top Malachi ch 1
Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
Chapter 1
The Declaration of God's Election
1 λῆμμα λόγου κυρίου ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν χειρὶ ἀγγέλου αὐτοῦ, θέσθε δὴ ἐπὶ τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν. 1:1 The burden of the word of the Lord against Israel by the hand of His messenger (aggelou); set it indeed upon your hearts.
2 ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς, λέγει κύριος· καὶ εἴπατε, ἐν τίνι ἠγάπησας ἡμᾶς; οὐκ ἀδελφὸς ἦν Ἡσαῦ τοῦ Ἰακώβ, λέγει κύριος, καὶ ἠγάπησα τὸν Ἰακώβ, 3 τὸν δὲ Ἡσαῦ ἐμίσησα, καὶ ἔταξα τὰ ὅρια αὐτοῦ εἰς ἀφανισμόν, καὶ τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ εἰς δόματα ἐρήμου; 4 διότι ἐρεῖ, ἡ Ἰδουμαία κατέστραπται, καὶ ἐπιστρέψωμεν, καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσωμεν τὰς ἐρήμους· τάδε λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ, αὐτοὶ οἰκοδομήσουσιν, καὶ ἐγὼ καταστρέψω· καὶ ἐπικληθήσεται αὐτοῖς ὅρια ἀνομίας, καὶ λαὸς ἐφ' ὃν παρατέτακται κύριος ἕως αἰῶνος. 5 καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὑμῶν ὄψονται, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐρεῖτε, ἐμεγαλύνθη κύριος ὑπεράνω τῶν ὁρίων τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. 2 "I have loved you," says the Lord. And you said, "In what way have You loved us?" "Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?" says the Lord. "And I loved Jacob, 3 but Esau I hated; and I have set his borders for a disappearance and his inheritance for the gifts of the wilderness." 4 Because Idumea [Edom] will say, "We have been destroyed, but let us return and rebuild the desolate places." Thus says the Lord Almighty (pantokratōr): "They shall build, but I will tear down; and it shall be called for them 'Borders of Lawlessness,' and 'The people against whom the Lord is arrayed until the end of the age.'" 5 And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, "The Lord has been magnified above the borders of Israel!"
Sin of the Priests
6 υἱὸς δοξάζει πατέρα, καὶ δοῦλος τὸν κύριον αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἰ πατήρ εἰμι ἐγώ, ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ δόξα μου; καὶ εἰ κύριός εἰμι ἐγώ, ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ φόβος μου; λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ· ὑμεῖς οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ φαυλίζοντες τὸ ὄνομά μου, καὶ εἴπατε, ἐν τίνι ἐφαυλίσαμεν τὸ ὄνομά σου; 7 προσάγοντες πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριόν μου ἄρτους ἠλισγημένους, καὶ εἴπατε, ἐν τίνι ἠλισγήσαμεν αὐτούς; ἐν τῷ λέγειν ὑμᾶς, τράπεζα κυρίου ἐξουδενωμένη ἐστίν, καὶ τὰ ἐπιτιθέμενα βρώματα ἐξουδενωμένα. 6 "A son glorifies his father, and a servant his lord; and if I am a father, where is My glory? And if I am a lord, where is My fear?" says the Lord Almighty. "You priests are the ones who treat My name as common (phaulizontes); and you said, 'In what way have we treated Your name as common?' 7 By bringing polluted bread (artous ēlisgēmenous) to My altar. And you said, 'In what way have we polluted them?' By your saying, 'The table of the Lord is set at nothing, and the food placed upon it is set at nothing.'"
8 διότι ἐὰν προσαγάγητε τυφλὸν τυφλὸν εἰς θυσίαν, οὐ κακόν; καὶ ἐὰν προσαγάγητε χωλὸν ἢ ἄρρωστον οὐ κακόν; προσάγαγε δὴ αὐτὸ τῷ ἡγουμένῳ σου, εἰ προσδέξεται ἀφοριεῖτε, εἰ λήμψεται πρόσωπόν σου, λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ. 8 "For if you bring the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if you bring the lame or the sickly, is it not evil? Bring it now to your governor (hēgoumenō)! See if he will accept you, if you single yourselves out (aphoriete), if he will receive your face," says the Lord Almighty.
9 καὶ νῦν ἐξιλάσκεσθε τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν, καὶ δεήθητε αὐτοῦ. ἐν χερσὶν ὑμῶν γέγονεν ταῦτα, εἰ λήμψομαι ἐξ ὑμῶν πρόσωπα ὑμῶν; λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ. 10 διότι καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν συγκλεισθήσονται θύραι, καὶ οὐκ ἀνάψετε τὸ θυσιαστήριόν μου δωρεάν· οὐκ ἔστιν μου θέλημα ἐν ὑμῖν, λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ, καὶ θυσίαν οὐ προσδέξομαι ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν. 9 "And now, propitiate the face of your God and entreat Him. These things happened by your hands; shall I receive your persons from among you?" says the Lord Almighty. 10 "For even among you the doors shall be shut, and you shall not kindle My altar for nothing (dōrean). My will is not in you," says the Lord Almighty, "and I will not accept a sacrifice from your hands."
11 διότι ἀπ' ἀνατολῶν ἡλίου ἕως δυσμῶν τὸ ὄνομά μου δεδόξασται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, καὶ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ θυμίαμα προσάγεται τῷ ὀνόματί μου, καὶ θυσία καθαρά· διότι μέγα τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ. 11 "For from the rising of the sun until its setting, My name has been glorified among the nations; and in every place incense is brought to My name, and a pure sacrifice; for My name is great among the nations," says the Lord Almighty.
12 ὑμεῖς δὲ βεβηλοῦτε αὐτὸ ἐν τῷ λέγειν ὑμᾶς, τράπεζα κυρίου ἠλισγημένη ἐστίν, καὶ τὰ ἐπιτιθέμενα ἐξουδένωνται βρώματα αὐτοῦ· 13 καὶ εἴπατε, ταῦτα ἐκ κακοπαθείας ἐστίν· καὶ ἐξεφύσησα αὐτά, λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ· καὶ εἰσεφέρετε ἁρπάγματα, καὶ τὰ χωλά, καὶ τὰ ἐνοχλούμενα· καὶ ἐὰν φέρητε τὴν θυσίαν, εἰ προσδέξομαι αὐτὰ ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν; λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ. 14 καὶ ἐπικατάρατος, ὃς ἦν δυνατός, καὶ ὑπῆρχεν ἐν τῷ ποιμνίῳ αὐτοῦ ἄρσεν καὶ εὐχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐπ' αὐτῷ, καὶ θύει διεφθαρμένον τῷ κυρίῳ· διότι βασιλεὺς μέγας ἐγώ εἰμι, λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ, καὶ τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπιφανὲς ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν. 12 "But you profane it by your saying, 'The table of the Lord is polluted, and its food is set at nothing.' 13 And you said, 'These things are from hardship (kakopatheias)'; and I blew them away," says the Lord Almighty. "And you brought in plunder, and the lame, and the troubled. And if you bring the sacrifice, shall I accept them from your hands?" says the Lord Almighty. 14 "And cursed is the one who was capable—and there was a male in his flock and his vow was upon it—yet he sacrifices a corrupted thing to the Lord. For a Great King am I," says the Lord Almighty, "and My name is manifest among the nations."