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 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 Angel of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah 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 shall endure the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he will be like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' lye.

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 a refiner and purifier of silver; and he will purify the children of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah an oblation in righteousness.

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

Then shall the oblation of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, 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 the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hired servant in wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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

For I Jehovah change not, and 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؟›

Since the days of your fathers have ye departed from my statutes, 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?

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

Will a man rob God? But ye rob me. And ye say, Wherein do we rob thee? tithes and heave-offerings.

9 إ نَّكُمْ مَلْعُونُونَ، وَأنتُمْ كُلُّكُمْ،سارِقُونَ.

Ye are cursed with a curse; and me ye rob, 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 the whole tithe into the treasure-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I open not to you the windows of the heavens, and pour you out a blessing, till there be no place for 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 its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah 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 Jehovah of hosts.

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

Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah; but ye say, What have we been speaking 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 say, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we keep his charge, and that we walk mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?

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

And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they escape.

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 Jehovah spoke often one to another; and Jehovah observed, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared Jehovah, 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 unto me a peculiar treasure, saith Jehovah of hosts, in the day that I prepare; 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.»

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