Malachi, 3

1. Behold, I send my angel, and he will prepare the way before my face. And presently the Sovereign, whom you seek, and the angel of testimony, whom you desire, will arrive at his temple. Behold, he approaches, says the Lord of hosts.

1. Evo šaljem glasnika da put preda mnom pripravi. I doæi æe iznenada u Hram svoj Gospod koga vi tražite i anðeo Saveza koga žudite. Evo ga, dolazi veæ - govori Jahve nad Vojskama.

2. And who will be able to consider the day of his advent, and who will stand firm in order to see him? For he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller’s herb.

2. Ali tko æe podnijeti dan njegova dolaska i tko æe opstati kad se on pojavi? Jer on je kao oganj ljevaèev i kao lužina bjelioèeva.

3. And he will sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he will purge the sons of Levi, and he will gather them like gold and like silver, and they will offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.

3. I zasjest æe kao onaj što topi srebro i proèišæava. Oèistit æe sinove Levijeve i proèistit æe ih kao zlato i srebro, da prinose Jahvi žrtvu u pravednosti.

4. And the sacrifice of Judah and of Jerusalem will please the Lord, just as in the days of past generations, and as in the ancient years.

4. Tad æe biti draga Jahvi žrtva Judina i jeruzalemska kao u drevne dane i kao prvih godina.

5. And I will approach you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against evil-doers, and adulterers, and perjurers, and those who cheat the hired hand in his wages, the widows and the orphans, and who oppress the traveler, and who have not feared me, says the Lord of hosts.

5. Doæi æu k vama na sud i bit æu spreman svjedok protiv vraèeva i preljubnika, protiv onih koji se lažno kunu, protiv onih koji zakidaju plaæu radniku, udovici i siroti, protiv onih koji gaze pravo stranaca i mene se ne boje - govori Jahve nad Vojskama.

6. For I am the Lord, and I do not change. And you, the sons of Jacob, have not been consumed.

6. Jer ja, Jahve, ne mijenjam se, a vi se, sinovi Jakovljevi, mijenjate bez prestanka!

7. For, from the days of your fathers, you have withdrawn from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. And you have said, “In what way, shall we return?”

7. Od vremena svojih otaca odstupate od mojih uredaba i ne èuvate ih. Vratite se meni, a ja æu se vratiti vama - govori Jahve nad Vojskama. Pitate: "Kako da se vratimo?"

8. If a man will afflict God, then you greatly afflict me. And you have said, “In what way, do we afflict you?” In tithes and in first-fruits.

8. Smije li èovjek prikraæivati Boga? A vi mene prikraæujete. I pitate: "U èemu te prikratismo?" U desetini i u prinosu.

9. And you have been cursed with privation, and you greatly afflict me, even your entire people.

9. Udareni ste prokletstvom jer me prikraæujete vi, sav narod!

10. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, and let there be food in my house. And test me about this, says the Lord, as to whether I will not open to you the floodgates of heaven, and pour out to you a blessing, all the way to abundance.

10. Donesite èitavu desetinu u riznicu da u mojoj kuæi bude hrane. Tada me iskušajte - govori Jahve nad Vojskama - neæu li vam otvoriti ustave nebeske i neæu li izliti na vas punom mjerom blagoslov,

11. And I will rebuke for your sakes the devourer, and he will not corrupt the fruit of your land. Neither will the vine in the field be barren, says the Lord of hosts.

11. neæu li zbog vas zaprijetit skakavcu da vam više ne kvari usjeva i da vam ne bude nerodna loza u polju - govori Jahve nad Vojskama.

12. And all nations will call you blessed. For you will be a desirable land, says the Lord of hosts.

12. Svi æe vas narodi tad držati sretnima, jer æete biti zemlja blaženstva - govori Jahve nad Vojskama.

13. Your words have gathered strength over me, says the Lord.

13. Teške su besjede vaše protiv mene - govori Jahve.

14. And you have said, “What have we spoken against you?” You have said, “He labors in vain who serves God,” and, “What advantage is it that we have kept his precepts, and that we have walked sorrowfully in the sight of the Lord of hosts?

14. Vi ipak pitate: "Što smo izmeðu sebe govorili protiv tebe?" Govorili ste: "Zaludu je Bogu služiti i kakva je korist što njegove èuvamo propise i žalosni hodimo pred Jahvom nad Vojskama.

15. Therefore, we now call the arrogant blessed, as if those who work impiety have been built up, and as if they have tempted God and been saved.”

15. Odsad æemo sretnim zvati oholice: napreduju oni koji zlo èine, i premda Boga iskušavaju, izvuku se!"

16. Then those who fear the Lord spoke, each one with his neighbor. And the Lord paid attention and heeded. And a book of remembrance was written in his sight, for those who fear the Lord and for those who consider his name.

16. Ali kad se razgovaraju oni koji se Boga boje, Jahve pazi, sluša ih, i to se pred njim piše u knjigu spomenicu u korist onih koji se boje Jahve i štuju Ime njegovo.

17. And they will be my special possession, says the Lord of hosts, on the day that I act. And I will spare them, just as a man spares his son who serves him.

17. Moji æe biti, moja steèevina - govori Jahve nad Vojskama. U Dan koji spremam bit æu im milostiv kao što je milostiv otac sinu koji mu služi.

18. And you shall be converted, and you will see the difference between the just and the impious, and between those who serve God and those who do not serve him.

18. I tada æete opet razlikovati pravednika od grešnika, onoga koji služi Bogu od onoga koji mu ne služi.

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19. Jer evo dan dolazi poput peæi užaren; oholi i zlikovci bit æe kao strnjika: dan koji se bliži spalit æe ih - govori Jahve nad Vojskama - da im neæe ostati ni korijena ni granèice.

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20. A vama koji se Imena moga bojite sunce pravde æe ogranuti sa zdravljem u zrakama, i vi æete izlaziti poskakujuæi kao telad na pašu.

21.

21. I gazit æete bezbožnike kao prah pod nogama u dan koji spremam" - govori Jahve nad Vojskama.

22.

22. "Spomenite se Zakona Mojsija, sluge moga, kome sam na Horebu propisao zakone i uredbe za sav Izrael.

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23. Evo, poslat æu vam proroka Iliju prije nego doðe Dan Jahvin, dan velik i strašan.

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24. On æe obratiti srce otaca k sinovima, a srce sinova k ocima, da ne doðem i ne udarim prokletstvom zemlju."