1 B ehold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.

«سَأُرسِلُ رَسُولِي الَّذِي يُمَهِّدُ الطَّرِيقَ أمامِي. سَيَأْتِي السَّيِّدُ الَّذِي تَطلُبُونَهُ إلَى هَيكَلِهِ فَجأةً. وَسَيَأْتِي رَسُولُ العَهْدِ الَّذِي تُحِبُّونَهُ كَثِيراً.» يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ.

2 B ut who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap:

«وَلَكِنْ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ الصُّمُودَ حِينَ يَأْتِي؟ وَمَنْ سَيَسْتَطِيعُ أنْ يَقِفَ حِينَ يَظْهَرُ؟ فَهُوَ مِثلُ نارِ صاهِرِ المَعادِنِ، وَمِثلَ صابُونِ مُبَيِّضِ الثِّيابِ.

3 a nd he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness.

سَيَجلِسُ كَمَنْ يُطَهِّرُ الفِضَّةَ، لِيُطَهِّرَ اللّاوِيِّينَ. سَيُنَقِّيهِمْ كَالذَّهَبِ وَالفِضَّةِ، وَسَيَصِيرُونَ كَهَنَةَ اللهِ الَّذِينَ يُقَدِّمُونَ التَّقدِماتِ وَالذَّبائِحَ الصّاعِدَةَ كَما يَنبَغِي.

4 T hen shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.

حِينَئِذٍ سَتَكُونُ تَقدِمَةُ يَهُوذا وَمَدينَةِ القُدْسِ للهِ كَما يَنْبَغِي، كَما كانَتْ فِي القَدِيمِ.

5 A nd I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

وَسَأقتَرِبُ إلَيكُمْ لِلحُكْمِ، وَسَأشهَدُ سَرِيعاً ضِدَّ الَّذِينَ يُمارِسُونَ السِّحْر، وَالَّذِينَ يَزْنُونَ، وَيَحلِفُونَ بِالكَذِبِ، وَيَبتَزُّونَ المالَ مِنَ العُمّالِ وَمِنَ الأرامِلِ وَاليَتامَى، وَيَطرُدُونَ المُشَرَّدِينَ، ضِدَّ كُلِّ هَؤُلاءِ الَّذِينَ لا يَهابُونَنِي،» يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ. سَرِقَةُ اللهِ القَدِير

6 F or I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

«لِأنِّي أنا اللهَ لا أتَغَيَّرُ، وَلِذَلِكَ أنتُمْ يا نَسلَ يَعقُوبَ لَمْ تَفنَوْا.

7 F rom the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?

مُنْذُ أيّامِ آبائِكُمْ وَأنتُمْ تَضِلُّونَ عَنْ أحكامِي، وَلَمْ تَحفَظُوها. ارْجِعُوا إلَيَّ فَأرْجِعَ إلَيكُمْ، يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ. «وَتَقُولُونَ: ‹كَيفَ نَرجِعُ؟›

8 W ill a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

«هَلْ يُمكِنُ لِلإنسانِ أنْ يَسلِبَ اللهَ؟ لِأنَّكُمْ سَلَبْتُمُونِي! وَلَكِنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ: ‹كَيفَ سَلَبْناكَ؟› سَلَبْتُمْ عُشُورِي وَتَقْدِماتِي.

9 Y e are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.

إنَّكُمْ مَلْعُونُونَ، وَأنتُمْ كُلُّكُمْ،سارِقُونَ.

10 B ring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

«أحضِرُوا العُشُورَ كامِلَةً إلَى الخَزْنَةِ، لِيَكُونَ فِي بَيتِي طَعامٌ. اختَبِرُونِي بِهَذا، يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، لِتَرَوْا إنْ كُنْتُ لا أفَتَحُ لَكُمْ نَوافِذَ السَّماءِ، وَأسكُبُ بَرَكَةً عَلَيكُمْ حَتَّى الفَيْضِ.

11 A nd I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.

وَسَآمُرُ الأوبِئَةَ بِالبَقاءِ بَعِيدَةً عَنْ حُقُولِكُمْ، فَلا تُتلِفُ إنتاجَ أرْضِكُمْ. وَلَنْ تَكُونَ لَكُمْ كَرْمَةٌ لا ثَمَرَ فِيها،» يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ.

12 A nd all nations shall call you happy; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.

«سَتَمدَحُكُمْ كُلُّ الأُمَمِ، بِسَبَبِ أرْضِكُمُ الخَصبَةِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ. زَمَنُ الدَّينُونَةِ الخاص

13 Y our words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «تَكَلَّمْتُمْ بِقَسْوَةٍ عَلَيَّ. وَأنتُمْ تَقُولُونَ: ‹ماذا قُلْنا عَلَيكَ؟›

14 Y e have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?

قُلْتُمْ: ‹لا فائِدَةَ مِنْ عِبادَةِ اللهِ. لا مَنفَعَةَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ. فَنَحْنُ، الكَهَنَةَ، نَحرِصُ عَلَى خِدْمَتِهِ كَما أمَرَنا. وَقَدْ نُحْنا فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ القَدِيرِ بِلا فائِدةٍ!

15 A nd now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.

وَنَحْنُ الآنَ نَظُنُّ أنَّ المُتَكَبِّرِينَ هُمُ السُّعَداءَ. وَلا يَنجَحُ الأشرارُ فَحَسبُ، بَلْ يَتَحَدَّوْنَ اللهَ وَيَنجُونَ!›»

16 T hen they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، تَحَدَّثَ الَّذِينَ يَخافُونَ اللهَ فِي ما بَينَهُمْ، وَأصغَى اللهُ لَهُمْ. وَكُتِبَ سِجِلٌّ أمامَهُ بِأسْماءِ الَّذِينَ يَهابُونَ اللهَ وَيُكْرِمُونَ اسْمَهُ.

17 A nd they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, even mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «سَيَكُونُونَ خاصَّتِي فِي الوَقْتِ الَّذِي اُعلِنُ فِيهِ مُلْكِي. سَأرحَمُهُمْ كَما يَرْحَمُ الرَّجُلُ ابْنَهُ الَّذِي يَخدِمُهُ.

18 T hen shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

لَكِنَّكُمْ سَتَرَوْنَ ثانِيَةً الفَرْقَ بَينَ البارِّ وَالشِّرِّيرِ، بَينَ الَّذِي يَخدِمُ اللهَ وَالَّذي لا يَخدِمُهُ.»