Malachi 3

The Promised Messenger

1 # Mt 11.10; Mk 1.2; Lk 1.76; 7.27. I, the Lord All-Powerful,

will send my messenger

to prepare the way for me.

Then suddenly the Lord

you are looking for

will appear in his temple.

The messenger you desire

is coming with my promise,

and he is on his way.

A Day of Change

2 # Jl 2.11; Rev 6.17. On the day the Lord comes, he will be like a furnace that purifies silver or like strong soap in a washbasin. No one will be able to stand up to him. 3The Lord will purify the descendants of Levi,#3.3 descendants of Levi: The priests. as though they were gold or silver. Then they will bring the proper offerings to the Lord, 4and the offerings of the people of Judah and Jerusalem will please him, just as they did in the past.

Don't Cheat God

5The Lord All-Powerful said:

I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practice witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or mistreat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

6 # Si 48.10. Descendants of Jacob, I am the Lord All-Powerful, and I never change. That's why you haven't been wiped out, 7even though you have ignored and disobeyed my laws ever since the time of your ancestors. But if you return to me, I will return to you.

And yet you ask, “How can we return?”

8You people are robbing me, your God. And, here you are, asking, “How are we robbing you?”

You are robbing me of the offerings and of the ten percent that belongs to me.#3.8 the ten percent … to me: The people of Israel were supposed to give a tenth of their harvests and of their flocks and herds to the Lord (see Leviticus 27.30-33; Deuteronomy 14.22-29). 9That's why your whole nation is under a curse. 10#Lv 27.30; Nu 18.21-24; Dt 12.5-19; 14.22-29; Ne 13.12. I am the Lord All-Powerful, and I challenge you to put me to the test. Bring the entire ten percent into the storehouse, so there will be food in my house. Then I will open the windows of heaven and flood you with blessing after blessing.#3.10 open the windows … blessing: This may refer to rain, since there seems to have been a terrible drought at this time. 11I will also stop locusts#3.11 locusts: A kind of grasshopper that comes in swarms and causes great damage to plant life. from destroying your crops and keeping your vineyards from producing. 12Everyone of every nation will talk about how I have blessed you and about your wonderful land. I, the Lord All-Powerful, have spoken!

13You have said horrible things about me, and yet you ask, “What have we said?”

14Here is what you have said: “It's foolish to serve the Lord God All-Powerful. What do we get for obeying God and from going around looking sad? 15See how happy those arrogant people are. Everyone who does wrong is successful, and when they put God to the test, they always get away with it.”

Faithfulness Is Rewarded

16All those who truly respected the Lord and honored his name started discussing these things, and when God saw what was happening, he had their names#3.16 names: Or “deeds.” written as a reminder in his book.

17Then the Lord All-Powerful said:

You people are precious to me, and when I come to bring justice, I will protect you, just as parents protect an obedient child. 18Then everyone will once again see the difference between those who obey me by doing right and those who reject me by doing wrong.

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Malakias 3

1Sabi#Mt. 11:10; Mc. 1:2; Lu. 1:76; 7:27. ni Yahweh na Makapangyarihan sa lahat, “Ipadadala ko ang aking sugo upang ihanda ang daraanan ko. At si Yahweh na inyong hinahanap ay biglang darating sa kanyang templo. Darating ang pinakahihintay ninyong sugo at ipahahayag ang aking tipan.”

2Ngunit#Joel 2:11; Pah. 6:17. sino ang makakatagal pagdating ng araw na iyon? Sino ang makakaharap kapag napakita na siya? Para siyang apoy na nagpapadalisay sa bakal at parang sabon na may matapang na sangkap. 3Darating siya at mauupong tulad ng isang tagapagdalisay ng pilak. Dadalisayin niya ang mga anak na lalaki ni Levi katulad ng ginto at pilak at sa pamamagitan nito'y magiging karapat-dapat ang kanilang handog kay Yahweh. 4Dahil dito, ang mga handog na dadalhin ng mga taga-Juda at Jerusalem ay magiging kalugud-lugod kay Yahweh, tulad ng dati.

5Sinabi ni Yahweh na Makapangyarihan sa lahat, “Darating ako upang hatulan ang mga mangkukulam, ang mga mangangalunya, ang mga bulaang saksi, ang mga nandaraya sa kanilang mga manggagawa, ang mga nagsasamantala sa mga biyuda, sa mga ulila't mga dayuhan at ang mga hindi gumagalang sa akin.”

Ang Pagbibigay ng Ikasampung Bahagi

6“Ako#Ecc. 48:10. si Yahweh. Hindi pa kayo lubusang nalilipol sapagkat hindi ako nagbabago sa aking pangako. 7Subalit tulad ng inyong mga ninuno, tumalikod kayo at sinuway ninyo ang aking mga kautusan. Manumbalik kayo sa akin at manunumbalik din ako sa inyo,” sabi ni Yahweh na Makapangyarihan sa lahat. Itinatanong ninyo, ‘Paano kami manunumbalik sa inyo?’

8“Ang tanong ko nama'y, matuwid bang pagnakawan ng tao ang Diyos? Hindi! Ngunit pinagnanakawan ninyo ako. Sa paanong paraan? Sa mga ikasampung bahagi at mga handog. 9Isinumpa ko kayong lahat sapagkat ako'y pinagnanakawan ng buong bansa. 10Dalhin#Lev. 27:30; Bil. 18:21-24; Deut. 12:6; 14:22-29; Neh. 13:12. ninyo nang buong-buo ang inyong mga ikasampung bahagi sa tahanan ng Diyos upang matugunan ang pangangailangan sa aking tahanan. Subukin ninyo ako sa bagay na ito, kung hindi ko buksan ang mga bintana ng langit at ibuhos sa inyo ang masaganang pagpapala. 11Hindi ko rin hahayaang salantain ng mga balang ang inyong mga pananim at mamumunga na nang sagana ang inyong mga ubasan. 12Dahil dito'y sasabihin ng lahat ng bansa na kayo'y mapalad sapagkat napakainam manirahan sa inyong lupain,” sabi ni Yahweh na Makapangyarihan sa lahat.

Ang Pangako

13“Masasakit ang sinabi ninyo tungkol sa akin,” sabi ni Yahweh. “Ngunit ang tanong ninyo, ‘Ano ba ang sinabi namin laban sa inyo?’ 14Sabi ninyo, ‘Walang saysay ang maglingkod sa Diyos. Ano ba ang mapapala natin sa pagsunod sa kanyang mga utos o sa pagpapakita natin kay Yahweh na nagsisisi tayo sa nagawa nating kasalanan? 15Hindi ba't kung sino ang palalo ay siya pang pinagpapala? Hindi lamang nananagana ang masasama kundi sinusubok pa nila ang Diyos sa paggawa nila ng kasamaan ngunit hindi sila pinaparusahan.’”

16Pagkatapos, nag-usap-usap ang mga taong may paggalang kay Yahweh. Pinakinggan niyang mabuti ang kanilang usapan, kaya ipinatala niya sa isang aklat ang mga pangalan ng mga gumagalang sa kanya. 17“Magiging akin sila,” sabi ni Yahweh na Makapangyarihan sa lahat. “Sa araw na ako'y kumilos, itatangi ko sila bilang sariling akin. Ililigtas ko sila, tulad ng pagliligtas ng isang ama sa anak na naglilingkod sa kanya. 18Muli ninyong makikita ang pagkakaiba ng mabuti at ng masama, ng taong naglilingkod sa Diyos at ng hindi naglilingkod sa kanya.”

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