Malaquías · Versión Estándar Americana (1901)
Malaquías 3 Versión Estándar Americana (1901)
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1 Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.
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 abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
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, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness.
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 shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.
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 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
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 For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
6 “For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
7 From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?
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 ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
8 Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
9 You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough [to receive it].
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 And 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 the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.
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 And all nations shall call you happy; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.
12 “All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of Armies.
13 Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?
13 “Your words have been harsh against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’
14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
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 and now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.
15 Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
16 Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.
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 And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, [even] mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
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 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
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.
Referencias cruzadas (18)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Malaquías 4:5; Lucas 1:76; Marcos 1:2–3; Isaías 63:9; Lucas 7:26–28
- 2 Zacarías 13:9; Isaías 4:4; 1 Corintios 3:13–15; 1 Pedro 2:7–8; Apocalipsis 6:17
- 3 Isaías 1:25; Proverbios 17:3; Zacarías 13:9; Hebreos 12:10; Daniel 12:10
- 4 2 Crónicas 7:1–3; Isaías 56:7; Zacarías 8:3; Ezequiel 43:26–27; Jeremías 30:18–20
- 5 Santiago 5:8–9; Hebreos 13:4; Deuteronomio 5:11; Santiago 5:4; Deuteronomio 27:19
- 6 Números 23:19; Hebreos 13:8; Santiago 1:17; Lamentaciones 3:22–23; Jeremías 32:27
- 7 Zacarías 1:3; Romanos 10:21; Santiago 4:8; Romanos 10:3; Deuteronomio 31:20
- 8 Proverbios 3:9–10; Mateo 22:21; Marcos 12:17; Salmo 29:2; Malaquías 1:13
- 9 Deuteronomio 28:15–19; Malaquías 2:2; Hageo 2:14–17; Hageo 1:6–11; Josué 22:20
- 10 2 Corintios 9:6–8; Mateo 6:33; Proverbios 3:9–10; Salmo 37:3; Deuteronomio 28:12
- 11 Deuteronomio 11:14; Joel 2:22; Zacarías 8:12; Joel 1:4; Amós 7:1–3
- 12 Isaías 61:9; Isaías 62:4; Zacarías 8:23; Lucas 1:48; Jeremías 33:9
- 13 Malaquías 2:17; Isaías 37:23; Romanos 9:20; Malaquías 1:6–8; 2 Tesalonicenses 2:4
- 14 Isaías 58:3; Salmo 73:8–13; Sofonías 1:12; Job 35:3; Zacarías 7:3–6
- 15 Jeremías 12:1–2; Job 21:7–15; Malaquías 4:1; Malaquías 2:17; Job 22:23
- 16 Salmo 56:8; Apocalipsis 20:12; Malaquías 4:2; Apocalipsis 15:4; Isaías 26:3
- 17 Éxodo 19:5; Deuteronomio 7:6; 2 Corintios 6:18; Isaías 62:3–4; 1 Pedro 2:9
- 18 Mateo 25:46; Génesis 18:25; Salmo 58:10–11; Josué 24:15; Malaquías 3:14–15
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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