Malachiæ 2

NOVA VULGATA	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Et nunc ad vos mandatum hoc, o sacerdotes.	1 "And now, O priests, this command is for you.
2 Si nolueritis audi re et sinolueritis ponere super cor, ut detis gloriam nomini meo, ait Dominusexercituum, mittam in vos maledictionem et maledicam benedictionibus vestris; etmaledicam illis, quoniam non posuistis super cor.	2 If you will not listen, if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; indeed I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.
3 Ecce ego abscindam vobis brachium et dispergam stercus super vultum vestrum, stercus sollemnitatum vestrarum, et assumet vos secum;	3 Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung upon your faces, the dung of your offerings, and I will put you out of my presence.
4 et scietis quia misi ad vos mandatum istud, ut esset pactum meum cum Levi, dicit Dominus exercituum.	4 So shall you know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may hold, says the LORD of hosts.
5 Pactum meum fuit cum eo vitae et pacis, et dedi haec ei simul cum timore, et timuit me et a facie nominis mei pavebat.	5 My covenant with him was a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him, that he might fear; and he feared me, he stood in awe of my name.
6 Lex veritatis fuit in ore eius, et iniquitas non est inventa in labiis eius; in pace et in aequitate ambulavit mecum et multos avertit ab iniquitate.	6 True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
7 Labia enim sacerdotis custodiunt scientiam, et legem requirunt ex ore eius, quia angelus Domini exercituum est.	7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
8 Vos autem recessistis de via et scandalizastis plurimos in lege; irritum fecistis pactum Levi, dicit Dominus exercituum;	8 But you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by your instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts,
9 propter quod et ego dedi vos contemptibiles et humiles omnibus populis, sicut non servastis vias meas et accepistis personam in lege.	9 and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you have not kept my ways but have shown partiality in your instruction."
10 Numquid non pater unus omnium nostrum? Numquid non Deus unus creavit nos?Quare ergo dolum facit unusquisque nostrum cum fratre suo, violans pactum patrumnostrorum?	10 Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
11 Dolum fecit Iuda, et abominatio facta est in Israel et inIerusalem, quia contaminavit Iuda sanctuarium Domini, quod diligit, et accepituxorem filiam dei alieni.	11 Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the LORD, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
12 Disperdet Dominus virum, qui fecerit hoc, filium etnepotem, de tabernaculis Iacob et de offerentibus munus Domino exercituum.	12 May the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob, for the man who does this, any to witness or answer, or to bring an offering to the LORD of hosts!
13 Et hoc rursum facitis: operitis lacrimis altare Domini, fletu et mugitu, itaut non respiciam ultra ad sacrificium nec accipiam placabile quid de manuvestra;	13 And this again you do. You cover the LORD's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor at your hand.
14 et dicitis: “Quam ob causam?”. Quia Dominus testificatus estinter te et uxorem adulescentiae tuae, cui tu factus es infidelis; et haecparticeps tua et uxor foederis tui.	14 You ask, "Why does he not?" Because the LORD was witness to the covenant between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
15 Nonne unitatem fecit carnis et spiritus?Et quid unitas quaerit nisi semen a Deo? Custodite ergo spiritum vestrum; etuxori adulescentiae tuae noli esse infidelis.	15 Has not the one God made and sustained for us the spirit of life? And what does he desire? Godly offspring. So take heed to yourselves, and let none be faithless to the wife of his youth.
16 Si quis odio dimittit, dicitDominus, Deus Israel, operit iniquitas vestimentum eius, dicit Dominusexercituum. Custodite spiritum vestrum et nolite esse infideles.	16 "For I hate divorce, says the LORD the God of Israel, and covering one's garment with violence, says the LORD of hosts. So take heed to yourselves and do not be faithless."
17 Laborarefacitis Dominum in sermonibus vestris et dicitis: “In quo eum facimuslaborare?”. In eo quod dicitis: “Omnis, qui facit malum, bonus est inconspectu Domini, et tales ei placent” aut: “Ubi est Deus iudicii?”.	17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, "How have we wearied him?" By saying, "Every one who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them." Or by asking, "Where is the God of justice?"