Book of Malachi, Chapter 1
Malachi 1 NWT - New World TranslationChapter 1 of Malachi—New World Translation (NWT)
- ¶ A pronouncement:
¶ The word of Jehovah1 concerning Israel by means of Malʹa·chi:[a] - ¶ “I have loved YOU people,”2 Jehovah has said.
¶ And YOU have said: “In what way have you loved us?”3
¶ “Was not Eʹsau the brother of Jacob?”4 is the utterance of Jehovah. “But I loved Jacob,5 - and Eʹsau6 I have hated; and I finally made his mountains a desolated waste7 and his inheritance for the jackals of [the] wilderness.”8
- ¶ “Because Eʹdom[b] keeps saying, ‘We have been shattered, but we shall return and build [the] devastated places,’ this is what Jehovah of armies[c] has said, ‘They, for their part, will build; but I, for my part, shall tear down.9 And people will certainly call them “the territory[d] of wickedness” and “the people whom Jehovah has denounced10 to time indefinite.”
- And YOUR own eyes will see [it], and YOU yourselves will say: “May Jehovah be magnified over the territory of Israel.”’”11
- ¶ “‘A son, for his part, honors a father;12 and a servant, his grand master.[e]13 So if I am a father,14 where is the honor to me?15 And if I am a grand master, where is the fear16 of me?’ Jehovah of armies has said to YOU, O priests who are despising my name.17
¶ “‘And YOU have said: “In what way have we despised your name?”’ - ¶ “‘[By] presenting upon my altar polluted bread.’18
¶ “‘And YOU have said: “In what way have we polluted you?”’
¶ “‘By YOUR saying: “The table19 of Jehovah is something to be despised.”20 - And when YOU present a blind [animal] for sacrificing: “It is nothing bad.” And when YOU present a lame [animal] or a sick one: “It is nothing bad.”’”21
¶ “Bring it near, please, to your governor. Will he find pleasure in you, or will he receive you kindly?” Jehovah of armies has said. - ¶ “And now, please, soften the face22 of God,[f] that he may show us favor.23 From YOUR hand this has occurred. Will he receive any of YOU men kindly?” Jehovah of armies has said.
- ¶ “Who also is there among YOU that will shut the doors?24 And YOU men will not light my altar—for nothing.25 No delight do I have in YOU,” Jehovah of armies has said, “and in the gift offering from YOUR hand I take no pleasure.”26
- ¶ “For from the sun’s rising even to its setting my name will be great among the nations,27 and in every place sacrificial smoke28 will be made, a presentation will be made to my name, even a clean gift;29 because my name will be great among the nations,”30 Jehovah of armies has said.
- ¶ “But YOU men are profaning31 me[g] by YOUR saying, ‘The table of Jehovah[h] is something polluted, and its fruit is something to be despised, its food.’32
- And YOU have said, ‘Look! What a weariness!’33 and YOU have caused a sniffing at it,”[i] Jehovah of armies has said. “And YOU have brought something torn away, and the lame one, and the sick one;34 yes, YOU have brought [it] as a gift. Can I take pleasure in it at YOUR hand?”35 Jehovah has said.
- ¶ “And cursed is the one acting cunningly when there exists in his drove a male animal, and he is making a vow and sacrificing a ruined one to Jehovah.[j]36 For I am a great King,”37 Jehovah of armies has said, “and my name will be fear-inspiring among the nations.”38
FOOTNOTES
- ^ “Malachi,” MTSyVg; LXX, “his messenger (angel).”
- ^ Meaning “Red; Ruddy.” A secondary name given to Esau, according to Ge 25:30; Ge 36:1.
- ^ “Jehovah of armies.” Heb., Yehwahʹ tseva·ʼohthʹ. This expression occurs 24 times in Mal. See App 1J.
- ^ Or, “boundary; border.”
- ^ “His grand master.” Heb., ʼadho·navʹ, pl. of ʼa·dhohnʹ, evidently to denote excellence.
- ^ Or, “the Divine One.” Heb., ʼEl; Gr., The·ouʹ; Lat., Deʹi; Sy, “Jehovah.”
- ^ “Me” was the original reading. The Sopherim changed the text to read “him,” or, “it.” TLXXSyVg, “it.” See App 2B.
- ^ One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
- ^ “At it,” as corrected to read by the Sopherim, instead of “at me.” One of the Eighteen Emendations of the Sopherim. See App 2B.
- ^ See vs 12 ftn, “Jehovah.”
REFERENCES
- ^ 2Pe 1:21
- ^ De 7:6; 10:15; Is 41:8; Ro 11:28
- ^ Is 49:14
- ^ Ge 25:25
- ^ Ro 9:13
- ^ Ge 25:34; 27:41; Heb 12:16
- ^ Is 34:10; Je 49:20; Eze 25:13; 35:3; Jl 3:19; Ob 10
- ^ Is 34:13
- ^ Jb 12:14; Ps 127:1
- ^ Ps 137:7; Is 34:5; Ob 18
- ^ Ps 35:27
- ^ Ex 20:12; Mt 15:4; Mr 10:19; Eph 6:2
- ^ 1Ti 6:1; Ti 2:9
- ^ Ex 4:22
- ^ Is 1:2; Mt 6:9
- ^ Pr 8:13; 1Pe 2:17
- ^ Je 5:31; 23:11; Eze 22:26; Ho 4:6
- ^ Le 21:6
- ^ Eze 41:22; 1Co 10:21
- ^ 1Sa 2:17
- ^ Le 22:20; De 15:21
- ^ Ex 32:11; Je 26:19; Jl 1:13, 14
- ^ Jl 2:17
- ^ 2Ch 23:4
- ^ Je 6:13; Mc 3:11
- ^ Is 1:11; Je 6:20; 14:12; Am 5:21
- ^ Ps 113:3; Is 45:6; 59:19; Zc 14:16
- ^ Ps 66:15; Ro 12:1; Heb 13:15
- ^ Is 66:20; Jn 4:23
- ^ Ps 22:27; Zp 3:9; Mt 28:19; Re 15:4
- ^ Eze 22:26
- ^ Ml 1:7
- ^ Is 43:22; Mc 6:3
- ^ De 15:21; 17:1
- ^ Le 22:20; Is 1:13; Ml 2:13
- ^ Ac 5:3
- ^ Ps 47:2; Je 10:10; Da 9:4
- ^ Ps 76:12; Re 15:4
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