Malachias 3

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

Malachias 3

1✡ Behold, I send forth my messenger, and he shall survey the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come into his temple, even the angel of the covenant, whom you take pleasure in: behold, he is coming, says the Lord Almighty.Ἰδοὺ ἐξαποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου, καὶ ἐπιβλέψεται ὁδὸν πρὸ προσώπου μου, καὶ ἐξαίφνης ἥξει εἰς τὸν ναὸν ἑαυτοῦ Κύριος, ὃν ὑμεῖς ζητεῖτε, καὶ ὁ ἄγγελος τῆς διαθήκης, ὃν ὑμεῖς θέλετε· ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ,

2And who will * abide the day of his coming? or who will withstand at his appearing? for he is coming in as the fire of a furnace and as the herb of † fullers.καὶ τίς ὑπομενεῖ ἡμέραν εἰσόδου αὐτοῦ; ἢ τίς ὑποστήσεται ἐν τῇ ὀπτασίᾳ αὐτοῦ; διότι αὐτὸς εἰσπορεύεται ὡς πῦρ χωνευτηρίου, καὶ ὡς ποὶα πλυνόντων.

3He shall sit to melt and purify as it were silver, and as it were gold: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and ‡ refine them as gold and silver, and they shall offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.Καθιεῖται χωνεύων καὶ καθαρίζων ὡς τὸ ἀργύριον, καὶ ὡς τὸ χρυσίον, καὶ καθαρίσει τοὺς υἱοὺς Λευὶ, καὶ χεεῖ αὐτοὺς ὥσπερ τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον· καὶ ἔσονται τῷ Κυρίῳ προσάγοντες θυσίαν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ.

4And the sacrifice of Juda and Jerusalem shall be pleasing to the Lord, according to the former days, and according to the former years.Καὶ ἀρέσει τῷ Κυρίῳ θυσία Ἰούδα καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καθὼς αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ αἰῶνος, καὶ καθὼς τὰ ἔτη τὰ ἔμπροσθεν.

5And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a sift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and § afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and fear not me, says the Lord Almighty.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 κονδυλίζοντας ὀρφανοὺς, καὶ τοὺς ἐκκλίνοντας κρίσιν προσηλύτου, καὶ τοὺς μὴ φοβουμένους με, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ.

6For I am the Lord your God, and I am not changed:Διότι ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἠλλοίωμαι·

7but you, the sons of Jacob, have not refrained from the iniquities of your fathers: you have perverted my statutes, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord Almighty. But you said, Wherein shall we return?καὶ ὑμεῖς οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰακὼβ οὐκ ἀπέχεσθε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδικιῶν τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν, ἐξεκλίνατε νόμιμά μου, καὶ οὐκ ἐφυλάξασθε. Ἐπιστρέψατε πρὸς μὲ, καὶ ἐπιστραφήσομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ· καὶ εἴπατε, ἐν τίνι ἐπιστρέψομεν;

8Will a man insult God? for you insult me. But you say, Wherein have we insulted you? In that the tithes and first fruits are with you still.Μήτι πτερνιεῖ ἄνθρωπος Θεόν; διότι ὑμεῖς πτερνίζετέ με· καὶ ἐρεῖτε, ἐν τίνι ἐπτερνίσαμέν σε; ὅτι τὰ ἐπιδέκατα, καὶ αἱ ἀπαρχαὶ μεθʼ ὑμῶν εἰσι.

9And you do surely look off from me, and you insult me.Καὶ ἀποβλέποντες ὑμεῖς ἀποβλέπετε, καὶ ἐμὲ ὑμεῖς πτερνίζετε.

10The year is completed, and you have brought all the produce into the storehouses; but there shall be the plunder thereof in its house: return now on this behalf, says the Lord Almighty, see if I will not open to you the ** torrents of heaven, and pour out my blessing upon you, until you are satisfied.Τὸ ἔτος συνετελέσθη, καὶ εἰσηνέγκατε πάντα τὰ ἐκφόρια εἰς τοὺς θησαυροὺς, καὶ ἔσται ἡ διαρπαγὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ· ἐπιστρέψατε δὴ ἐν τούτῳ, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ· ἐὰν μὴ ἀνοίξω ὑμῖν τοὺς καταῤῥάκτας τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἐκχεῶ τὴν εὐλογίαν μου ὑμῖν, ἕως τοῦ ἱκανωθῆναι·

11And I will †† appoint food for you, and I will not destroy the fruit of your land; and your vine in the field shall not fail, says the Lord Almighty.Καὶ διαστελῶ ὑμῖν εἰς βρῶσιν, καὶ οὐ μὴ διαφθείρω ὑμῶν τὸν καρπὸν τῆς γῆς, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀσθενήσῃ ὑμῶν ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ.

12And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a desirable land, says the Lord Almighty.Καὶ μακαριοῦσιν ὑμᾶς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, διότι ἔσεσθε ὑμεῖς γῆ θελητὴ, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ.

13You have spoken grievous words against me, says the Lord. Yet you said, Wherein have we spoken against you?Ἐβαρύνατε ἐπʼ ἐμὲ τοὺς λόγους ὑμῶν, λέγει Κύριος· καὶ εἴπατε, ἐν τίνι κατελαλήσαμεν κατὰ σοῦ;

14You said, He that serves God ‡‡ labors in vain: and what have we gained in that we have kept his ordinances, and in that we have walked as suppliants before the face of the Lord Almighty?Εἴπατε, μάταιος ὁ δουλεύων Θεῷ, καὶ τί πλέον, ὅτι ἐφυλάξαμεν τὰ φυλάγματα αὐτοῦ, καὶ διότι ἐπορεύθημεν ἱκέται πρὸ προσώπου Κυρίου παντοκράτορος;

15And now we pronounce strangers blessed; and all they who act unlawfully are built up; and they have resisted God, and yet have been delivered.Καὶ νῦν ἡμεῖς μακαρίζομεν ἀλλοτρίους, καὶ ἀνοικοδομοῦνται πάντες ποιοῦντες ἄνομα, καὶ ἀντέστησαν τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐσώθησαν.

16Thus spoke they that feared the Lord, every one to his neighbor: and the Lord gave heed, and listened, and he wrote a book of remembrance before him for them that feared the Lord and reverenced his name.Ταῦτα κατελάλησαν οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν κύριον, ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ· καὶ προσέσχε Κύριος, καὶ εἰσήκουσε, καὶ ἔγραψε βιβλίον μνημοσύνου ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ τοῖς φοβουμένοις τὸν Κύριον, καὶ εὐλαβουμένοις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.

17And they shall be §§ mine, says the Lord Almighty, in the day which I appoint for a peculiar possession; and I will make choice of them, as a man makes choice of his son that serves him.Καὶ ἔσονταί μοι, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, εἰς ἡμέραν, ἣν ἐγὼ ποιῶ, εἰς περιποίησιν, καὶ αἱρετιῶ αὐτοὺς, ὃν τρόπον αἱρετίζει ἄνθρωπος τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, τὸν δουλεύοντα αὐτῷ.

18Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, and between him that serves God, and him that serves him not.Καὶ ἐπιστραφήσεσθε, καὶ ὄψεσθε ἀναμέσον δικαίου, καὶ ἀναμέσον ἀνόμου, καὶ ἀναμέσον τοῦ δουλεύοντος Θεῷ, καὶ τοῦ μὴ δουλεύοντος.

Translator's Notes

These notes come from the printed edition of Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), and record where the Greek differs from the English rendering or admits more than one reading.

• v. 1✡Matt 11:10
• v. 2*Or, wait for.
• v. 2†Gr. them that wash.
• v. 3‡Gr. pour.
• v. 5§Gr. beat with the fist.
• v. 10**Or, windows, see Gen 7. 11, there rendered 'flood-gates.'
• v. 11††Or, give a charge for you to be fed. Alex.
• v. 14‡‡Gr. is vain.
• v. 17§§Gr. for me.