1 “ Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming,” Says the Lord 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 “ But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire And like launderers’ soap.

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

3 H e will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, And purge them as gold and silver, That they may offer to the Lord An offering in righteousness.

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

4 “ Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem Will be pleasant to the Lord, As in the days of old, As in former years.

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

5 A nd I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, Against adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an alien— Because they do not fear Me,” Says the Lord 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 “ For I am the Lord, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.

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

7 Y et from the days of your fathers You have gone away from My ordinances And have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” Says the Lord of hosts. “But you said, ‘In what way shall we return?’ Do Not Rob God

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

8 “ Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.

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

9 Y ou are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation.

إنَّكُمْ مَلْعُونُونَ، وَأنتُمْ كُلُّكُمْ،سارِقُونَ.

10 B ring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will 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 “ And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the Lord of hosts;

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

12 “ And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land,” Says the Lord of hosts. The People Complain Harshly

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

13 “ Your words have been harsh against Me,” Says the Lord, “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

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

14 Y ou have said, ‘It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as mourners Before the Lord 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 S o now we call the proud blessed, For those who do wickedness are raised up; They even tempt God and go free.’” A Book of Remembrance

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

16 T hen those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, And the Lord listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those who fear the Lord And who meditate on 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 “ They shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “On the day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare them As a man spares his own son who serves him.”

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

18 T hen you shall again discern Between the righteous and the wicked, Between one who serves God And one who does not serve Him.

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