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Malachi 3 Majority Standard Bible
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1 “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
1 HE aquí, yo envío mi mensajero, el cual preparará el camino delante de mí: y luego vendrá á su templo el Señor á quien vosotros buscáis, y el ángel del pacto, á quien deseáis vosotros. He aquí viene, ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos.
1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me! The Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. Behold, the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, is coming!” says Yahweh of Armies.
2 But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
2 ¿Y quién podrá sufrir el tiempo de su venida? ó ¿quién podrá estar cuando él se mostrará? Porque él es como fuego purificador, y como jabón de lavadores.
2 “But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap;
3 And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
3 Y sentarse ha para afinar y limpiar la plata: porque limpiará los hijos de Leví, los afinará como á oro y como á plata; y ofrecerán á Jehová ofrenda con justicia.
3 and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
4 Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.
4 Y será suave á Jehová la ofrenda de Judá y de Jerusalem, como en los días pasados, y como en los años antiguos.
4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to Yahweh as in the days of old and as in ancient years.
5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
5 Y llegarme he á vosotros á juicio; y seré pronto testigo contra los hechiceros y adúlteros; y contra los que juran mentira, y los que detienen el salario del jornalero, de la viuda, y del huérfano, y los que hacen agravio al extranjero, no teniendo temor de mí, dice Jehová de los ejércitos.
5 I will come near to you to judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.
6 “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
6 Porque yo Jehová, no me mudo; y así vosotros, hijos de Jacob, no habéis sido consumidos.
6 “For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
7 Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
7 Desde los días de vuestros padres os habéis apartado de mis leyes, y no las guardasteis. Tornaos á mí, y yo me tornaré á vosotros, ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos. Mas dijisteis: ¿En qué hemos de tornar?
7 From the days of your fathers you have turned away from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of Armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
8 Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
8 ¿Robará el hombre á Dios? Pues vosotros me habéis robado. Y dijisteis: ¿En qué te hemos robado? Los diezmos y las primicias.
8 Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.
9 You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
9 Malditos sois con maldición, porque vosotros, la nación toda, me habéis robado.
9 You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
10 Traed todos los diezmos al alfolí, y haya alimento en mi casa; y probadme ahora en esto, dice Jehová de los ejércitos, si no os abriré las ventanas de los cielos, y vaciaré sobre vosotros bendición hasta que sobreabunde.
10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be enough room for.
11 I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.
11 Increparé también por vosotros al devorador, y no os corromperá el fruto de la tierra; ni vuestra vid en el campo abortará, dice Jehová de los ejércitos.
11 I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field,” says Yahweh of Armies.
12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
12 Y todas las gentes os dirán bienaventurados; porque seréis tierra deseable, dice Jehová de los ejércitos.
12 “All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of Armies.
13 “Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
13 Vuestras palabras han prevalecido contra mí, dice Jehová. Y dijisteis: ¿Qué hemos hablado contra ti?
13 “Your words have been harsh against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’
14 You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
14 Habéis dicho: Por demás es servir á Dios; ¿y qué aprovecha que guardemos su ley, y que andemos tristes delante de Jehová de los ejércitos?
14 You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God,’ and ‘What profit is it that we have followed his instructions and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?
15 So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
15 Decimos pues ahora, que bienaventurados los soberbios, y también que los que hacen impiedad son los prosperados: bien que tentaron á Dios, escaparon.
15 Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
16 At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
16 Entonces los que temen á Jehová hablaron cada uno á su compañero; y Jehová escuchó y oyó, y fué escrito libro de memoria delante de él para los que temen á Jehová, y para los que piensan en su nombre.
16 Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened and heard, and a book of memory was written before him for those who feared Yahweh and who honored his name.
17 “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
17 Y serán para mí especial tesoro, ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, en el día que yo tengo de hacer: y perdonarélos como el hombre que perdona á su hijo que le sirve.
17 They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make. I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
18 So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
18 Entonces os tornaréis, y echaréis de ver la diferencia entre el justo y el malo, entre el que sirve á Dios y el que no le sirve.
18 Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Malachi 4:5; Luke 1:76; Mark 1:2–3; Isaiah 63:9; Luke 7:26–28
- 2 Zechariah 13:9; Isaiah 4:4; 1 Corinthians 3:13–15; 1 Peter 2:7–8; Revelation 6:17
- 3 Isaiah 1:25; Proverbs 17:3; Zechariah 13:9; Hebrews 12:10; Daniel 12:10
- 4 2 Chronicles 7:1–3; Isaiah 56:7; Zechariah 8:3; Ezekiel 43:26–27; Jeremiah 30:18–20
- 5 James 5:8–9; Hebrews 13:4; Deuteronomy 5:11; James 5:4; Deuteronomy 27:19
- 6 Numbers 23:19; Hebrews 13:8; James 1:17; Lamentations 3:22–23; Jeremiah 32:27
- 7 Zechariah 1:3; Romans 10:21; James 4:8; Romans 10:3; Deuteronomy 31:20
- 8 Proverbs 3:9–10; Matthew 22:21; Mark 12:17; Psalm 29:2; Malachi 1:13
- 9 Deuteronomy 28:15–19; Malachi 2:2; Haggai 2:14–17; Haggai 1:6–11; Joshua 22:20
- 10 2 Corinthians 9:6–8; Matthew 6:33; Proverbs 3:9–10; Psalm 37:3; Deuteronomy 28:12
- 11 Deuteronomy 11:14; Joel 2:22; Zechariah 8:12; Joel 1:4; Amos 7:1–3
- 12 Isaiah 61:9; Isaiah 62:4; Zechariah 8:23; Luke 1:48; Jeremiah 33:9
- 13 Malachi 2:17; Isaiah 37:23; Romans 9:20; Malachi 1:6–8; 2 Thessalonians 2:4
- 14 Isaiah 58:3; Psalm 73:8–13; Zephaniah 1:12; Job 35:3; Zechariah 7:3–6
- 15 Jeremiah 12:1–2; Job 21:7–15; Malachi 4:1; Malachi 2:17; Job 22:23
- 16 Psalm 56:8; Revelation 20:12; Malachi 4:2; Revelation 15:4; Isaiah 26:3
- 17 Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 7:6; 2 Corinthians 6:18; Isaiah 62:3–4; 1 Peter 2:9
- 18 Matthew 25:46; Genesis 18:25; Psalm 58:10–11; Joshua 24:15; Malachi 3:14–15
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