ΜΑΛΑΧΙΑΣ - Malachia - Malachi 2

LXX	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 και νυν η εντολη αυτη προς υμας οι ιερεις	1 And now, O priests, this command is to you.
2 εαν μη ακουσητε και εαν μη θησθε εις την καρδιαν υμων του δουναι δοξαν τω ονοματι μου λεγει κυριος παντοκρατωρ και εξαποστελω εφ' υμας την καταραν και επικαταρασομαι την ευλογιαν υμων και καταρασομαι αυτην και διασκεδασω την ευλογιαν υμων και ουκ εσται εν υμιν οτι υμεις ου τιθεσθε εις την καρδιαν υμων	2 If you will refuse to listen, and if you will refuse to take it to heart, so as to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, I will send destitution upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I will curse them. For you have not taken it to heart.
3 ιδου εγω αφοριζω υμιν τον ωμον και σκορπιω ηνυστρον επι τα προσωπα υμων ηνυστρον εορτων υμων και λημψομαι υμας εις το αυτο	3 Behold, I will cast forth an arm to you, and I will scatter across your face the dung of your solemnities, and it will take you to itself.
4 και επιγνωσεσθε διοτι εγω εξαπεσταλκα προς υμας την εντολην ταυτην του ειναι την διαθηκην μου προς τους λευιτας λεγει κυριος παντοκρατωρ	4 And you will know that I sent you this commandment, so that my covenant might be with Levi, says the Lord of hosts.
5 η διαθηκη μου ην μετ' αυτου της ζωης και της ειρηνης και εδωκα αυτω εν φοβω φοβεισθαι με και απο προσωπου ονοματος μου στελλεσθαι αυτον	5 My covenant was with him for life and peace. And I gave him fear, and he feared me, and he was afraid before the face of my name.
6 νομος αληθειας ην εν τω στοματι αυτου και αδικια ουχ ευρεθη εν χειλεσιν αυτου εν ειρηνη κατευθυνων επορευθη μετ' εμου και πολλους επεστρεψεν απο αδικιας	6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned away many from iniquity.
7 οτι χειλη ιερεως φυλαξεται γνωσιν και νομον εκζητησουσιν εκ στοματος αυτου διοτι αγγελος κυριου παντοκρατορος εστιν	7 For the lips of the priests will keep knowledge, and they will request the law from his mouth, because he is an angel of the Lord of hosts.
8 υμεις δε εξεκλινατε εκ της οδου και πολλους ησθενησατε εν νομω διεφθειρατε την διαθηκην του λευι λεγει κυριος παντοκρατωρ	8 But you have withdrawn from the way, and you have scandalized very many in the law. You have nullified the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts.
9 καγω δεδωκα υμας εξουδενωμενους και παρειμενους εις παντα τα εθνη ανθ' ων υμεις ουκ εφυλαξασθε τας οδους μου αλλα ελαμβανετε προσωπα εν νομω	9 Because of this, I also have made you contemptible and debased to all the people, just as you have not served my ways, and you have accepted a face in the law.
10 ουχι θεος εις εκτισεν υμας ουχι πατηρ εις παντων υμων τι οτι εγκατελιπετε εκαστος τον αδελφον αυτου του βεβηλωσαι την διαθηκην των πατερων υμων	10 Is there not one Father of us all? Did not one God create us? Why, then, does each one of us despise his brother, violating the covenant of our fathers?
11 εγκατελειφθη ιουδας και βδελυγμα εγενετο εν τω ισραηλ και εν ιερουσαλημ διοτι εβεβηλωσεν ιουδας τα αγια κυριου εν οις ηγαπησεν και επετηδευσεν εις θεους αλλοτριους	11 Judah has transgressed, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has contaminated the sanctified of the Lord, which he loved, and has held the daughter of a strange god.
12 εξολεθρευσει κυριος τον ανθρωπον τον ποιουντα ταυτα εως και ταπεινωθη εκ σκηνωματων ιακωβ και εκ προσαγοντων θυσιαν τω κυριω παντοκρατορι	12 The Lord will drive away the man who has done this, both the teacher and the disciple, from the tabernacles of Jacob and from those offering a gift to the Lord of hosts.
13 και ταυτα α εμισουν εποιειτε εκαλυπτετε δακρυσιν το θυσιαστηριον κυριου και κλαυθμω και στεναγμω εκ κοπων ετι αξιον επιβλεψαι εις θυσιαν η λαβειν δεκτον εκ των χειρων υμων	13 And you have done this repeatedly: you have covered the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping and bellowing, to such an extent that I no longer have respect towards the sacrifice, nor do I accept any appeasement that is from your hands.
14 και ειπατε ενεκεν τινος οτι κυριος διεμαρτυρατο ανα μεσον σου και ανα μεσον γυναικος νεοτητος σου ην εγκατελιπες και αυτη κοινωνος σου και γυνη διαθηκης σου	14 And you have said, “What is the reason for this?” It is because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you have despised. Yet she was your partner, and the wife of your covenant.
15 και ουκ αλλος εποιησεν και υπολειμμα πνευματος αυτου και ειπατε τι αλλο αλλ' η σπερμα ζητει ο θεος και φυλαξασθε εν τω πνευματι υμων και γυναικα νεοτητος σου μη εγκαταλιπης	15 Did not One make her, and is she not the remainder of his spirit? And what does one seek, except offspring of God? So then, preserve your spirit, and do not despise the wife of your youth.
16 αλλα εαν μισησας εξαποστειλης λεγει κυριος ο θεος του ισραηλ και καλυψει ασεβεια επι τα ενθυμηματα σου λεγει κυριος παντοκρατωρ και φυλαξασθε εν τω πνευματι υμων και ου μη εγκαταλιπητε	16 If you would hold hatred, dismiss her, says the Lord, the God of Israel. But iniquity will cover his garment, says the Lord of hosts. Preserve your spirit, and do not be willing to despise.
17 οι παροξυνοντες τον θεον εν τοις λογοις υμων και ειπατε εν τινι παρωξυναμεν αυτον εν τω λεγειν υμας πας ποιων πονηρον καλον ενωπιον κυριου και εν αυτοις αυτος ευδοκησεν και που εστιν ο θεος της δικαιοσυνης	17 You have wearied the Lord with your speeches, and you have said, “In what way, have we wearied him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and such as these please him,” or certainly, “Where is the God of judgment?”