1	耶和華藉瑪拉基傳給以色列的默示。
			The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
		2	耶和華說：「我曾愛你們。」你們卻說：「你在何事上愛我們呢？」耶和華說：「以掃不是雅各的哥哥嗎？我卻愛雅各，
			I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
		3	惡以掃，使他的山嶺荒涼，把他的地業交給曠野的野狗。」
			And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
		4	以東人說：「我們現在雖被毀壞，卻要重建荒廢之處。」萬軍之耶和華如此說：「任他們建造，我必拆毀；人必稱他們的地為『罪惡之境』；稱他們的民為『耶和華永遠惱怒之民』。」
			Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
		5	你們必親眼看見，也必說：「願耶和華在以色列境界之外被尊為大！」
			And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.
		6	「藐視我名的祭司啊，萬軍之耶和華對你們說：兒子尊敬父親，僕人敬畏主人；我既為父親，尊敬我的在那裡呢？我既為主人，敬畏我的在那裡呢？你們卻說：『我們在何事上藐視你的名呢？』
			A son honoureth father, and a servant his master: if then I a father, where mine honour? and if I a master, where my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
		7	你們將污穢的食物獻在我的壇上，且說：『我們在何事上污穢你呢？』因你們說，耶和華的桌子是可藐視的。
			Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD contemptible.
		8	你們將瞎眼的獻為祭物，這不為惡嗎？將瘸腿的、有病的獻上，這不為惡嗎？你獻給你的省長，他豈喜悅你，豈能看你的情面嗎？這是萬軍之耶和華說的。
			And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
		9	「現在我勸你們懇求神，他好施恩與我們。這妄獻的事，既由你們經手，他豈能看你們的情面嗎？這是萬軍之耶和華說的。
			And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.
		10	甚願你們中間有一人關上殿門，免得你們徒然在我壇上燒火。萬軍之耶和華說：我不喜悅你們，也不從你們手中收納供物。
			Who even among you that would shut the doors ? neither do ye kindle on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
		11	萬軍之耶和華說：從日出之地到日落之處，我的名在外邦中必尊為大。在各處，人必奉我的名燒香，獻潔淨的供物，因為我的名在外邦中必尊為大。
			For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
		12	你們卻褻瀆我的名，說：『耶和華的桌子是污穢的，其上的食物是可藐視的。』
			But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD polluted; and the fruit thereof, his meat, contemptible.
		13	你們又說：『這些事何等煩瑣！』並嗤之以鼻。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。你們把搶奪的、瘸腿的、有病的拿來獻上為祭。我豈能從你們手中收納呢？這是耶和華說的。
			Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness ! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
		14	行詭詐的在群中有公羊，他許願卻用有殘疾的獻給主，這人是可咒詛的。因為我是大君王，我的名在外邦中是可畏的。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。
			But cursed the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name dreadful among the heathen.