Malachi · Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Malachi 2 Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
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1 »Oigan, ustedes sacerdotes, esta advertencia:
1 “Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
2 Si no cambian su conducta y le dan la importancia que merece mi gran fama, yo enviaré un castigo terrible sobre ustedes, y en vez de darles bendición, como me gustaría hacerlo, me volveré contra ustedes con toda clase de males. Por cierto, ya los he maldecido, porque ustedes no han tomado en serio las cosas que para mí son importantes, dice el Señor.
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 »Tengan en cuenta que cortaré su descendencia y arrojaré contra sus rostros los excrementos de estos animales que me ofrecen, y los echaré a ustedes fuera como si fueran basura.
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 al fin sabrán que fui yo quien les dio la advertencia de que debían vivir guiándose en las instrucciones que di a su padre Leví. Lo digo yo, el Señor Todopoderoso.
4 You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.
5 El propósito del convenio que hice con él era proporcionarle una vida próspera y paz. Le di mis instrucciones para que aprendiera a respetarme, y él me obedeció y tuvo en muy alta estima mi gran fama.
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 Él dio a conocer al pueblo todas las enseñanzas verdaderas que yo le había dado. Nunca intentó engañar a la gente; caminó de acuerdo a mi voluntad y consejos, vivió una vida buena y practicando la justicia, e hizo que muchos abandonaran su vida de 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 sacerdotes deberían encargarse de dar a conocer al pueblo mis instrucciones, y estar siempre dispuestos a enseñar las cosas buenas que yo quiero mi pueblo realice. ¡Ellos son los mensajeros del Señor Todopoderoso!
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 en realidad han hecho lo contrario, con sus malos consejos y ejemplos han hecho que muchos se descarríen y hagan muchas cosas malas. Ustedes han hecho que el convenio que hice con Leví no valga nada. Lo digo yo, el Señor Todopoderoso.
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 yo los he hecho despreciables a los ojos de todo el pueblo, porque no me han obedecido, y no han aplicado la ley en forma equitativa para todos».
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 ¿Acaso no tenemos todos un mismo padre? ¿No fuimos todos creados por el mismo Dios? Sin embargo, hemos actuado deslealmente unos con otros, pues no le damos la mínima atención al convenio que hicieron nuestros antepasados con el Señor.
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 En Judá, en Israel y en Jerusalén hay traición, porque los hombres de Judá han contaminado el santo templo del Señor que él tanto ama, al haberse ellos casado con mujeres paganas que adoran ídolos.
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 ¡Ojalá el Señor Todopoderoso expulse de su pueblo hasta el último hombre que haya hecho esto, así sea alguien que crea muy santo y le presenta ofrendas!
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 Además ustedes bañan el altar con sus lágrimas porque el Señor no hace caso ya de sus ofrendas, y ustedes no reciben más su bendición.
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 Y todavía se atreven a preguntar: «¿Por qué nos ha abandonado Dios?». Les diré por qué: Porque el Señor ha visto que ustedes no han cumplido su compromiso con aquellas mujeres con quienes se casaron cuando eran jóvenes.
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 Fueron unidos a sus esposas por el Señor. Dios, en su sabiduría, hizo que los dos llegaran a ser como una sola existencia delante de sus ojos cuando se casaron. ¿Qué es lo que él quiere? Hijos piadosos, producto de su unión. Por eso, ¡tengan cuidado de no ser infieles 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 Porque el Señor, el Dios de Israel, dice que odia el divorcio y a los hombres crueles. Por eso, ¡tengan cuidado, no cometan ningún tipo de traición!
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 Ustedes han cansado al Señor con sus palabras, y todavía se atreven a preguntar «¿Cómo lo hemos cansado?». ¡Pues cuando dicen que el Señor se alegra con los que actúan mal, y que es injusto!
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
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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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)