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

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

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

But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:

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

and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

4 ح ِينَئِذٍ سَتَكُونُ تَقدِمَةُ يَهُوذا وَمَدينَةِ القُدْسِ للهِ كَما يَنْبَغِي، كَما كانَتْ فِي القَدِيمِ.

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

5 و َسَأقتَرِبُ 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

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

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

For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

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

Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

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

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

9 إ نَّكُمْ مَلْعُونُونَ، وَأنتُمْ كُلُّكُمْ،سارِقُونَ.

Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

10 « 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.

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord 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.

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

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

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

And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

13 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «تَكَلَّمْتُمْ بِقَسْوَةٍ عَلَيَّ. وَأنتُمْ تَقُولُونَ: ‹ماذا قُلْنا عَلَيكَ؟›

Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

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

Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?

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

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

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

Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

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

And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

18 ل َكِنَّكُمْ سَتَرَوْنَ ثانِيَةً الفَرْقَ بَينَ البارِّ وَالشِّرِّيرِ، بَينَ الَّذِي يَخدِمُ اللهَ وَالَّذي لا يَخدِمُهُ.»

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