1 “ And now, this word is for you, O religious leaders.

“Y ahora, para ustedes, sacerdotes, es este mandamiento.

2 I f you do not listen, and if you do not set your heart to honor My name,” says the Lord of All, “then I will send the curse on you. I will destroy the good things you have been given. Yes, I have cursed them already, because you have not set your heart to honor Me.

Si no escuchan, y si no deciden de corazón dar honor a Mi nombre,” dice el Señor de los ejércitos “enviaré sobre ustedes maldición, y maldeciré sus bendiciones; y en verdad, ya las he maldecido, porque no lo han decidido de corazón.

3 I will speak sharp words to your children. I will spread animal waste on your faces, the waste of your special suppers. And you will be taken away with it.

Yo reprenderé a su descendencia, y les echaré estiércol a la cara, el estiércol de sus fiestas, y serán llevados con él.

4 T hen you will know that I have sent this word to you, so that My agreement with Levi may be kept,” says the Lord of All.

Entonces sabrán que les he enviado este mandamiento para que Mi pacto siga con Leví,” dice el Señor de los ejércitos.

5 “ My agreement with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him, that he might honor Me with fear. So he honored Me with fear. My name filled him with fear and wonder.

“Mi pacto con él era de vida y paz, las cuales le di para que Me reverenciara; y él Me reverenció, y estaba lleno de temor ante Mi nombre.

6 T rue teaching was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and was right and good. And he turned many from sin.

La verdadera instrucción (ley) estaba en su boca, y no se hallaba iniquidad en sus labios; en paz y rectitud caminaba conmigo, y apartaba a muchos de la iniquidad.

7 F or the lips of a religious leader should have much learning. Men should listen for teaching from his mouth, for he is sent by the Lord of All.

Pues los labios del sacerdote deben guardar la sabiduría, y los hombres deben buscar la instrucción de su boca, porque él es el mensajero del Señor de los ejércitos.

8 B ut you have turned aside from the way. You have made many fall by your teaching. You have sinned against the agreement of Levi,” says the Lord of All.

Pero ustedes se han desviado del camino, han hecho tropezar a muchos en la ley, han corrompido el pacto de Leví,” dice el Señor de los ejércitos.

9 “ So I have made you hated and ashamed in front of all the people, for you are not keeping My ways. You have shown favor to certain people when you teach them.” The People Are Not Faithful to God

“Por eso Yo también los he hecho despreciables y viles ante todo el pueblo, así como ustedes no han guardado Mis caminos y hacen acepción de personas al aplicar la ley. Abominaciones del Pueblo

10 “ Do we not all have one Father? Has not one God made us? Why can we not be trusted by one another? Why do we sin against the agreement of our fathers?

“¿No tenemos todos un mismo padre? ¿No nos ha creado un mismo Dios ? ¿Por qué nos portamos deslealmente unos contra otros, profanando el pacto de nuestros padres ?

11 J udah has not been faithful. A very sinful thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has made unclean the holy place of the Lord, which He loves. And he has married the daughter of a strange god.

Deslealmente ha obrado Judá. Una abominación se ha cometido en Israel y en Jerusalén; porque Judá ha profanado el santuario del Señor, que El ama, y se ha casado con la hija de un dios extraño.

12 M ay the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob every man who does this, even if he brings a gift in worship to the Lord of All.

Que el Señor extermine de las tiendas de Jacob al hombre que hace esto (sea testigo o defensor) aunque presente una ofrenda al Señor de los ejércitos.

13 T his is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears from much crying, because He no longer cares about the gift or receives it with favor from your hands.

“Y esta otra cosa hacen: cubren el altar del Señor de lágrimas, llantos y gemidos, porque El ya no mira la ofrenda ni la acepta con agrado de su mano.

14 Y ou ask, “Why?” It is because the Lord has seen how you have not been faithful to the wife you married when you were young, even when she stays with you and is your wife by agreement.

Y ustedes dicen: ‘¿Por qué?’ Porque el Señor ha sido testigo entre tú y la mujer de tu juventud, contra la cual has obrado deslealmente, aunque ella es tu compañera y la mujer de tu pacto.

15 H as not the Lord made them one in flesh and spirit? And what does He desire but God-like children? Be careful then in your spirit, and stay faithful to the wife you married when you were young.

Pero ninguno que tenga un remanente del Espíritu lo ha hecho así. ¿Y qué hizo éste mientras buscaba una descendencia de parte de Dios ? Presten atención, pues, a su espíritu; no seas desleal con la mujer de tu juventud.

16 “ For I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel. “And I hate the man who does wrong to his wife,” says the Lord of All. “So be careful in your spirit, and be one who can be trusted.”

“Porque Yo detesto el divorcio,” dice el Señor, Dios de Israel, “y al que cubre de iniquidad su vestidura,” dice el Señor de los ejércitos. “Presten atención, pues, a su espíritu y no sean desleales.”

17 Y ou have made the Lord tired with your words. Yet you say, “How have we made Him tired?” By saying, “Everyone who sins is good in the eyes of the Lord, and He is pleased with them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God Who is fair?”

Ustedes han cansado al Señor con sus palabras. Y dicen: “¿En qué Lo hemos cansado?” Cuando dicen: “Todo el que hace mal es bueno a los ojos del Señor, y en ellos El se complace; o: ¿Dónde está el Dios de la justicia ?”