Prophetia Malachiae, 3

1. Ecce ego mittam angelum meum, et praeparabit viam an te faciem meam; et statim veniet ad templum suum Dominator, quem vos quaeritis, et angelus testamenti, quem vos vultis. Ecce venit, dicit Dominus exercituum;

1. "Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.

2. et quis poterit sustinere diem adventus eius, et quis stabit, cum apparebit? Ipse enim quasi ignis conflans et quasi herba fullonum;

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 fullers' soap;

3. et sedebit conflans et emundans argentum et purgabit filios Levi et colabit eos quasi aurum et quasi argentum, et erunt Domino offerentes sacrificia in iustitia.

3. he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, till they present right offerings to the LORD.

4. Et placebit Domino sacrificium Iudae et Ierusalem sicut diebus pristinis et sicut annis antiquis.

4. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years.

5. Et accedam ad vos in iudicio; et ero testis velox maleficis et adulteris et periuris et, qui opprimunt mercennarios, viduas et pupillos et flectunt ius peregrinorum nec timuerunt me, dicit Dominus exercituum.

5. "Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.

6. Ego enim Dominus et non mutatus sum; sed vos, filii lacob, nondum ad finem pervenistis.

6. "For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

7. A diebus enim patrum vestrorum recessistis a praeceptis legitimis meis et non custodistis ea. Revertimini ad me, et revertar ad vos, dicit Dominus exercituum. Et dicitis: “In quo revertemur?”.

7. From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say, `How shall we return?'

8. Numquid homo potest defraudare Deum? Sed vos defraudatis me. Et dicitis: “In quo defraudavimus te?”. In decimis et in primitiis.

8. Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, `How are we robbing thee?' In your tithes and offerings.

9. Maledictione vos maledicti estis, quia me vos defraudatis, gens tota.

9. You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me; the whole nation of you.

10. Inferte omnem decimam in horreum, et sit cibus in domo mea; et probate me super hoc, dicit Dominus exercituum: si non aperuero vobis cataractas caeli et effudero vobis benedictionem usque ad abundantiam

10. Bring the full tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house; and thereby put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing.

11. et increpabo pro vobis devorantem, et non corrumpet fructum terrae, nec erit sterilis vobis vinea in agro, dicit Dominus exercituum.

11. I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil; and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the LORD of hosts.

12. Et beatos vos dicent omnes gentes; eritis enim vos terra desiderabilis, dicit Dominus exercituum.

12. Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the LORD of hosts.

13. Invaluerunt super me verba vestra, dicit Dominus;

13. "Your words have been stout against me, says the LORD. Yet you say, `How have we spoken against thee?'

14. et dicitis: “Quid locuti sumus contra te?”. Dicitis: “Vanum est servire Deo; et, quod emolumentum, quia custodivimus praecepta eius et quia ambulavimus tristes coram Domino exercituum?

14. You have said, `It is vain to serve God. What is the good of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the LORD of hosts?

15. Ergo nunc beatos dicimus arrogantes; siquidem aedificati sunt facientes impietatem et tentaverunt Deum et salvi facti sunt”.

15. Henceforth we deem the arrogant blessed; evildoers not only prosper but when they put God to the test they escape.'"

16. Tunc locuti sunt timentes Dominum, unusquisque cum proximo suo. Et attendit Dominus et audivit; et scriptus est liber memorabilium coram eo timentibus Dominum et cogitantibus nomen eius.

16. Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another; the LORD heeded and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and thought on his name.

17. Erunt mihi, ait Dominus exercituum, in die, qua ego facio in peculium; et parcam eis, sicut parcit vir filio suo servienti sibi.

17. "They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, my special possession on the day when I act, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.

18. Rursum videbitis quid sit inter iustum et impium, inter servientem Deo et non servientem ei.

18. Then once more you shall distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

19. Ecce enim dies veniet succensa quasi caminus; et erunt omnes superbi et omnes facientes impietatem stipula; et inflammabit eos dies veniens, dicit Dominus exercituum, quae non derelinquet eis radicem et ramum.

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20. Et orietur vobis timentibus nomen meum sol iustitiae et sanitas in pennis eius; et egrediemini et salietis sicut vituli saginati

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21. et calcabitis impios, cum fuerint cinis sub planta pedum vestrorum in die, quam ego facio, dicit Dominus exercituum.

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22. Mementote legis Moysi servi mei, cui mandavi in Horeb ad omnem Israel praecepta et iudicia.

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23. Ecce ego mittam vobis Eliam prophetam, antequam veniat dies Domini magnus et horribilis;

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24. et convertet cor patrum ad filios et cor filiorum ad patres eorum, ne veniam et percutiam terram anathemate”.

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