْمُمَحِّصِ، وَمِثْلُ أَشْنَانِ ٱلْقَصَّارِ.

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 فَيَجْلِسُ مُمَحِّصًا وَمُنَقِّيًا لِلْفِضَّةِ. فَيُنَقِّي بَنِي لَاوِي وَيُصَفِّيهِمْ كَٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ، لِيَكُونُوا مُقَرَّبِينَ لِلرَّبِّ، تَقْدِمَةً بِٱلْبِرِّ.

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

4 فَتَكُونُ تَقْدِمَةُ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ مَرْضِيَّةً لِلرَّبِّ كَمَا فِي أَيَّامِ ٱلْقِدَمِ وَكَمَا فِي ٱلسِّنِينَ ٱلْقَدِيمَةِ.

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 «وَأَقْتَرِبُ إِلَيْكُمْ لِلْحُكْمِ، وَأَكُونُ شَاهِدًا سَرِيعًا عَلَى ٱلسَّحَرَةِ وَعَلَى ٱلْفَاسِقِينَ وَعَلَى ٱلْحَالِفِينَ زُورًا وَعَلَى ٱلسَّالِبِينَ أُجْرَةَ ٱلْأَجِيرِ: ٱلْأَرْمَلَةِ وَٱلْيَتِيمِ، وَمَنْ يَصُدُّ ٱلْغَرِيبَ وَلَا يَخْشَانِي، قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ.

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

6 لِأَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ لَا أَتَغَيَّرُ فَأَنْتُمْ يَا بَنِي يَعْقُوبَ لَمْ تَفْنَوْا.

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 «مِنْ أَيَّامِ آبَائِكُمْ حِدْتُمْ عَنْ فَرَائِضِي وَلَمْ تَحْفَظُوهَا. ٱرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ أَرْجِعْ إِلَيْكُمْ، قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ. فَقُلْتُمْ: بِمَاذَا نَرْجِعُ؟

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

8 أَيَسْلُبُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱللهَ؟ فَإِنَّكُمْ سَلَبْتُمُونِي. فَقُلْتُمْ: بِمَ سَلَبْنَاكَ؟ فِي ٱلْعُشُورِ وَٱلتَّقْدِمَةِ.

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

9 قَدْ لُعِنْتُمْ لَعْنًا وَإِيَّايَ أَنْتُمْ سَالِبُونَ، هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمَّةُ كُلُّهَا.

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 هَاتُوا جَمِيعَ ٱلْعُشُورِ إِلَى ٱلْخَزْنَةِ لِيَكُونَ فِي بَيْتِي طَعَامٌ، وَجَرِّبُونِي بِهَذَا، قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ، إِنْ كُنْتُ لَا أَفْتَحُ لَكُمْ كُوَى ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، وَأَفِيضُ عَلَيْكُمْ بَرَكَةً حَتَّى لَا تُوسَعَ.

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 وَأَنْتَهِرُ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ ٱلْآكِلَ فَلَا يُفْسِدُ لَكُمْ ثَمَرَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَلَا يُعْقَرُ لَكُمُ ٱلْكَرْمُ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ، قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ.

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

12 وَيُطَوِّبُكُمْ كُلُّ ٱلْأُمَمِ، لِأَنَّكُمْ تَكُونُونَ أَرْضَ مَسَرَّةٍ، قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ.

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

13 «أَقْوَالُكُمُ ٱشْتَدَّتْ عَلَيَّ، قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ. وَقُلْتُمْ: مَاذَا قُلْنَا عَلَيْكَ؟

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 قُلْتُمْ: عِبَادَةُ ٱللهِ بَاطِلَةٌ، وَمَا ٱلْمَنْفَعَةُ مِنْ أَنَّنَا حَفِظْنَا شَعَائِرَهُ، وَأَنَّنَا سَلَكْنَا بِٱلْحُزْنِ قُدَّامَ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ؟

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

15 وَٱلْآنَ نَحْنُ مُطَوِّبُونَ ٱلْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ وَأَيْضًا فَاعِلُو ٱلشَّرِّ يُبْنَوْنَ. بَلْ جَرَّبُوا ٱللهَ وَنَجَوْا».

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 حِينَئِذٍ كَلَّمَ مُتَّقُو ٱلرَّبِّ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ قَرِيبَهُ، وَٱلرَّبُّ أَصْغَى وَسَمِعَ، وَكُتِبَ أَمَامَهُ سِفْرُ تَذْكَرَةٍ لِلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقُوا ٱلرَّبَّ وَلِلْمُفَكِّرِينَ فِي ٱسْمِهِ.

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 «وَيَكُونُونَ لِي، قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ، فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَّذِي أَنَا صَانِعٌ خَاصَّةً، وَأُشْفِقُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَمَا يُشْفِقُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ عَلَى ٱبْنِهِ ٱلَّذِي يَخْدِمُهُ.

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

18 فَتَعُودُونَ وَتُمَيِّزُونَ بَيْنَ ٱلصِّدِّيقِ وَٱلشِّرِّيرِ، بَيْنَ مَنْ يَعْبُدُ ٱللهَ وَمَنْ لَا يَعْبُدُهُ.