耶和华的话，藉玛拉基传给以色列的默示。
The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
耶和华爱以色列
2耶和华说：“我曾爱你们。”你们却说：“你在何事上爱我们呢？”耶和华说：“以扫不是雅各的哥哥吗？我却爱雅各，I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
3恶以扫，使他的山岭荒凉，把他的地业交给旷野的野狗。”And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
4以东若说：“我们虽被毁坏，却要重建荒废之处。”万军之耶和华如此说：“任他们建造，我必拆毁；人必称他们为‘邪恶之境’，为‘耶和华永远恼怒之民’。”Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
5你们必亲眼看见，你们要说：“耶和华在以色列疆界之外必尊为大！”And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.
斥责祭司
6万军之耶和华对你们说：“儿子孝敬父亲，仆人敬畏主人；我既为父亲，孝敬我的在哪里呢？我既为主人，敬畏我的在哪里呢？你们这些藐视我名的祭司啊！”你们却说：“我们在何事上藐视你的名呢？”A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
7“你们将不洁净的食物献在我的祭坛上，却说：‘我们在何事上使你不洁净呢？’你们说，耶和华的供桌是可藐视的。Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
8你们将瞎眼的献为祭物，这不算为恶吗？将瘸腿的、有病的献上，这不算为恶吗？那么，请把这些献给你的省长，他岂会悦纳你☛“你”：七十士译本是“它”。，岂会抬举你呢？这是万军之耶和华说的。”And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
9现在我劝你们要恳求神，好让他施恩给我们。这事既出于你们的手，他岂会抬举你们任何人呢？这是万军之耶和华说的。And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.
10万军之耶和华说：“甚愿你们中间有人把殿的门☛“殿的门”：原文是“门”。关上，免得你们徒然在我坛上烧火。我不喜欢你们，也不从你们手中悦纳供物。”Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
11万军之耶和华说：“从日出之地到日落之处，我的名在列国中必尊为大。在各处，人必奉我的名烧香，献洁净的供物，因为我的名在列国中必尊为大。For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
12你们却亵渎我的名，说：‘主的供桌是不洁净的，供桌上的果子和食物是可藐视的。’But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
13你们又说：‘看哪，这些事何等烦琐！’并嗤之以鼻☛“嗤之以鼻”：原文另译“瞧不起我”。。这是万军之耶和华说的。你们把抢来的、瘸腿的、有病的拿来献上为祭，我岂能从你们手中悦纳它呢？这是耶和华说的。Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
14行诡诈的人是可诅咒的！他的群畜中虽有公羊，他许了愿，却将有残疾的献给主。因我是大君王，我的名在列国中是可畏的。这是万军之耶和华说的。”But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.