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| Malachi 3:1 | Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts. | | Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes, says Yahweh of hosts. |
| Malachi 3:2 | And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb: | | But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap: |
| Malachi 3:3 | And he shall sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall refine them as gold, and as silver, and they shall offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice. | | and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness. |
| Malachi 3:4 | And the sacrifice of Juda and of Jerusalem shall please the Lord, as in the days of old, and in the ancient years. | | Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to Yahweh, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years. |
| Malachi 3:5 | And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages; the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts. | | I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the sojourner [from his right], and don't fear me, says Yahweh of Hosts. |
| Malachi 3:6 | For I am the Lord, and I change not: and you the sons of Jacob are not consumed. | | For I, Yahweh, don't change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed. |
| Malachi 3:7 | For from the days of your fathers you have departed from my ordinances, and have not kept them: Return to me, and I will return to you, saith the Lord of hosts. And you have said: Wherein shall we return? | | From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says Yahweh of Hosts. But you say, Wherein shall we return? |
| Malachi 3:8 | Shall a man afflict God? for you afflict me. And you have said: Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits. | | Will a man rob God? yet you rob me. But you say, Wherein have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings. |
| Malachi 3:9 | And you are cursed with want, and you afflict me, even the whole nation of you. | | You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation. |
| Malachi 3:10 | Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and try me in this, saith the Lord: if I open not unto you the flood-gates of heaven, and pour you out a blessing even to abundance. | | Bring the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, says Yahweh of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough [to receive it]. |
| Malachi 3:11 | And I will rebuke for your sakes the devourer, and he shall not spoil the fruit of your land: neither shall the vine in the field be barren, saith the Lord of hosts. | | I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, says Yahweh of Hosts. |
| Malachi 3:12 | And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a delightful land, saith the Lord of hosts. | | All nations shall call you happy; for you shall be a delightful land, says Yahweh of Hosts. |
| Malachi 3:13 | Your words have been unsufferable to me, saith the Lord. | | Your words have been stout against me, says Yahweh. Yet you say, What have we spoken against you? |
| Malachi 3:14 | And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God, and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before the Lord of hosts? | | You have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Hosts? |
| Malachi 3:15 | Wherefore now we call the proud people happy, for they that work wickedness are built up, and they have tempted God and are preserved. | | Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape. |
| Malachi 3:16 | Then they that feared the Lord spoke every one with his neighbour: and the Lord gave ear, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that fear the Lord, and think on his name. | | Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and that thought on his name. |
| Malachi 3:17 | And they shall be my special possession, saith the Lord of hosts, in the day that I do judgment: and I will spare them, as a man spareth his son that serveth him. | | They shall be my, says Yahweh of Hosts, [even] my own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him. |
| Malachi 3:18 | And you shall return, and shall see the difference between the just and the wicked: and between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not. | | Then shall you return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn't serve him. |
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