ملاخي 3 | الكتاب المقدس

الكتاب المقدس

1 «هَا أَنَا أُرْسِلُ رَسُولِي فَيُمَهِّدُ الطَّرِيقَ أَمَامِي وَيَأْتِي الرَّبُّ الَّذِي تَطْلُبُونَهُ فَجْأَةً إِلَى هَيْكَلِهِ وَيُقْبِلُ أَيْضاً مَلاكُ الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي تُسَرُّونَ بِهِ» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ 2 وَلَكِنْ مَنْ يَحْتَمِلُ يَوْمَ مَجِيئِهِ؟ وَمَنْ يَثْبُتُ عِنْدَ ظُهُورِهِ؟ فَإِنَّهُ مِثْلُ نَارِ الْمُمَحِّصِ أَوْ أَشْنَانِ الْقَصَّارِينَ. 3 فَيَجْلِسُ مُمَحِّصاً وَمُنَقِّياً لِلْفِضَّةِ لِيُطَهِّرَ أَبْنَاءَ لاوِي وَيُمَحِّصَهُمْ كَالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ، حَتَّى يُقَرِّبُوا لِلرَّبِّ تَقْدِمَاتٍ بِقُلُوبٍ طَاهِرَةٍ. 4 عِنْدَئِذٍ تَكُونُ تَقْدِمَةُ يَهُوذَا وَشَعْبِ أُورُشَلِيمَ مَرْضِيَّةً عِنْدَ الرَّبِّ، كَالْعَهْدِ بِها فِي سَالِفِ الأَيَّامِ وَفِي السِّنِينَ الْغَابِرَةِ. 5 وَأَقْتَرِبُ مِنْكُمْ لأَكُونَ شَاهِداً سَرِيعاً ضِدَّ السَّحَرَةِ وَالزُّنَاةِ وَالْحَالِفِينَ بِالزُّورِ وَالْمُسْتَغِلِّينَ لأُجْرَةِ الْعَامِلِ وَمُضْطَهِدِي الأَرَامِلِ وَالأَيْتَامِ، وَالَّذِينَ يَظْلِمُونَ الْغُرَبَاءَ وَلا يَخَافُونَنِي.

نقض العهد بسلب العشور

6 فَإِنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ لَا أَتَغَيَّرُ، لِذَلِكَ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً لَمْ تَفْنَوْا يَا أَبْنَاءَ يَعْقُوبَ. 7 إِنَّ شَأْنَكُمْ كَشَأْنِ آبَائِكُمْ. ابْتَعَدْتُمْ عَنْ فَرَائِضِي وَلَمْ تُطِيعُوهَا. ارْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ فَأَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ تَسْأَلُونَ كَيْفَ نَرْجِعُ؟ 8 أَيَسْلُبُ الإِنْسَانُ اللهَ؟ لَقَدْ سَلَبْتُمُونِي! وَتَسْأَلُونَ: بِمَاذَا سَلَبْنَاكَ؟ فِي الْعُشُورِ وَالْقَرَابِينِ. 9 أَنْتُمْ، بَلِ الأُمَّةُ كُلُّهَا، تَحْتَ اللَّعْنَةِ لأَنَّكُمْ سَلَبْتُمُونِي. 10 هَاتُوا الْعُشُورَ جَمِيعَهَا إِلَى بَيْتِ الْخَزِينَةِ لِيَتَوافَرَ فِي هَيْكَلِي طَعَامٌ، وَاخْتَبِرُونِي لِتَرَوْا إِنْ كُنْتُ لَا أَفْتَحُ كُوَى السَّمَاءِ وَأَفِيضُ عَلَيْكُمْ بَرَكَةً وَفِيرَةً، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ. 11 وَأَكُفُّ عَنْكُمْ أَذَى الْجَرَادِ الْمُلْتَهِمِ، فَلا يُتْلِفُ لَكُمْ غَلّاتِ الأَرْضِ، وَلا تُصَابُ كُرُومُكُمْ بِالْعُقْمِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ. 12 عِنْدَئِذٍ تَدْعُوكُمْ جَمِيعُ الشُّعُوبِ «بِالأُمَّةِ الْمُبَارَكَةِ» لأَنَّ أَرْضَكُمْ تَكُونُ أَرْضَ بَهْجَةٍ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

قسوة كلام إسرائيل ضد الله

13 لَقَدْ قَسَوْتُمْ فِي كَلامِكُمْ عَلَيَّ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ تَقُولُونَ: بِمَاذَا تَكَلَّمْنَا ضِدَّكَ؟ 14 لَقَدْ قُلْتُمْ: مِنَ الْعَبَثِ عِبَادَةُ اللهِ، وَأَيُّ جَدْوَى مِنْ حِفْظِنَا شَعَائِرَهُ، وَالنُّواحِ أَمَامَ حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ؟ 15 وَهَا نَحْنُ الآنَ نَغْبِطُ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ، وَنَرَى فَاعِلِي الشَّرِّ يَزْدَهِرُونَ، بَلْ إِنَّهُمْ تَحَدُّوا اللهَ وَنَجَوْا.

البقية التقية

16 ثُمَّ حَدَّثَ خَائِفُو الرَّبِّ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً. فَأَصْغَى الرَّبُّ إِلَى كَلامِهِمْ وَسَمِعَهُمْ، فَتَمَّ تَدْوِينُ أَسْمَاءِ مُتَّقِيِّ الرَّبِّ وَالْمُتَأَمِّلِينَ بِاسْمِهِ أَمَامَهُ فِي كِتَابِ تَذْكِرَةٍ، وَرَدَ فِيهِ: 17 «سَيَكُونُونَ لِي»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ، «فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي أَصْنَعُ فِيهِ نَفَائِسِي، وَأُحَافِظُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَمَا يُحَافِظُ الْوَالِدُ عَلَى ابْنِهِ الَّذِي يَخْدُمُهُ. 18 فَتَشْرَعُونَ ثَانِيَةً فِي التَّمْيِيزِ بَيْنَ الصَّالِحِ وَالطَّالِحِ، بَيْنَ مَنْ يَعْبُدُ اللهَ وَمَنْ لَا يَعْبُدُهُ».

English Standard Version

1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. (إش 40:3; ملا 2:7; ملا 2:17; ملا 4:5; مت 11:10; مر 1:2; لو 1:76; لو 7:27)

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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. (إش 4:4; يؤ 2:11) 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, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord.^[1] (إش 1:25; زك 13:9; ملا 1:7) 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. (حز 20:40) 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 hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts. (لا 19:13; تث 24:17; إر 29:23; ملا 2:14)

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Robbing God

6 “For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. (عد 23:19; مز 102:27; مرا 3:22) 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?’ (زك 1:3; ملا 1:2; أع 7:51) 8 Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions. (نح 13:10; ملا 3:7) 9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. (ملا 2:2) 10 Bring the full tithe 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 a blessing until there is no more need. (تك 7:11; أم 3:9; 2كو 9:6) 11 I will rebuke the devourer^[2] 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. (يؤ 1:4) 12 Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts. (إش 62:4; صف 3:19) 13 “Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. But you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ (ملا 1:2; ملا 2:17) 14 You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? (أي 21:15; صف 1:12) 15 And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.’” (مز 95:9; ملا 4:1)

The Book of Remembrance

16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. (خر 32:32; تث 6:6) 17 “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. (خر 19:5; ملا 4:3; أع 17:31; 1بط 2:9)

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18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him. (ملا 4:1)