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| The Book of Malachi 1 |
| The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) |
| Malachi 1:1 | The burden of a word of Jehovah unto Israel by the hand of Malachi: |
| Malachi 1:2 | I have loved you, said Jehovah, And ye have said, `In what hast Thou loved us?` |
| Malachi 1:3 | Is not Esau Jacob`s brother? an affirmation of Jehovah, And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, And I make his mountains a desolation, And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness. |
| Malachi 1:4 | Because Edom saith, `We have been made poor, And we turn back and we build the wastes,` Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: They do build, and I do destroy, And [men] have called to them, `O region of wickedness,` `O people whom Jehovah defied to the age.` |
| Malachi 1:5 | And your eyes do see, and ye say, `Magnified is Jehovah beyond the border of Israel, |
| Malachi 1:6 | A son honoureth a father, and a servant his master. And if I [am] a father, where [is] Mine honour? And if I [am] a master, where [is] My fear? Said Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests, despising My name! And ye have said: `In what have we despised Thy name?` |
| Malachi 1:7 | Ye are bringing nigh on Mine altar polluted bread, And ye have said: `In what have we polluted Thee?` In your saying: `The table of Jehovah it [is] despicable,` |
| Malachi 1:8 | And when ye bring nigh the blind for sacrifice, `There is no evil,` And when ye bring nigh the lame and sick, `There is no evil;` Bring it near, I pray thee, to thy governor Doth he accept thee? or doth he lift up thy face? Said Jehovah of Hosts. |
| Malachi 1:9 | And now, appease, I pray thee, the face of God, And He doth favour us; From your own hand hath this been, Doth He accept of you appearances? Said Jehovah of Hosts. |
| Malachi 1:10 | Who [is] even among you, And he shutteth the two-leaved doors? Yea, ye do not kindle Mine altar for nought, I have no pleasure in you, said Jehovah of Hosts, And a present I do not accept of your hand. |
| Malachi 1:11 | For, from the rising of the sun to its going in, Great [is] My name among nations, And in every place perfume is brought nigh to My name, and a pure present, For great [is] My name among nations, Said Jehovah of Hosts. |
| Malachi 1:12 | And ye are polluting it in your saying, `The table of Jehovah it is polluted, As to its fruit despicable is its food.` |
| Malachi 1:13 | And ye have said, `Lo, what a weariness,` And ye have puffed at it, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have brought in plunder, And the lame and the sick, And ye have brought in the present! Do I accept it from your hand? said Jehovah. |
| Malachi 1:14 | And cursed [is] a deceiver, who hath in his drove a male, And is vowing, and is sacrificing a marred thing to the Lord, For a great king [am] I, said Jehovah of Hosts, And My name [is] revered among nations! |
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