Malachi 3

“I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty.

«هَا أَنَا أُرْسِلُ رَسُولِي فَيُمَهِّدُ الطَّرِيقَ أَمَامِي وَيَأْتِي الرَّبُّ الَّذِي تَطْلُبُونَهُ فَجْأَةً إِلَى هَيْكَلِهِ وَيُقْبِلُ أَيْضاً مَلاكُ الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي تُسَرُّونَ بِهِ» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ

But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.

وَلَكِنْ مَنْ يَحْتَمِلُ يَوْمَ مَجِيئِهِ؟ وَمَنْ يَثْبُتُ عِنْدَ ظُهُورِهِ؟ فَإِنَّهُ مِثْلُ نَارِ الْمُمَحِّصِ أَوْ أَشْنَانِ الْقَصَّارِينَ.

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,

فَيَجْلِسُ مُمَحِّصاً وَمُنَقِّياً لِلْفِضَّةِ لِيُطَهِّرَ أَبْنَاءَ لاوِي وَيُمَحِّصَهُمْ كَالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ، حَتَّى يُقَرِّبُوا لِلرَّبِّ تَقْدِمَاتٍ بِقُلُوبٍ طَاهِرَةٍ.

and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years.

عِنْدَئِذٍ تَكُونُ تَقْدِمَةُ يَهُوذَا وَشَعْبِ أُورُشَلِيمَ مَرْضِيَّةً عِنْدَ الرَّبِّ، كَالْعَهْدِ بِها فِي سَالِفِ الأَيَّامِ وَفِي السِّنِينَ الْغَابِرَةِ.

“So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the Lord Almighty.

Breaking Covenant by Withholding Tithes

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

“I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.

فَإِنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ لَا أَتَغَيَّرُ، لِذَلِكَ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً لَمْ تَفْنَوْا يَا أَبْنَاءَ يَعْقُوبَ.

Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord Almighty.

“But you ask, ‘How are we to return?’

إِنَّ شَأْنَكُمْ كَشَأْنِ آبَائِكُمْ. ابْتَعَدْتُمْ عَنْ فَرَائِضِي وَلَمْ تُطِيعُوهَا. ارْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ فَأَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ تَسْأَلُونَ كَيْفَ نَرْجِعُ؟

“Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me.

“But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’

“In tithes and offerings.

أَيَسْلُبُ الإِنْسَانُ اللهَ؟ لَقَدْ سَلَبْتُمُونِي! وَتَسْأَلُونَ: بِمَاذَا سَلَبْنَاكَ؟ فِي الْعُشُورِ وَالْقَرَابِينِ.

You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me.

أَنْتُمْ، بَلِ الأُمَّةُ كُلُّهَا، تَحْتَ اللَّعْنَةِ لأَنَّكُمْ سَلَبْتُمُونِي.

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

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.

I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the Lord Almighty.

وَأَكُفُّ عَنْكُمْ أَذَى الْجَرَادِ الْمُلْتَهِمِ، فَلا يُتْلِفُ لَكُمْ غَلّاتِ الأَرْضِ، وَلا تُصَابُ كُرُومُكُمْ بِالْعُقْمِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the Lord Almighty.

Israel Speaks Arrogantly Against God

عِنْدَئِذٍ تَدْعُوكُمْ جَمِيعُ الشُّعُوبِ «بِالأُمَّةِ الْمُبَارَكَةِ» لأَنَّ أَرْضَكُمْ تَكُونُ أَرْضَ بَهْجَةٍ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

قسوة كلام إسرائيل ضد الله

“You have spoken arrogantly against me,” says the Lord.

“Yet you ask, ‘What have we said against you?’

لَقَدْ قَسَوْتُمْ فِي كَلامِكُمْ عَلَيَّ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ تَقُولُونَ: بِمَاذَا تَكَلَّمْنَا ضِدَّكَ؟

“You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord Almighty?

لَقَدْ قُلْتُمْ: مِنَ الْعَبَثِ عِبَادَةُ اللهِ، وَأَيُّ جَدْوَى مِنْ حِفْظِنَا شَعَائِرَهُ، وَالنُّواحِ أَمَامَ حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ؟

But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly evildoers prosper, and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’”

The Faithful Remnant

وَهَا نَحْنُ الآنَ نَغْبِطُ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ، وَنَرَى فَاعِلِي الشَّرِّ يَزْدَهِرُونَ، بَلْ إِنَّهُمْ تَحَدُّوا اللهَ وَنَجَوْا.

البقية التقية

Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored his name.

ثُمَّ حَدَّثَ خَائِفُو الرَّبِّ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً. فَأَصْغَى الرَّبُّ إِلَى كَلامِهِمْ وَسَمِعَهُمْ، فَتَمَّ تَدْوِينُ أَسْمَاءِ مُتَّقِيِّ الرَّبِّ وَالْمُتَأَمِّلِينَ بِاسْمِهِ أَمَامَهُ فِي كِتَابِ تَذْكِرَةٍ، وَرَدَ فِيهِ:

“On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.

«سَيَكُونُونَ لِي»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ، «فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي أَصْنَعُ فِيهِ نَفَائِسِي، وَأُحَافِظُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَمَا يُحَافِظُ الْوَالِدُ عَلَى ابْنِهِ الَّذِي يَخْدُمُهُ.

And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.

فَتَشْرَعُونَ ثَانِيَةً فِي التَّمْيِيزِ بَيْنَ الصَّالِحِ وَالطَّالِحِ، بَيْنَ مَنْ يَعْبُدُ اللهَ وَمَنْ لَا يَعْبُدُهُ».