Malachi · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Malachi 2 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
1 «Ahora, sacerdotes, esta orden es para ustedes.
1 “Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
2 Si no escuchan ni toman en serio la honra de mi nombre», dice el Señor de los ejércitos, «enviaré sobre ustedes una maldición y maldeciré su bendición. De hecho, ya la he maldecido, porque no lo toman en serio.
2 If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says Yahweh of Armies, “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.
3 Haré que les corten el brazo y les echaré estiércol en la cara, el estiércol de sus fiestas. Y serán llevados fuera junto con él.
3 Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
4 Entonces sabrán que les he enviado esta orden para que sea mi pacto con Leví», dice el Señor de los ejércitos.
4 You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.
5 «Por mi parte, mi pacto con él era de vida y paz, y yo se las di. Por su parte, él debía temerme. Me temía y honraba mi nombre.
5 “My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
6 Enseñaba la verdad, y no se encontraba maldad en sus palabras. Caminaba conmigo en paz y justicia, y apartaba a muchos de la maldad.
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
7 Los labios del sacerdote deben conservar el conocimiento, y la gente debe esperar de su boca la enseñanza de la ley, porque él es el siervo enviado por el Señor de los ejércitos.
7 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.
8 Pero ustedes se han apartado del camino. Han hecho difícil la ley para muchos y han quitado todo valor al pacto con Leví», dice el Señor de los ejércitos.
8 But you have turned away from the path. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.
9 «Por eso les he quitado la honra y los he humillado ante todo el pueblo. No han seguido mis caminos ni me han tenido en cuenta al aplicar la ley».
9 “Therefore I have also made you contemptible and wicked before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
10 ¿No tenemos todos un mismo padre? ¿No nos ha creado un mismo Dios? ¿Por qué somos desleales unos con otros y deshonramos el pacto de nuestros antepasados?
10 Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
11 Judá ha sido desleal, y en Jerusalén se ha cometido algo repugnante. Judá ha hecho impuro el lugar santo del Señor, que él ama, y se ha casado con la hija de un dios extranjero.
11 Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
12 El Señor eliminará por completo de las tiendas de Jacob al hombre que haga esto, y al que presente una ofrenda al Señor de los ejércitos.
12 Yahweh will cut off the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of Armies.
13 También hacen esto: cubren el altar del Señor con llanto y dolor, de modo que él ya no presta atención a la ofrenda ni la acepta con agrado de sus manos.
13 “This again you do: you cover Yahweh’s altar with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn’t regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.
14 Pero ustedes preguntan: «¿Por qué?». Porque el Señor ha sido testigo entre tú y la esposa de tu juventud, a quien has sido infiel, aunque ella es tu compañera y la esposa a quien diste tu palabra.
14 Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.
15 Nadie que tuviera todavía algo de espíritu ha hecho eso. ¿Y qué busca ese hombre? Una descendencia que venga de Dios. Por eso, cuiden su espíritu y que nadie sea infiel a la esposa de su juventud.
15 Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 «Estoy en contra de que un hombre se divorcie de su esposa», dice el Señor, el Dios de Israel, «y de quien se viste de violencia», dice el Señor de los ejércitos. «Por eso, cuiden su espíritu y no actúen con deslealtad».
16 One who hates and divorces”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore pay attention to your spirit, that you don’t be unfaithful.
17 Han cansado al Señor con sus palabras, y aun así preguntan: «¿Cómo lo hemos cansado?». Al decir: «Todo el que hace el mal es bueno a los ojos del Señor, y él se complace en ellos». O al preguntar: «¿Dónde está Dios, el juez?».
17 You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in Yahweh’s sight, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hosea 5:1; Jeremiah 13:13; Malachi 1:6; Lamentations 4:13
- 2 Luke 17:18; Revelation 14:7; Psalm 81:11–12; Psalm 69:22; 1 Peter 4:11
- 3 Nahum 3:6; Malachi 2:9; Joel 1:17; 1 Kings 14:10; Exodus 29:14
- 4 Numbers 3:12; Ezekiel 38:23; Ezekiel 44:9–16; Luke 10:11; Matthew 3:12
- 5 Numbers 25:12–13; Ezekiel 37:26; Ezekiel 34:25; Numbers 16:9–10; Exodus 32:26–29
- 6 Daniel 12:3; 2 Timothy 2:15–16; Revelation 14:5; Jeremiah 23:22; James 5:19–20
- 7 2 Timothy 2:24–25; Leviticus 10:11; Deuteronomy 21:5; 2 Corinthians 5:20; 1 Thessalonians 4:8
- 8 Nehemiah 13:29; Jeremiah 18:15; Jeremiah 17:5; Ezekiel 44:10; Isaiah 30:11
- 9 Deuteronomy 1:17; 1 Samuel 2:30; Luke 11:42; Galatians 2:6; Matthew 19:17–18
- 10 Psalm 100:3; Malachi 2:11; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 4:6; Isaiah 63:16
- 11 2 Corinthians 6:14–18; Ezra 9:1–2; 1 Kings 11:1–8; Deuteronomy 7:3–6; Nehemiah 13:23–29
- 12 Malachi 2:10; Ezra 10:18–19; 1 Samuel 15:22–23; Leviticus 20:3; Numbers 15:30–31
- 13 Isaiah 1:11–15; Jeremiah 14:12; Psalm 78:34–37; 2 Samuel 13:19–20; Deuteronomy 15:9
- 14 Malachi 2:15; Ecclesiastes 9:9; Isaiah 54:6; Genesis 31:50; Malachi 3:5
- 15 Matthew 19:4–6; Mark 10:6–8; Malachi 2:14; Genesis 2:20–24; Genesis 1:27
- 16 Matthew 19:3–9; Matthew 5:31–32; Mark 10:2–12; Luke 16:18; Proverbs 28:13
- 17 Isaiah 43:24; 2 Peter 3:3–4; Zephaniah 1:12; Isaiah 30:18; Ecclesiastes 8:11
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For the Priest's lips shall keep knowledge, and they shall seek the law at His mouth: for He is the Angel of the Lord Almighty." Nor is it to be wondered at that Christ Jesus is called the Angel of the Almighty God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Touching whom also the prophet saith, "Ye covered my altar with tears." Christ is not willing to be fed by covetousness, He accepts not this food.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For he had previously cited some similar expressions of those who said, "Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and such are pleasing to Him." It was, I say, by understanding the law of Moses carnally that they had come to murmur thus against God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)