| 1:1 | 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. |
| 1:2 | 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麼.我卻愛雅各、 | I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, |
| 1:3 | 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. |
| 1:4 | 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. |
| 1:5 | 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. |
| 1:6 | 藐視我名的祭司阿、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、尊敬我的在哪裏呢.我既為主人、敬畏我的在哪裏呢。你們卻說、我們在何事上藐視你的名呢。 | A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? |
| 1:7 | 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 is contemptible. |
| 1:8 | 你們將瞎眼的獻為祭物、這不為惡麼.將瘸腿的有病的獻上、這不為惡麼.你獻給你的省長、他豈喜悅你、豈能看你的情面麼.這是萬軍之耶和華說的。 | And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. |
| 1:9 | 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麼。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. |
| 1:10 | 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 is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire 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. |
| 1:11 | 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 shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. |
| 1:12 | 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 is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. |
| 1:13 | 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 is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. |
| 1:14 | 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 be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. |