Malachi · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Malachi 1 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 ΛΗΜΜΑ λόγου Κυρίου ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν χειρὶ ἀγγέλου αὐτοῦ, θέσθε δὴ ἐπὶ τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν.
1 A revelation, Yahweh’s word to Israel by Malachi.
2 Ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς, λέγει Κύριος· καὶ εἴπατε, ἐν τίνι ἠγάπησας ἡμᾶς; οὐκ ἀδελφὸς ἦν Ἠσαῦ τοῦ Ἰακὼβ, λέγει Κύριος, καὶ ἠγάπησα τὸν Ἰακὼβ,
2 “I have loved you,” says Yahweh. Yet you say, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says Yahweh, “Yet I loved Jacob;
3 τὸν δὲ Ἠσαῦ ἐμίσησα, καὶ ἔταξα τὰ ὅρια αὐτοῦ εἰς ἀφανισμὸν, καὶ τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ εἰς δώματα ἐρήμου;
3 but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.”
4 Διότι ἐρεῖ, ἡ Ἰδουμαία κατέστραπται, καὶ ἐπιστρέψωμεν, καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσωμεν τὰς ἐρήμους· τάδε λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, αὐτοὶ οἰκοδομήσουσι, καὶ ἐγὼ καταστρέψω· καὶ ἐπικληθήσεται αὐτοῖς ὅρια ἀνομίας, καὶ λαὸς ἐφʼ ὃν παρατέτακται Κύριος ἕως αἰῶνος.
4 Whereas Edom says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places,” Yahweh of Armies says, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them ‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom Yahweh shows wrath forever.”
5 Καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὑμῶν ὄψονται, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐρεῖτε, ἐμεγαλύνθη Κύριος ὑπεράνω τῶν ὁρίων τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
5 Your eyes will see, and you will say, “Yahweh is great—even beyond the border of Israel!”
6 Υἱὸς δοξάζει πατέρα, καὶ δοῦλος τὸν κύριον ἑαυτοῦ. καὶ εἰ πατήρ εἰμι ἐγὼ, ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ δόξα μου; καὶ εἰ Κύριός εἰμι ἐγὼ, ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ φόβος μου; λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ· ὑμεῖς οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ φαυλίζοντες τὸ ὄνομά μου, καὶ εἴπατε, ἐν τίνι ἐφαυλίσαμεν τὸ ὄνομά σου;
6 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says Yahweh of Armies to you priests who despise my name. “You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’
7 Προσάγοντες πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριόν μου ἄρτους ἠλισγημένους, καὶ εἴπατε, ἐν τίνι ἠλισγήσαμεν αὐτούς; ἐν τῷ λέγειν ὑμᾶς, τράπεζα Κυρίου ἠλισγημένη ἐστί, καὶ τὰ ἐπιτιθέμενα ἐξουδενώσατε.
7 You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is contemptible.’
8 Διότι ἐὰν προσαγάγητε τυφλὸν εἰς θυσίας, οὐ κακόν; καὶ ἐὰν προσαγάγητε χωλὸν ἢ ἄῤῥωστον, οὐ κακόν; προσάγαγε δὴ αὐτὸ τῷ ἡγουμένῳ σου, εἰ προσδέξεταί σε, εἰ λήψεται πρόσωπόν σου, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ.
8 When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn’t that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn’t that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?” says Yahweh of Armies.
9 Καὶ νῦν ἐξιλάσκεσθε τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν, καὶ δεήθητε αὐτοῦ. Ἐν χερσὶν ὑμῶν γέγονε ταῦτα, εἰ λήψομαι ἐξ ὑμῶν πρόσωπα ὑμῶν; λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ.
9 “Now, please entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?” says Yahweh of Armies.
10 Διότι καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν συγκλεισθήσονται θύραι, καὶ οὐκ ἀνάψεται τὸ θυσιαστήριόν μου δωρεάν· οὐκ ἔστι μου θέλημα ἐν ὑμῖν, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, καὶ θυσίαν οὐ προσδέξομαι ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν.
10 “Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
11 Διότι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν ἡλίου καὶ ἕως δυσμῶν τὸ ὄνομά μου δεδόξασται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ θυμίαμα προσάγεται τῷ ὀνόματὶ μου, καὶ θυσία καθαρά· διότι μέγα τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ.
11 For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering; for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.
12 Ὑμεῖς δὲ βεβηλοῦτε αὐτὸ ἐν τῷ λέγειν ὑμᾶς, τράπεζα Κυρίου ἠλισγημένη ἐστὶ, καὶ τὰ ἐπιτιθέμενα ἐξουδένωται βρώματα αὐτοῦ·
12 “But you profane it when you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’
13 Καὶ εἴπατε, ταῦτα ἐν κακοπαθείας ἐστί. καὶ ἐξεφύσησα αὐτὰ, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ· καὶ εἰσεφέρετε ἁρπάγματα, καὶ τὰ χωλὰ, καὶ τὰ ἐνοχλούμενα· καὶ ἐὰν φέρητε τὴν θυσίαν, εἰ προσδέξομαι αὐτὰ ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν; λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ.
13 You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ And you have sniffed at it”, says Yahweh of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says Yahweh.
14 Καὶ ἐπικατάρατος, ὃς ἦν δυνατὸς, καὶ ὑπῆρχεν ἐν τῷ ποιμνίῳ αὐτοῦ ἄρσεν, καὶ εὐχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ, καὶ θύει διεφθαρμένον τῷ Κυρίῳ· διότι βασιλεὺς μέγας ἐγώ εἰμι, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, καὶ τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπιφανὲς ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι.
14 “But the deceiver is cursed who has in his flock a male, and vows and sacrifices to the Lord a defective thing; for I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”
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Malachi
The prophet through whom the word of the LORD came to Israel; the name may mean 'my messenger'.
Cited in the guide: Malachi 1:1
Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Habakkuk 1:1; Isaiah 13:1; Nahum 1:1; Zechariah 9:1; Zechariah 12:1
- 2 Jeremiah 31:3; Isaiah 41:8–9; Deuteronomy 10:15; Romans 9:10–13; Malachi 3:7–8
- 3 Obadiah 10; Joel 3:19; Ezekiel 35:3–4; Jeremiah 49:16–18; Ezekiel 36:14–15
- 4 Ezekiel 25:14; Ezekiel 35:9; Isaiah 10:15–16; Isaiah 9:9–10; Isaiah 11:14
- 5 Luke 10:23–24; Deuteronomy 11:7; Psalm 58:10–11; Ezekiel 38:16; Psalm 35:26–27
- 6 Luke 6:46; Isaiah 1:2; John 13:13–17; Exodus 20:12; 1 Peter 2:17–19
- 7 Malachi 1:12; 1 Corinthians 11:27–32; 1 Corinthians 10:21; Malachi 1:8; 1 Samuel 2:15–17
- 8 Deuteronomy 15:21; Leviticus 22:19–25; Hosea 8:13; Jeremiah 14:10; Malachi 1:13–14
- 9 John 9:31; 1 Peter 1:17; Jeremiah 27:18; Exodus 32:11; 2 Chronicles 30:27
- 10 1 Peter 5:2; Jeremiah 6:20; Amos 5:21–24; Hosea 5:6; Micah 3:11
- 11 Isaiah 45:6; Isaiah 54:5; Hebrews 13:15–16; Matthew 28:19; Zechariah 8:7
- 12 Malachi 1:6–8; Malachi 1:13; Numbers 11:4–8; Malachi 2:8; Amos 2:7
- 13 Micah 6:3; Mark 14:37–38; Malachi 1:7–8; Leviticus 22:19–23; Isaiah 43:22–23
- 14 Acts 5:1–10; Ecclesiastes 5:4–5; 2 Corinthians 8:12; Luke 12:46; Psalm 76:12
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… the rising of the sun, unto the going down [of the same], My name is glorified among the Gentiles, and in every place incense is offered to My name, and a pure sacrifice; for great is My name among the Gentiles, saith the Lord Omnipotent;" --indicating in the plainest manner, by these words, that the former people [the Jews] shall …
… even to the going down of the sun, my name is great among the nations; and in every place sacrifice shall be made, and a pure oblation shall be offered unto my name: for my name shall be great among the nations, saith the Lord." Since we can already see this sacrifice offered to God in every place, from the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Agreeably to which the prophet also said to the Jews, I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord Almighty; and immediately afterwards, For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, My name is glorified among the Gentiles.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
"A son," it is said, "honoureth his father, and a servant his master." Of these two the one, the servile, is given by the creature; the other, which may be called the intimate, is fulfilled by the Spirit.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
This surely is that pure and bloodless sacrifice which the Lord through the prophet said is offered to Him from the rising to the setting of the sun.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)