Malachia 2

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Et nunc ad vos mandatum hoc, o sacerdotes.	1 And now, O priests, this command is to 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 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 Ecce ego abscindam vobis brachium et dispergam stercus super vultum vestrum, stercus sollemnitatum vestrarum, et assumet vos secum;	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 et scietis quia misi ad vos mandatum istud, ut esset pactum meum cum Levi, dicit Dominus exercituum.	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 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 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 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 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 Labia enim sacerdotis custodiunt scientiam, et legem requirunt ex ore eius, quia angelus Domini exercituum est.	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 Vos autem recessistis de via et scandalizastis plurimos in lege; irritum fecistis pactum Levi, dicit Dominus exercituum;	8 But you have withdrawn from the way, and you have scandalized very many in the law.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 propter quod et ego dedi vos contemptibiles et humiles omnibus populis, sicut non servastis vias meas et accepistis personam in lege.	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 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 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 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 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 Disperdet Dominus virum, qui fecerit hoc, filium etnepotem, de tabernaculis Iacob et de offerentibus munus Domino exercituum.	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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Si quis odio dimittit, dicitDominus, Deus Israel, operit iniquitas vestimentum eius, dicit Dominusexercituum. Custodite spiritum vestrum et nolite esse infideles.	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 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 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?”