Malachi 3

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NOVA VULGATA
1 Behold, I send my angel, and he will prepare the way before my face. And presently the Sovereign, whom you seek, and the angel of testimony, whom you desire, will arrive at his temple. Behold, he approaches, says the Lord of hosts.	1 Ecce ego mittam angelum meum, et praeparabit viam an te faciem meam; etstatim veniet ad templum suum Dominator, quem vos quaeritis, et angelustestamenti, quem vos vultis. Ecce venit, dicit Dominus exercituum;
2 And who will be able to consider the day of his advent, and who will stand firm in order to see him? For he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller’s herb.	2 et quispoterit sustinere diem adventus eius, et quis stabit, cum apparebit? Ipse enimquasi ignis conflans et quasi herba fullonum;
3 And he will sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he will purge the sons of Levi, and he will gather them like gold and like silver, and they will offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.	3 et sedebit conflans et emundansargentum et purgabit filios Levi et colabit eos quasi aurum et quasi argentum,et erunt Domino offerentes sacrificia in iustitia.
4 And the sacrifice of Judah and of Jerusalem will please the Lord, just as in the days of past generations, and as in the ancient years.	4 Et placebit Dominosacrificium Iudae et Ierusalem sicut diebus pristinis et sicut annis antiquis.
5 And I will approach you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against evil-doers, and adulterers, and perjurers, and those who cheat the hired hand in his wages, the widows and the orphans, and who oppress the traveler, and who have not feared me, says the Lord of hosts.	5 Et accedam ad vos in iudicio; et ero testis velox maleficis et adulteris etperiuris et, qui opprimunt mercennarios, viduas et pupillos et flectunt iusperegrinorum nec timuerunt me, dicit Dominus exercituum.
6 For I am the Lord, and I do not change. And you, the sons of Jacob, have not been consumed.	6 Ego enim Dominus et non mutatus sum; sed vos, filii lacob, nondum ad finem pervenistis.
7 For, from the days of your fathers, you have withdrawn from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. And you have said, “In what way, shall we return?”	7 A diebus enim patrum vestrorum recessistis a praeceptis legitimis meis et non custodistis ea. Revertimini ad me, et revertar ad vos, dicit Dominus exercituum. Et dicitis: “In quo revertemur?”.
8 If a man will afflict God, then you greatly afflict me. And you have said, “In what way, do we afflict you?” In tithes and in first-fruits.	8 Numquid homo potest defraudare Deum? Sed vos defraudatis me. Et dicitis: “In quo defraudavimus te?”. In decimis et in primitiis.
9 And you have been cursed with privation, and you greatly afflict me, even your entire people.	9 Maledictione vos maledicti estis, quia me vos defraudatis, gens tota.
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, and let there be food in my house. And test me about this, says the Lord, as to whether I will not open to you the floodgates of heaven, and pour out to you a blessing, all the way to abundance.	10 Inferte omnem decimam in horreum, et sit cibus in domo mea; et probate me super hoc, dicit Dominus exercituum: si non aperuero vobis cataractas caeli et effudero vobis benedictionem usque ad abundantiam
11 And I will rebuke for your sakes the devourer, and he will not corrupt the fruit of your land. Neither will the vine in the field be barren, says the Lord of hosts.	11 et increpabo pro vobis devorantem, et non corrumpet fructum terrae, nec erit sterilis vobis vinea in agro, dicit Dominus exercituum.
12 And all nations will call you blessed. For you will be a desirable land, says the Lord of hosts.	12 Et beatos vos dicent omnes gentes; eritis enim vos terra desiderabilis, dicit Dominus exercituum.
13 Your words have gathered strength over me, says the Lord.	13 Invaluerunt super me verba vestra, dicit Dominus;
14 And you have said, “What have we spoken against you?” You have said, “He labors in vain who serves God,” and, “What advantage is it that we have kept his precepts, and that we have walked sorrowfully in the sight of the Lord of hosts?	14 et dicitis: “Quidlocuti sumus contra te?”. Dicitis: “Vanum est servire Deo; et, quodemolumentum, quia custodivimus praecepta eius et quia ambulavimus tristes coramDomino exercituum?
15 Therefore, we now call the arrogant blessed, as if those who work impiety have been built up, and as if they have tempted God and been saved.”	15 Ergo nunc beatos dicimus arrogantes; siquidem aedificatisunt facientes impietatem et tentaverunt Deum et salvi facti sunt”.
16 Then those who fear the Lord spoke, each one with his neighbor. And the Lord paid attention and heeded. And a book of remembrance was written in his sight, for those who fear the Lord and for those who consider his name.	16 Tunclocuti sunt timentes Dominum, unusquisque cum proximo suo. Et attendit Dominuset audivit; et scriptus est liber memorabilium coram eo timentibus Dominum etcogitantibus nomen eius.
17 And they will be my special possession, says the Lord of hosts, on the day that I act. And I will spare them, just as a man spares his son who serves him.	17 Erunt mihi, ait Dominus exercituum, in die, qua egofacio in peculium; et parcam eis, sicut parcit vir filio suo servienti sibi.
18 And you shall be converted, and you will see the difference between the just and the impious, and between those who serve God and those who do not serve him.	18 Rursum videbitis quid sit inter iustum et impium, inter servientem Deo et nonservientem ei.
	19 Ecce enim dies veniet succensa quasi caminus; et erunt omnes superbi et omnesfacientes impietatem stipula; et inflammabit eos dies veniens, dicit Dominusexercituum, quae non derelinquet eis radicem et ramum.
	20 Et orietur vobistimentibus nomen meum sol iustitiae et sanitas in pennis eius; et egrediemini etsalietis sicut vituli saginati
	21 et calcabitis impios, cum fuerint cinis subplanta pedum vestrorum in die, quam ego facio, dicit Dominus exercituum.
	22 Mementote legis Moysi servi mei, cui mandavi in Horeb ad omnem Israel praecepta et iudicia.
	23 Ecce ego mittam vobis Eliam prophetam, antequam veniat dies Domini magnus et horribilis;
	24 et convertet cor patrum ad filios et cor filiorum ad patres eorum, ne veniam et percutiam terram anathemate ”.