玛1:1 以下是耶和华藉玛拉基对以色列宣判的话。
玛1:1 The word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.
玛1:2 耶和华说：“我爱你们。”你们却说：“你怎样爱了我们呢？”耶和华说：“以扫不是雅各的哥哥吗？我却爱雅各，
玛1:2 You have been loved by me, says the Lord. But you say, Where was your love for us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: but Jacob was loved by me,
玛1:3 恶以扫。我使以扫的山地荒凉，把他的产业给了旷野的豺狼。”
玛1:3 And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.
玛1:4 如果以东说：“我们虽然遭破坏，但仍要把废墟重建起来。”万军之耶和华这样说：“他们只管建造，我却要拆毁。人要称他们为罪恶的境地，为耶和华永远恼怒的子民。”
玛1:4 Though Edom says, We are crushed down but we will come back, building up the waste places; this is what the Lord of armies has said: They may put up buildings, but I will have them pulled down; and they will be named The land of evil-doing, and The people against whom the Lord keeps his wrath for ever.
玛1:5 你们要亲眼看见，也要亲自说：“耶和华在以色列的境地以外，必被尊为大。”
玛1:5 And your eyes will see it; and you will say, The Lord is great even outside the limits of Israel.
玛1:6 万军之耶和华对你们说：“藐视我名的祭司啊！儿子尊敬父亲，仆人敬畏主人。我若是父亲，我该受的尊敬在哪里呢？我若是主人，我应得的敬畏在哪里呢？”你们却说：“我们怎样藐视了你的名呢？”
玛1:6 A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?
玛1:7 “你们把污秽的食物献在我的坛上，你们竟说：‘我们怎样污秽了你的坛呢？’因你们以为耶和华的桌子是可以藐视的。”
玛1:7 You put unclean bread on my altar. And you say, How have we made it unclean? By your saying, The table of the Lord is of no value.
玛1:8 万军之耶和华说：“你们把瞎眼的献为祭，这不是恶吗？你们把瘸腿的和有病的献上，这不是罪吗？你把这样的礼物献给你的省长，他会喜欢你或是悦纳你的礼物吗？”
玛1:8 And when you give what is blind for an offering, it is no evil! and when you give what is damaged and ill, it is no evil! Give it now to your ruler; will he be pleased with you, or will you have his approval? says the Lord of armies.
玛1:9 现在，你们要向 神求情，好使他恩待我们。这污秽的祭物，既是你们经手献的，他还能悦纳你们吗？万军之耶和华说：
玛1:9 And now, make request for the grace of God so that he may have mercy on us: this has been your doing: will he give his approval to any of you? says the Lord of armies.
玛1:10 “真愿你们当中有人把殿门关上，免得你们在我的坛上徒然点火。”万军之耶和华说：“我不喜欢你们，也不从你们手中收纳礼物。”
玛1:10 If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands.
玛1:11 万军之耶和华说：“从日出到日落的地方，我的名在列国中为大；在各处都有人向我的名烧香，献上洁净的礼物，因为我的名在列国中为大。”
玛1:11 For, from the coming up of the sun till its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place the smell of burning flesh is offered to my name, and a clean offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of armies.
玛1:12 万军之耶和华说：“你们却亵渎了我，因你们以为主的桌子是污秽的，桌上的食物也是可藐视的。
玛1:12 But you make it unholy by saying, The Lord's table has become unclean, and his food is of no value.
玛1:13 你们又说：‘唉，真麻烦！’你们就嗤之以鼻。”耶和华说：“你们把抢来的、瘸腿的和有病的带来作礼物，我怎能从你们的手中收受呢？”
玛1:13 And you say, See, what a weariness it is! and you let out your breath at it, says the Lord of armies; and you have given what has been cut about by beasts, and what is damaged in its feet and ill; this is the offering you give: will this be pleasing to me from your hands? says the Lord.
玛1:14 万军之耶和华说：“凡以家畜中公的许了愿，却又诡诈地拿有残疾的献给主，那人当受咒诅；因为我是大君王，我的名在列国中是可敬畏的。”
玛1:14 A curse on the false man who has a male in his flock, and takes his oath, and gives to the Lord a damaged thing: for I am a great King, says the Lord of armies, and my name is to be feared among the Gentiles.