1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Malachi 1
1 Malachi complaineth of Israel's unkindness. 6 Of their irreligiousness, 12 and profaneness.
1:1
The oracle 4853b of the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 to Israel 3478 through 3027 Malachi 4401.
1:2
¶ “I have loved 157 you,” says 559 the LORD 3068. But you say 559, “How 4100 have You loved 157 us?” “[Was] not Esau 6215 Jacob’s 3290 brother 251?” declares 5002 the LORD 3068. “Yet I have loved 157 Jacob 3290;
1:3
but I have hated 8130 Esau 6215, and I have made 7760 his mountains 2022 a desolation 8077 and [appointed] his inheritance 5159 for the jackals 8565 of the wilderness 4057b.”
1:4
Though 3588 Edom 112b says 559, “We have been beaten 7567 down 7567, but we will return 7725 and build 1129 up the ruins 2723”; thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, “They may build 1129, but I will tear 2040 down 2040; and [men] will call 7121 them the wicked 7562 territory 1366, and the people 5971a toward whom 834 the LORD 3068 is indignant 2194 forever 5704 5769.”
1:5
Your eyes 5869 will see 7200 this and you will say 559, “The LORD 3068 be magnified 1431 beyond 4480 5921 the border 1366 of Israel 3478!”
1:6
¶ “ ‘A son 1121 honors 3513 [his] father 1, and a servant 5650 his master 113. Then if 518 I am a father 1, where 346 is My honor 3519b? And if 518 I am a master 113, where 346 is My respect 4172?’ says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 to you, O priests 3548 who despise 959 My name 8034. But you say 559, ‘How 4100 have we despised 959 Your name 8034?’
1:7
“[You] are presenting 5066 defiled 1351 food 3899 upon My altar 4196. But you say 559, ‘How 4100 have we defiled 1351 You?’ In that you say 559, ‘The table 7979 of the LORD 3068 is to be despised 959.’
1:8
“But when 3588 you present 5066 the blind 5787 for sacrifice 2076, is it not evil 7451a? And when 3588 you present 5066 the lame 6455 and sick 2470a, is it not evil 7451a? Why not offer 7126 it to your governor 6346? Would he be pleased 7521 with you? Or 176 would he receive 5375 6440 you kindly 6440?” says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.
1:9
“But now 6258 will you not entreat 2470b God’s 410 favor 6440, that He may be gracious 2603a to us? With such 2088 an offering on your part 3027, will He receive 5375 6440 any 4480 of you kindly 6440?” says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.
1:10
“Oh 4310 that there were one among you who would shut 5462 the gates 1817, that you might not uselessly 2600 kindle 215 [fire on] My altar 4196! I am not pleased 2656 with you,” says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, “nor 3808 will I accept 7521 an offering 4503 from you.
1:11
“For from the rising 4217 of the sun 8121 even 5704 to its setting 3996, My name 8034 [will be] great 1419 among the nations 1471, and in every 3605 place 4725 incense 4729b is going to be offered 5066 6999 to My name 8034, and a grain offering 4503 [that is] pure 2889; for My name 8034 [will be] great 1419 among the nations 1471,” says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.
1:12
“But you are profaning 2490c it, in that you say 559, ‘The table 7979 of the Lord 136 is defiled 1351, and as for its fruit 5204b, its food 400 is to be despised 959.’
1:13
“You also say 559, ‘My, how 4100 tiresome 8513 it is!’ And you disdainfully 5301 sniff 5301 at it,” says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, “and you bring 935 what was taken 1497 by robbery 1497 and [what is] lame 6455 or sick 2470a; so you bring 935 the offering 4503! Should I receive 7521 that from your hand 3027?” says 559 the LORD 3068.
1:14
“But cursed 779 be the swindler 5230 who has 3426 a male 2145 in his flock 5739 and vows 5087 it, but sacrifices 2076 a blemished 7843 animal 7843 to the Lord 136, for I am a great 1419 King 4428,” says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, “and My name 8034 is feared 3372a among the nations 1471.”
