1 Διότι, ιδού, έρχεται ημέρα, ήτις θέλει καίει ως κλίβανος· και πάντες οι υπερήφανοι και πάντες οι πράττοντες ασέβειαν θέλουσιν είσθαι άχυρον· και η ημέρα η ερχομένη θέλει κατακαύσει αυτούς, λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων, ώστε δεν θέλει αφήσει εις αυτούς ρίζαν και κλάδον. 2 Εις εσάς όμως τους φοβουμένους το όνομά μου θέλει ανατείλει ο ήλιος της δικαιοσύνης με ίασιν εν ταις πτέρυξιν αυτού· και θέλετε εξέλθει, και σκιρτήσει ως μοσχάρια της φάτνης. 3 Και θέλετε καταπατήσει τους ασεβείς· διότι αυτοί θέλουσιν είσθαι σποδός υπό τα ίχνη των ποδών σας, καθ' ην ημέραν εγώ κάμω τούτο, λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων. 4 Ευθυμείσθε τον νόμον του Μωϋσέως του δούλου μου, τον οποίον προσέταξα εις αυτόν εν Χωρήβ διά πάντα τον Ισραήλ, τα διατάγματα και τας κρίσεις. 5 Ιδού, εγώ θέλω αποστείλει προς εσάς Ηλίαν τον προφήτην, πριν έλθη η ημέρα του Κυρίου η μεγάλη και επιφανής· 6 και αυτός θέλει επιστρέψει την καρδίαν των πατέρων προς τα τέκνα και την καρδίαν των τέκνων προς τους πατέρας αυτών, μήποτε έλθω και πατάξω την γην με ανάθεμα.
Malachi · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Malachi 4 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).
Cross references (6)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 Peter 3:7; Malachi 3:2; Isaiah 47:14; Isaiah 5:24
- 2 Jeremiah 33:6; Psalm 84:11; Isaiah 30:26; Luke 1:78; John 8:12
- 3 Job 40:12; Romans 16:20; Micah 7:10; Zechariah 10:5; Malachi 3:17
- 4 Deuteronomy 4:10; James 2:9–13; Galatians 5:24–25; Romans 3:31; Luke 16:29–31
- 5 Luke 1:17; Matthew 17:10–13; Mark 9:11–13; Matthew 11:13–14; Malachi 3:1
- 6 Luke 1:16–17; Isaiah 11:4; Hebrews 10:26–31; Matthew 23:35–38; Daniel 9:11
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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).
How these were chosen
“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).
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)