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Malachi

Chapter 3
1
Phonetic (Hebrew): hineni֤y shsholecha֙ male'aki֔y upinּah-de֖reke lepana֑y upite'om֩ yab֨o 'el-heykal֜o ha'ad֣on ׀ 'ashsher-'atּe֣m mebaqeshshi֗ym umale'a֨ke habּeri֜yt 'ashsher-'atּe֤m chapetziym֙ hinּeh-ba֔ 'ama֖r yehva֥h tzeba'ֽot׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Behold, I will send [1] My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, He shall come," says the LORD of hosts.

הִנְנִ֤י שֹׁלֵחַ֙ מַלְאָכִ֔י וּפִנָּה־דֶ֖רֶךְ לְפָנָ֑י וּפִתְאֹם֩ יָב֨וֹא אֶל־הֵיכָל֜וֹ הָאָד֣וֹן ׀ אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֣ם מְבַקְשִׁ֗ים וּמַלְאַ֨ךְ הַבְּרִ֜ית אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֤ם חֲפֵצִים֙ הִנֵּה־בָ֔א אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

2
Phonetic (Hebrew): umi֤y mekalekּel֙ 'et-y֣om bּo'֔o umi֥y ha'ome֖d bּeheraֽ'ot֑o kּiֽy-hu'֙ kּe'e֣shsh metzare֔p ukebori֖yt mekabּesiֽym׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"But who may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when He appears? for He is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:"

וּמִ֤י מְכַלְכֵּל֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם בּוֹא֔וֹ וּמִ֥י הָעֹמֵ֖ד בְּהֵרָֽאוֹת֑וֹ כִּֽי־הוּא֙ כְּאֵ֣שׁ מְצָרֵ֔ף וּכְבֹרִ֖ית מְכַבְּסִֽים׃

3
Phonetic (Hebrew): veyashsha֨b metzare֤p umetaher֙ kּe֔sep vetiha֤r 'et-bּeneֽy-leviy֙ veziqּa֣q 'ota֔m kּazּaha֖b vekakּa֑sep vehayu֙ laֽyhva֔h magּiyshshe֥y minecha֖h bּitzedaqaֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness."

וְיָשַׁ֨ב מְצָרֵ֤ף וּמְטַהֵר֙ כֶּ֔סֶף וְטִהַ֤ר אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־לֵוִי֙ וְזִקַּ֣ק אֹתָ֔ם כַּזָּהָ֖ב וְכַכָּ֑סֶף וְהָיוּ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה מַגִּישֵׁ֥י מִנְחָ֖ה בִּצְדָקָֽה׃

4
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve'aֽrebah֙ laֽyhva֔h minecha֥t yehuda֖h viyrֽushshala֑im kּiyme֣y 'ola֔m ukeshshani֖ym qademoniyּֽot׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years."

וְעָֽרְבָה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה מִנְחַ֥ת יְהוּדָ֖ה וִירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כִּימֵ֣י עוֹלָ֔ם וּכְשָׁנִ֖ים קַדְמֹנִיּֽוֹת׃

5
Phonetic (Hebrew): veqarabetּi֣y 'aleykem֮ lamּishshepּat֒ vehayi֣ytiy ׀ 'e֣d memahe֗r bּaֽmekashshּepiym֙ ubamena֣'api֔ym ubanּishshebּa'i֖ym lashshּa֑qer ube'oshsheqe֣y shsekar-shsa֠kiyr 'alemana֨h veyat֤om umatּey-ger֙ velo֣ yere'֔uniy 'ama֖r yehva֥h tzeba'ֽot׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"And I will come near to you to judgement; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not Me," says the LORD of hosts.

וְקָרַבְתִּ֣י אֲלֵיכֶם֮ לַמִּשְׁפָּט֒ וְהָיִ֣יתִי ׀ עֵ֣ד מְמַהֵ֗ר בַּֽמְכַשְּׁפִים֙ וּבַמְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים וּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים לַשָּׁ֑קֶר וּבְעֹשְׁקֵ֣י שְׂכַר־שָׂ֠כִיר אַלְמָנָ֨ה וְיָת֤וֹם וּמַטֵּי־גֵר֙ וְלֹ֣א יְרֵא֔וּנִי אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

6
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּi֛y 'ani֥y yehva֖h lo֣ shshani֑ytiy ve'atּe֥m bּeneֽy-ya'aqo֖b lo֥ keliyteֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed."

כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֣א שָׁנִ֑יתִי וְאַתֶּ֥ם בְּנֵֽי־יַעֲקֹ֖ב לֹ֥א כְלִיתֶֽם׃

7
Phonetic (Hebrew): lemiyme֨y 'aboteyke֜m saretּe֤m meֽchuqּay֙ velo֣ shshemaretּe֔m shsh֤ubu 'elay֙ ve'ashsh֣ubah 'aleyke֔m 'ama֖r yehva֣h tzeba'֑ot va'amaretּe֖m bּamּe֥h nashshֽub׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Even from the days of your fathers you are gone away from Mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you," says the LORD of hosts. "But you said, 'Wherein shall we return?'"

לְמִימֵ֨י אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֜ם סַרְתֶּ֤ם מֵֽחֻקַּי֙ וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַרְתֶּ֔ם שׁ֤וּבוּ אֵלַי֙ וְאָשׁ֣וּבָה אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בַּמֶּ֥ה נָשֽׁוּב׃

8
Phonetic (Hebrew): hayiqebּa֨ 'ada֜m 'elohi֗ym kּi֤y 'atּem֙ qobe'i֣ym 'oti֔y va'amaretּe֖m bּamּe֣h qeba'an֑uka haֽmּa'ashse֖r vehatּerumaֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me. But you say, 'Wherein have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings."

הֲיִקְבַּ֨ע אָדָ֜ם אֱלֹהִ֗ים כִּ֤י אַתֶּם֙ קֹבְעִ֣ים אֹתִ֔י וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בַּמֶּ֣ה קְבַעֲנ֑וּךָ הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֖ר וְהַתְּרוּמָֽה׃

9
Phonetic (Hebrew): bּamּe'erah֙ 'atּe֣m neֽ'ari֔ym ve'oti֖y 'atּe֣m qobe'i֑ym hagּ֖oy kּulּֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"You are cursed with a curse: for you have robbed Me, even this whole nation."

בַּמְּאֵרָה֙ אַתֶּ֣ם נֵֽאָרִ֔ים וְאֹתִ֖י אַתֶּ֣ם קֹבְעִ֑ים הַגּ֖וֹי כֻּלּֽוֹ׃

10
Phonetic (Hebrew): habi֨y'u 'et-kּal-haֽmּa'ashse֜r 'el-bּe֣yt ha'otza֗r viyhi֥y te֨rep֙ bּebeyti֔y ubechan֤uniy na'֙ bּazo֔'t 'ama֖r yehva֣h tzeba'֑ot 'im-lo֧ 'epetּa֣ch lake֗m 'e֚t 'arubּ֣ot hashshּama֔yim vahariyqoti֥y lake֛m bּeraka֖h 'ad-bּeliy-daֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine house, and prove Me now herewith," says the LORD 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."

הָבִ֨יאוּ אֶת־כָּל־הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֜ר אֶל־בֵּ֣ית הָאוֹצָ֗ר וִיהִ֥י טֶ֨רֶף֙ בְּבֵיתִ֔י וּבְחָנ֤וּנִי נָא֙ בָּזֹ֔את אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת אִם־לֹ֧א אֶפְתַּ֣ח לָכֶ֗ם אֵ֚ת אֲרֻבּ֣וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַהֲרִיקֹתִ֥י לָכֶ֛ם בְּרָכָ֖ה עַד־בְּלִי־דָֽי׃

11
Phonetic (Hebrew): vega'aretּi֤y lakem֙ bּaֽ'oke֔l veloֽ'-yashshechi֥t lake֖m 'et-pּeri֣y ha'adama֑h velo'-teshshakּe֨l lake֤m hagּe֨pen֙ bּashsּade֔h 'ama֖r yehva֥h tzeba'ֽot׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field," says the LORD of hosts.

וְגָעַרְתִּ֤י לָכֶם֙ בָּֽאֹכֵ֔ל וְלֹֽא־יַשְׁחִ֥ת לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־פְּרִ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֑ה וְלֹא־תְשַׁכֵּ֨ל לָכֶ֤ם הַגֶּ֨פֶן֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

12
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve'ishshּer֥u 'eteke֖m kּal-hagּoyi֑m kּiֽy-tihey֤u 'atּem֙ 'e֣retz che֔petz 'ama֖r yehva֥h tzeba'ֽot׃s
Edified Edition (EDE)"And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a delightsome land," says the LORD of hosts.

וְאִשְּׁר֥וּ אֶתְכֶ֖ם כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֑ם כִּֽי־תִהְי֤וּ אַתֶּם֙ אֶ֣רֶץ חֵ֔פֶץ אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ס

13
Phonetic (Hebrew): chazeq֥u 'ala֛y dּibereyke֖m 'ama֣r yehva֑h va'amaretּe֕m mah-nּidebּa֖renu 'aleֽyka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Your words have been stout against Me," says the LORD. "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken so much against You?'"

חָזְק֥וּ עָלַ֛י דִּבְרֵיכֶ֖ם אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם מַה־נִּדְבַּ֖רְנוּ עָלֶֽיךָ׃

14
Phonetic (Hebrew): amaretּe֕m shsha֖ve 'abo֣d 'elohi֑ym umah-bּe֗tza kּi֤y shshama֨renu֙ mishshemaretּ֔o veki֤y hala֨kenu֙ qedo֣ranּi֔yt mipּene֖y yehva֥h tzeba'ֽot׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"You have said, 'It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?'"

אֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם שָׁ֖וְא עֲבֹ֣ד אֱלֹהִ֑ים וּמַה־בֶּ֗צַע כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֨רְנוּ֙ מִשְׁמַרְתּ֔וֹ וְכִ֤י הָלַ֨כְנוּ֙ קְדֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית מִפְּנֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

15
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve'atּa֕h 'ana֖chenu me'ashshּeri֣ym zedi֑ym gּam-nibenu֙ 'oshse֣y rishshe'a֔h gּa֧m bּachan֛u 'elohi֖ym vayּimּaleֽtu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"And now we call the proud happy; yes, they that work wickedness are set up; yes, they that tempt God are even delivered."

וְעַתָּ֕ה אֲנַ֖חְנוּ מְאַשְּׁרִ֣ים זֵדִ֑ים גַּם־נִבְנוּ֙ עֹשֵׂ֣י רִשְׁעָ֔ה גַּ֧ם בָּחֲנ֛וּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים וַיִּמָּלֵֽטוּ׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): a֧z nidebּer֛u yire'e֥y yehva֖h 'i֣yshsh 'et-re'e֑hu vayּaqeshshe֤b yehvah֙ vayּishshema֔ va֠yּikּateb se֣per zikּar֤on lepanayv֙ leyire'e֣y yehva֔h ulechoshshebe֖y shshemֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Then they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon His name.

אָ֧ז נִדְבְּר֛וּ יִרְאֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵ֑הוּ וַיַּקְשֵׁ֤ב יְהוָה֙ וַיִּשְׁמָ֔ע וַ֠יִּכָּתֵב סֵ֣פֶר זִכָּר֤וֹן לְפָנָיו֙ לְיִרְאֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וּלְחֹשְׁבֵ֖י שְׁמֽוֹ׃

17
Phonetic (Hebrew): veha֣yu li֗y 'amar֙ yehva֣h tzeba'֔ot layּ֕om 'ashshe֥r 'ani֖y 'oshse֣h segulּa֑h vechamaletּi֣y 'aleyhe֔m kּaֽ'ashsher֙ yachemo֣l 'i֔yshsh 'al-bּen֖o ha'obe֥d 'otֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"And they shall be Mine," says the LORD of hosts, "in that day when I make up My jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spars his own son that servs him."

וְהָ֣יוּ לִ֗י אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת לַיּ֕וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י עֹשֶׂ֣ה סְגֻלָּ֑ה וְחָמַלְתִּ֣י עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ יַחְמֹ֣ל אִ֔ישׁ עַל־בְּנ֖וֹ הָעֹבֵ֥ד אֹתֽוֹ׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): veshshabetּem֙ ure'iyte֔m bּe֥yn tzadּi֖yq lerashsha֑ bּe֚yn 'obe֣d 'elohi֔ym la'ashshe֖r lo֥ 'abadֽo׃s
Edified Edition (EDE)"Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that servs God and him that servs Him not."

וְשַׁבְתֶּם֙ וּרְאִיתֶ֔ם בֵּ֥ין צַדִּ֖יק לְרָשָׁ֑ע בֵּ֚ין עֹבֵ֣ד אֱלֹהִ֔ים לַאֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֥א עֲבָדֽוֹ׃ס

19

כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֤ה הַיּוֹם֙ בָּ֔א בֹּעֵ֖ר כַּתַּנּ֑וּר וְהָי֨וּ כָל־זֵדִ֜ים וְכָל־עֹשֵׂ֤ה רִשְׁעָה֙ קַ֔שׁ וְלִהַ֨ט אֹתָ֜ם הַיּ֣וֹם הַבָּ֗א אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־יַעֲזֹ֥ב לָהֶ֖ם שֹׁ֥רֶשׁ וְעָנָֽף׃

20

וְזָרְחָ֨ה לָכֶ֜ם יִרְאֵ֤י שְׁמִי֙ שֶׁ֣מֶשׁ צְדָקָ֔ה וּמַרְפֵּ֖א בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ וִֽיצָאתֶ֥ם וּפִשְׁתֶּ֖ם כְּעֶגְלֵ֥י מַרְבֵּֽק׃

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וְעַסּוֹתֶ֣ם רְשָׁעִ֔ים כִּֽי־יִהְי֣וּ אֵ֔פֶר תַּ֖חַת כַּפּ֣וֹת רַגְלֵיכֶ֑ם בַּיּוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲנִ֣י עֹשֶׂ֔ה אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃פ

22

זִכְר֕וּ תּוֹרַ֖ת מֹשֶׁ֣ה עַבְדִּ֑י אֲשֶׁר֩ צִוִּ֨יתִי אוֹת֤וֹ בְחֹרֵב֙ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל חֻקִּ֖ים וּמִשְׁפָּטִֽים׃

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הִנֵּ֤ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ שֹׁלֵ֣חַ לָכֶ֔ם אֵ֖ת אֵלִיָּ֣ה הַנָּבִ֑יא לִפְנֵ֗י בּ֚וֹא י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה הַגָּד֖וֹל וְהַנּוֹרָֽא׃

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וְהֵשִׁ֤יב לֵב־אָבוֹת֙ עַל־בָּנִ֔ים וְלֵ֥ב בָּנִ֖ים עַל־אֲבוֹתָ֑ם פֶּן־אָב֕וֹא וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ חֵֽרֶם׃