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Malachias

4 chapters • 55 verses
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God reproaches the Jews with their ingratitude: and the priests for not offering pure sacrifices. He will accept of the sacrifice that shall be offered in every place among the Gentiles.

  • 1:1
    Onus verbi Domini ad Israel in manu Malachiae.
    The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of Malachias.

    Note — 1:1

  • 1:2
    Dilexi vos, dicit Dominus, et dixistis : In quo dilexisti nos? Nonne frater erat Esau Jacob? dicit Dominus : et dilexi Jacob,
    I have loved you, saith the Lord: and you have said: Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau brother to Jacob, saith the Lord, and I have loved Jacob,

    Note — 1:2

  • 1:3
    Esau autem odio habui, et posui montes ejus in solitudinem, et haereditatem ejus in dracones deserti.
    But have hated Esau? and I have made his mountains a wilderness, and given his inheritance to the dragons of the desert.

    Note — 1:3

  • 1:4
    Quod si dixerit Idumaea : Destructi sumus, sed revertentes aedificabimus quae destructa sunt : haec dicit Dominus exercituum : Isti aedificabunt, et ego destruam : et vocabuntur termini impietatis, et populus cui iratus est Dominus usque in aeternum.
    But if Edom shall say: We are destroyed, but we will return and build up what hath been destroyed: thus saith the Lord of hosts: They shall build up, and I will throw down: and they shall be called the borders of wickedness, and the people with whom the Lord is angry for ever.

    Note — 1:4

  • 1:5
    Et oculi vestri videbunt, et vos dicetis : Magnificetur Dominus super terminum Israel.
    And your eyes shall see, and you shall say: The Lord be magnified upon the border of Israel.

    Note — 1:5

  • 1:6
    Filius honorat patrem, et servus dominum suum. Si ergo pater ego sum, ubi est honor meus? et si Dominus ego sum, ubi est timor meus? dicit Dominus exercituum. Ad vos, o sacerdotes, qui despicitis nomen meum, et dixistis : In quo despeximus nomen tuum?
    The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts.

    Note — 1:6

  • 1:7
    Offertis super altare meum panem pollutum, et dicitis : In quo polluimus te? in eo quod dicitis : Mensa Domini despecta est.
    To you, O priests, that despise my name, and have said: Wherein have we despised thy name? You offer polluted bread upon my altar, and you say: Wherein have we polluted thee? In that you say: The table of the Lord is contemptible.

    Note — 1:7

  • 1:8
    Si afferatis caecum ad immolandum, nonne malum est? et si offeratis claudum et languidum, nonne malum est? offer illud duci tuo, si placuerit ei, aut si susceperit faciem tuam, dicit Dominus exercituum.
    If you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and the sick, is it not evil? offer it to thy prince, if he will be pleased with it, or if he will regard thy face, saith the Lord of hosts.

    Note — 1:8

  • 1:9
    Et nunc deprecamini vultum Dei ut misereatur vestri ( de manu enim vestra factum est hoc), si quomodo suscipiat facies vestras, dicit Dominus exercituum.
    And now beseech ye the face of God, that he may have mercy on you, (for by your hand hath this been done,) if by any means he will receive your faces, saith the Lord of hosts.

    Note — 1:9

  • 1:10
    Quis est in vobis qui claudat ostia, et incendat altare meum gratuito? non est mihi voluntas in vobis, dicit Dominus exercituum, et munus non suscipiam de manu vestra.
    Who is there among you, that will shut the doors, and will kindle the fire on my altar gratis? I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will not receive a gift of your hand.

    Note — 1:10

  • 1:11
    Ab ortu enim solis usque ad occasum, magnum est nomen meum in gentibus, et in omni loco sacrificatur : et offertur nomini meo oblatio munda, quia magnum est nomen meum in gentibus, dicit Dominus exercituum.
    For from the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to my name a clean oblation: for my name is great among the Gentiles, saith the Lord of hosts.

    Note — 1:11

  • 1:12
    Et vos polluistis illud in eo quod dicitis : Mensa Domini contaminata est, et quod superponitur contemptibilis est, cum igne qui illud devorat.
    And you have profaned it in that you say: The table of the Lord is defiled: and that which is laid thereupon is contemptible with the fire that devoureth it.

    Note — 1:12

  • 1:13
    Et dixistis : Ecce de labore, et exsufflastis illud, dicit Dominus exercituum : et intulistis de rapinis claudum et languidum, et intulistis munus : numquid suscipiam illud de manu vestra? dicit Dominus.
    And you have said: Behold of our labour, and you puffed it away, saith the Lord of hosts, and you brought in of rapine the lame, and the sick, and brought in an offering: shall I accept it at your hands, saith the Lord?

    Note — 1:13

  • 1:14
    Maledictus dolosus qui habet in grege suo masculum et, votum faciens, immolat debile Domino : quia rex magnus ego, dicit Dominus exercituum, et nomen meum horribile in gentibus.
    Cursed is the deceitful man that hath in his flock a male, and making a vow offereth in sacrifice that which is feeble to the Lord: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the Gentiles.

    Note — 1:14

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