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Malachi 3
Swete's Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
Ἰδοὺ ἐξαποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου, καὶ ἐπιβλέψεται ὁδὸν πρὸ προσώπου μου, καὶ ἐξέφνης ἤξει εἰς τὸν ναὸν ἑαυτοῦ κύριος ὃν ὑμεῖς ζητεῖτε, καὶ ὁ ἄγγελος τῆς διαθήκης ὃν ὑμεῖς θέλετε· ἱδου ἔρχεται, λέγει Κύριος Παντοκράτωρ.
“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me (note: Cited in Matthew 11:10, Mark 1:2, and Luke 7:27). Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
καὶ τίς ὑπομενεῖ ἡμέραν εἰσόδου αὐτοῦ; ἤ τίς ὑποστήσεται ἐν τῇ ὀπτασίᾳ αὐτοῦ; διότι αὐτὸς εἰσπορεύεται ὡς πῦρ χαρνευτηρίου καὶ ὡς ποία πλυνόντων.
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
καθιεῖται χωνεύων καὶ καθαρίζων ὡς τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ ὡς τὸ χρυσίον, καὶ καθαρίσει τοὺς υἱοὺς Λευεὶ καὶ χεεῖ αὐτοὺς σπερ τὸ χρυσίον καὶ ὡς τὸ ἀργύριον· καὶ ἔσονται τῷ κυρίῳ προσάγοντες θυσίαν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ,
And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
καὶ ἀρέσει τῷ κυρίῳ θυσία Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰερουσαλὴμ καθὼς αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ καθὼς τὰ ἔτη τὰ ἔμτπροσθεν.
Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.
καὶ προσάξω πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν κρίσει, καὶ ἔσομαι μάρτυς ταχὺς ἐπὶ τὰς φαρμακοὺς καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς μοιχαλίδας καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀμνύοντας τῷ ὀνόματί μου ἐπὶ ψεύδει, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀποστεροῦντας μισθὸν μισθωτοῦ καὶ τοὺς καταδυναστεύοντας χήραν καὶ τοὺς κονου. λίζοντας ὄρφανοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἐκκλίνοντας κρίσιν προσηλύτου καὶ τοὺς μὴ φοβουμένους με, λέγει Κύριος Παντοκράτωρ.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
διότι ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἠλλοίωμαι.
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
Καὶ ὑμεῖς, υἱοὶ Ἰακώβ, οὐκ ἀπέχεσθε ¹ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδικιῶν τῶνπατέρων ὑμῶν, ἐξεκλίνατε νόμιμά μου καὶ οὐκ ἐφυλάξασθε. ἐπιστρέψατε πρὸς μέ, καὶ ἐπιστραφήσομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, λέγει Κύριος ὁ Παντοκράτωρ. καὶ εἵπατε Ἐν τίνι ἐπιστρέψωμεν;
Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
μήτι πτερνιεῖ ἄνθρωπος θεόν; διότι ὑμεῖς πτερνίζετέ με. καὶ ἐρεῖτε Ἐν τίνι ἐπτερνίσαμέν σε; ὅτι τὰ ἐπιδέκατα καὶ αἱ ἀπαρχαὶ μεθʼ ὑμῶν εἰσιν·
Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
καὶ ἀποβλέποντες ὑμεῖς ἀποβλέπετε, καὶ ἐμέ ὑμεῖς πτερνίζετε. τὸ ἔτος συνετελέσθη,
You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
καὶ εἰσηνέγκατε πάντα ἐκφόρια εἰς τοὺς θησαυρούς, καὶ ἔσται ἡ διαρπαγὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ. ἐπισκέψασθε δὴ ἐν τούτῳ, λέγει Κύριος Γαντοκράτωρ· ἐὰν μὴ ἀνοίξω ὑμῖν τοὺς καταὸάκτας τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἐκχεῶ ὑμῖν τὴν εὐλογίαν μου ἕως τοῦ ἱκανωθῆναι·
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure (note: Literally blessing for which there will be no room).
καὶ διαστελῶ ὑμῖν εἰς βρῶσιν, καὶ οὐ μὴ διαμφθείρω ὑμῶν τὸν καρπὸν τῆς γῆς, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀσθενήσει ὑμῶν ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, λέγει Κύριος ΤΙαντοκράτωρ.
I will rebuke the devourer (note: The devourer is probably a name for a crop-destroying pest.) for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.
καὶ μακαριοῖσιν ὑμᾶς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, διότι ἔσεσθε ὑμεῖς γῆ θελητή, λέγει Κύριος Παντοκράτωρ.
“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Ἐβαρύνατε ἐπʼ ἐμέ τοὺς λόγους ὑμῶν, λέγει Κύριος, καὶ εἶπατε Ἐν τίνι κατελαλήσαμεν κατὰ σοῦ;
“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
τἴτπατε Μάταιος ὁ δουλεύων θεῷ, καὶ τί πλέον ὅτι ἐφυλάξαμεν τὰ φυλάγματα αὐτοῦ, καὶ διότι ἐπορεύθημεν ἱκέται πρὸ προσώπου Κυρίου τχ Παντοκράτορος;
You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
καὶ νῦν ἡμεῖς μακαρίζομεν ἀλλοτρίους, καὶ ἀνοικοδομοῦνται πάντες ποιοῦντες ἄνομα, καὶ ἀντέστησαν θεῷ καὶ ἐσῶθησαν.
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
Τηῦτα κατελάλησαν οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν κύριον, ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ· καὶ προσέσχεν Κύριος καὶ εἰσήκουσεν, καὶ ἔγραψεν βιβλίον μνημοσύνου ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ τοῖς φοβουμένοις τὸν τν κύριον καὶ εὐλαβουμένοις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.
At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
Καὶ ἔσονταί μοι, λέγει Κύριος ΙΙαντοκράτωρ, εἰς ἡμέραν ἣν ἐγὼ ποιῶ εἰς περιποίησιν, καὶ αἱρετιῶ αὐτοὺς ὃν τρόπον αἱρετίζει ἄνθρωπος τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν δουλεύοντα αὐτῷ.
“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
καὶ ἐπιστραφήσεσθε καὶ ὄψεσθε ἀνὰ μέσον δικαίου καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον ἀνόμου, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ δουλεύοντος θεῷ καὶ τοῦ μὴ δουλεύοντος.
So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”