Malachi · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Malachi 3 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Ιδού, εγώ αποστέλλω τον άγγελόν μου και θέλει κατασκευάσει την οδόν έμπροσθέν μου· και ο Κύριος, τον οποίον σεις ζητείτε, εξαίφνης θέλει ελθεί εις τον ναόν αυτού, ναι, ο άγγελος της διαθήκης, τον οποίον σεις θέλετε· ιδού, έρχεται, λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων.
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 Αλλά τις δύναται να υπομείνη την ημέραν της ελεύσεως αυτού; και τις δύναται να σταθή εις την παρουσίαν αυτού; διότι αυτός είναι ως πυρ χωνευτού και ως σμίγμα γναφέων.
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 Και θέλει καθήσει ως ο χωνεύων και καθαρίζων το αργύριον, και θέλει καθαρίσει τους υιούς του Λευΐ και θέλει στραγγίσει αυτούς ως το χρυσίον και το αργύριον, και θέλουσι προσφέρει εις τον Κύριον προσφοράν εν δικαιοσύνη.
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 Τότε η προσφορά του Ιούδα και της Ιερουσαλήμ θέλει είσθαι αρεστή εις τον Κύριον καθώς εν ταις ημέραις ταις αρχαίαις και καθώς εν τοις προλαβούσιν έτεσι.
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 Και θέλω πλησιάσει προς εσάς διά κρίσιν· και θέλω είσθαι μάρτυς σπεύδων εναντίον των μάγων και εναντίον των μοιχευόντων και εναντίον των επιόρκων και εναντίον των αποστερούντων τον μισθόν του μισθωτού, των καταδυναστευόντων την χήραν και τον ορφανόν, και των αδικούντων τον ξένον και των μη φοβουμένων με, λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων.
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 Διότι εγώ είμαι ο Κύριος· δεν αλλοιούμαι· διά τούτο σεις, οι υιοί του Ιακώβ, δεν απωλέσθητε.
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 Εκ των ημερών των πατέρων σας απεχωρίσθητε από των διαταγμάτων μου και δεν εφυλάξατε αυτά. Επιστρέψατε προς εμέ και θέλω επιστρέψει προς εσάς, λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων· πλην είπετε, Τίνι τρόπω θέλομεν επιστρέψει;
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 Μήπως θέλει κλέπτει ο άνθρωπος τον Θεόν; σεις όμως με εκλέπτετε· και λέγετε, Εις τι σε εκλέψαμεν; εις τα δέκατα και εις τας προσφοράς.
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 Σεις είσθε κατηραμένοι με κατάραν· διότι σεις με εκλέψατε, ναι, σεις, όλον το έθνος.
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 Φέρετε πάντα τα δέκατα εις την αποθήκην, διά να ήναι τροφή εις τον οίκόν μου· και δοκιμάσατέ με τώρα εις τούτο, λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων, εάν δεν σας ανοίξω τους καταρράκτας του ουρανού και εκχέω την ευλογίαν εις εσάς, ώστε να μη αρκή τόπος δι' αυτήν.
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 Και θέλω επιτιμήσει υπέρ υμών τον καταφθείροντα, και δεν θέλει φθείρει τους καρπούς της γης σας· ουδέ η άμπελός σας θέλει απορρίψει προ καιρού τον καρπόν αυτής εν τω αγρώ, λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων.
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 Και θέλουσι σας μακαρίζει πάντα τα έθνη· διότι σεις θέλετε είσθαι γη επιθυμητή, λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων.
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 Οι λόγοι σας ήσαν σκληροί εναντίον μου, λέγει ο Κύριος· και είπετε, Τι ελαλήσαμεν εναντίον σου;
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 Σεις είπετε, Μάταιον είναι να δουλεύη τις τον Θεόν· και, Τις η ωφέλεια ότι εφυλάξαμεν τα διατάγματα αυτού και ότι περιεπατήσαμεν πενθούντες ενώπιον του Κυρίου των δυνάμεων;
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 Και τώρα ημείς μακαρίζομεν τους υπερηφάνους· ναι, οι εργαζόμενοι την ανομίαν υψώθησαν, ναι, οι πειράζοντες τον Θεόν, και αυτοί εσώθησαν.
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 Τότε οι φοβούμενοι τον Κύριον ελάλουν προς αλλήλους· και ο Κύριος προσείχε και ήκουε και εγράφη βιβλίον ενθυμήσεως ενώπιον αυτού περί των φοβουμένων τον Κύριον και των ευλαβουμένων το όνομα αυτού·
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 και θέλουσιν είσθαι εμού, λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων, εν τη ημέρα εκείνη, όταν εγώ ετοιμάσω τα πολύτιμά μου· και θέλω σπλαγχνισθή αυτούς, καθώς σπλαγχνίζεται άνθρωπος τον υιόν αυτού, όστις δουλεύει αυτόν.
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 Τότε θέλετε επιστρέψει και διακρίνει μεταξύ δικαίου και ασεβούς, μεταξύ του δουλεύοντος τον Θεόν και του μη δουλεύοντος αυτόν.
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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