Kniha proroka Malachiáša

1 (VUL) Oraculum. Verbum Domini ad Israel in manu Malachiae.
1 (UKJV) The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.

2 (VUL) “ Dilexi vos, dicit Dominus, et dixistis: “In quo dilexisti nos?”. Nonne frater erat Esau Iacob?, dicit Dominus; et dilexi Iacob,
2 (UKJV) I have loved you, says the LORD. Yet all of you say, Wherein have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

3 (VUL) Esau autem odio habui et posui montes eius in solitudinem et hereditatem eius thoibus deserti.
3 (UKJV) And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

4 (VUL) Quod si dixerit Edom: “Destructi sumus, sed revertentes aedificabimus, quae destructa sunt”, haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Isti aedificabunt, et ego destruam; et vocabuntur 'Termini impietatis' et 'Populus, cui iratus est Dominus usque in aeternum'.
4 (UKJV) "Whereas Edom says, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus says 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 has indignation for ever. "

5 (VUL) Et oculi vestri videbunt, et vos dicetis: “Magnificatus est Dominus ultra terminos Israel”.
5 (UKJV) And your eyes shall see, and all of you shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.

6 (VUL) Filius honorat patrem, et servus dominum suum. Si ergo pater ego sum, ubi est honor meus? Et si Dominus ego sum, ubi est timor meus?, dicit Dominus exercituum ad vos, o sacerdotes, qui despicitis nomen meum et dicitis: “In quo despeximus nomen tuum?”.
6 (UKJV) A son honors 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? says the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And all of you say, Wherein have we despised your name?

7 (VUL) Offertis super altare meum panem pollutum et dicitis: “In quo polluimus te?”. In eo quod dicitis: “Mensa Domini contemptibilis est”.
7 (UKJV) "All of you offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and all of you say, Wherein have we polluted you? In that all of you say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. "

8 (VUL) Si offeratis caecum ad immolandum, nonne malum est? Et si offeratis claudum et languidum, nonne malum est? Offer illud duci tuo, si placuerit ei, aut si susceperit faciem tuam!, dicit Dominus exercituum.
8 (UKJV) "And if all of you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if all of you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? says the LORD of hosts. "

9 (VUL) Sed nunc deprecamini vultum Dei, ut misereatur vestri! De manu enim vestra factum est hoc. Num suscipiet facies vestras?, dicit Dominus exercituum.
9 (UKJV) And now, I pray you, plead to God that he will be gracious unto us: this has been by your means: will he regard your persons? says the LORD of hosts.

10 (VUL) Quis est in vobis, qui claudat ostia, ne incendatis altare meum gratuito? Non est mihi voluntas in vobis, dicit Dominus exercituum; et munus non suscipiam de manu vestra.
10 (UKJV) Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? neither do all of you kindle fire on mine altar for nothing. I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

11 (VUL) Ab ortu enim solis usque ad occasum magnum est nomen meum in gentibus, et in omni loco sacrificatur et offertur nomini meo oblatio munda, quia magnum nomen meum in gentibus, dicit Dominus exercituum.
11 (UKJV) "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, says the LORD of hosts. "

12 (VUL) Vos autem polluistis illud in eo quod dicitis: “Mensa Domini contaminata est, et contemptibilis esca eius”.
12 (UKJV) "But all of you have profaned it, in that all of you say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his food, is contemptible. "

13 (VUL) Et dicitis: “Quantus labor!”, et despicitis illam, dicit Dominus exercituum. Et infertis de rapinis claudum et languidum et infertis sicut munus. Numquid suscipiam illud de manu vestra?, dicit Dominus.
13 (UKJV) "All of you said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and all of you have snuffed at it, says the LORD of hosts; and all of you brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus all of you brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? says the LORD. "

14 (VUL) Maledictus dolosus, qui habet in grege suo masculum et votum faciens immolat debile Domino. Quia Rex magnus ego, dicit Dominus exercituum, et nomen meum horribile in gentibus.
14 (UKJV) But cursed be the deceiver, which has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.