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我曾愛你們

¹耶和華藉瑪拉基傳給以色列的默示。This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:

²耶和華說：「我曾愛你們。」你們卻說：「你在何事上愛我們呢？」耶和華說：「以掃不是雅各的哥哥嗎？我卻愛雅各，“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,

³惡以掃，使他的山嶺荒涼，把他的地業交給曠野的野狗。」but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”

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⁴以東人說：「我們現在雖被毀壞，卻要重建荒廢之處。」萬軍之耶和華如此說：「任他們建造，我必拆毀；人必稱他們的地為『罪惡之境』；稱他們的民為『耶和華永遠惱怒之民』。」Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.

⁵你們必親眼看見，也必說：「願耶和華在以色列境界之外被尊為大！」You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”

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祭司藐視神的名

⁶「藐視我名的祭司啊，萬軍之耶和華對你們說：兒子尊敬父親，僕人敬畏主人；我既為父親，尊敬我的在哪裡呢？我既為主人，敬畏我的在哪裡呢？你們卻說：『我們在何事上藐視你的名呢？』“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’

⁷你們將污穢的食物獻在我的壇上，且說：『我們在何事上污穢你呢？』因你們說，耶和華的桌子是可藐視的。By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.

⁸你們將瞎眼的獻為祭物，這不為惡嗎？將瘸腿的、有病的獻上，這不為惡嗎？你獻給你的省長，他豈喜悅你，豈能看你的情面嗎？這是萬軍之耶和華說的。When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.

⁹「現在我勸你們懇求　神，他好施恩與我們。這妄獻的事，既由你們經手，他豈能看你們的情面嗎？這是萬軍之耶和華說的。“But ask now for God’s favor. Will He be gracious? Since this has come from your hands, will He show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.

¹⁰甚願你們中間有一人關上殿門，免得你們徒然在我壇上燒火。萬軍之耶和華說：我不喜悅你們，也不從你們手中收納供物。“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

神的名在外邦中必尊為大

¹¹萬軍之耶和華說：從日出之地到日落之處，我的名在外邦中必尊為大。在各處，人必奉我的名燒香，獻潔淨的供物，因為我的名在外邦中必尊為大。For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.

¹²你們卻褻瀆我的名，說：『耶和華的桌子是污穢的，其上的食物是可藐視的。』“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’

¹³你們又說：『這些事何等煩瑣！』並嗤之以鼻。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。你們把搶奪的、瘸腿的、有病的拿來獻上為祭。我豈能從你們手中收納呢？這是耶和華說的。You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.

¹⁴行詭詐的在群中有公羊，他許願卻用有殘疾的獻給主，這人是可咒詛的。因為我是大君王，我的名在外邦中是可畏的。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.

神與利未所立的約

¹「眾祭司啊，這誡命是傳給你們的。“And now this decree is for you, O priests:

²萬軍之耶和華說：你們若不聽從，也不放在心上，將榮耀歸與我的名，我就使咒詛臨到你們，使你們的福分變為咒詛；因你們不把誡命放在心上，我已經咒詛你們了。If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.

³我必斥責你們的種子，又把你們犧牲的糞抹你們的臉上；你們要與糞一同除掉。Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.

⁴你們就知道我傳這誡命給你們，使我與利未（或譯：利未人）所立的約可以常存。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.

⁵我曾與他立生命和平安的約。我將這兩樣賜給他，使他存敬畏的心，他就敬畏我，懼怕我的名。“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.

⁶真實的律法在他口中，他嘴裡沒有不義的話。他以平安和正直與我同行，使多人回頭離開罪孽。True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.

⁷祭司的嘴裡當存知識，人也當由他口中尋求律法，因為他是萬軍之耶和華的使者。For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

⁸你們卻偏離正道，使許多人在律法上跌倒。你們廢棄我與利未所立的約。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.

⁹所以我使你們被眾人藐視，看為下賤；因你們不守我的道，竟在律法上瞻徇情面。」“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

不可以詭詐待弟兄

¹⁰我們豈不都是一位父嗎？豈不是一位　神所造的嗎？我們各人怎麼以詭詐待弟兄，背棄了　神與我們列祖所立的約呢？Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?

¹¹猶大人行事詭詐，並且在以色列和耶路撒冷中行一件可憎的事；因為猶大人褻瀆耶和華所喜愛的聖潔（或譯：聖地），娶事奉外邦神的女子為妻。Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.

¹²凡行這事的，無論何人（何人：原文是叫醒的，答應的），就是獻供物給萬軍之耶和華，耶和華也必從雅各的帳棚中剪除他。As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts.

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不可以詭詐待幼年所娶的妻

¹³你們又行了一件這樣的事，使前妻歎息哭泣的眼淚遮蓋耶和華的壇，以致耶和華不再看顧那供物，也不樂意從你們手中收納。And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.

¹⁴你們還說：「這是為甚麼呢？」因耶和華在你和你幼年所娶的妻中間作見證。她雖是你的配偶，又是你盟約的妻，你卻以詭詐待她。Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

¹⁵雖然　神有靈的餘力能造多人，他不是單造一人嗎？為何只造一人呢？乃是他願人得虔誠的後裔。所以當謹守你們的心，誰也不可以詭詐待幼年所娶的妻。Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

¹⁶耶和華─以色列的　神說：「休妻的事和以強暴待妻的人都是我所恨惡的！所以當謹守你們的心，不可行詭詐。」這是萬軍之耶和華說的。“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.

公義的神在哪裡呢

¹⁷你們用言語煩瑣耶和華，你們還說：「我們在何事上煩瑣他呢？」因為你們說：「凡行惡的，耶和華眼看為善，並且他喜悅他們」；或說：「公義的　神在哪裡呢？」You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

立約的使者快要來到

¹萬軍之耶和華說：「我要差遣我的使者在我前面預備道路。你們所尋求的主必忽然進入他的殿；立約的使者，就是你們所仰慕的，快要來到。」“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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²他來的日子，誰能當得起呢？他顯現的時候，誰能立得住呢？因為他如煉金之人的火，如漂布之人的鹼。But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.

³他必坐下如煉淨銀子的，必潔淨利未人，熬煉他們像金銀一樣；他們就憑公義獻供物給耶和華。And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.

⁴那時，猶大和耶路撒冷所獻的供物必蒙耶和華悅納，彷彿古時之日、上古之年。Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.

⁵萬軍之耶和華說：「我必臨近你們，施行審判。我必速速作見證，警戒行邪術的、犯姦淫的、起假誓的、虧負人之工價的、欺壓寡婦孤兒的、屈枉寄居的，和不敬畏我的。」“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

我是不改變的，你們要轉向我

⁶因我─耶和華是不改變的，所以你們雅各之子沒有滅亡。“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

⁷萬軍之耶和華說：從你們列祖的日子以來，你們常常偏離我的典章而不遵守。現在你們要轉向我，我就轉向你們。你們卻問說：『我們如何才是轉向呢？』Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’

當納的十分之一

⁸人豈可奪取　神之物呢？你們竟奪取我的供物。你們卻說：『我們在何事上奪取你的供物呢？』就是你們在當納的十分之一和當獻的供物上。Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.

⁹因你們通國的人都奪取我的供物，咒詛就臨到你們身上。You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.

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¹⁰萬軍之耶和華說：你們要將當納的十分之一全然送入倉庫，使我家有糧，以此試試我，是否為你們敞開天上的窗戶，傾福與你們，甚至無處可容。Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.

¹¹萬軍之耶和華說：我必為你們斥責蝗蟲（原文是吞噬者），不容牠毀壞你們的土產。你們田間的葡萄樹在未熟之先也不掉果子。I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.

¹²萬軍之耶和華說：萬國必稱你們為有福的，因你們的地必成為喜樂之地。」“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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事奉神是徒然的嗎

¹³耶和華說：「你們用話頂撞我，你們還說：『我們用甚麼話頂撞了你呢？』“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

¹⁴你們說：『事奉　神是徒然的，遵守　神所吩咐的，在萬軍之耶和華面前苦苦齋戒，有甚麼益處呢？You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

¹⁵如今我們稱狂傲的人為有福，並且行惡的人得建立；他們雖然試探　神，卻得脫離災難。』」So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”

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紀念冊

¹⁶那時，敬畏耶和華的彼此談論，耶和華側耳而聽，且有紀念冊在他面前，記錄那敬畏耶和華、思念他名的人。At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

¹⁷萬軍之耶和華說：「在我所定的日子，他們必屬我，特特歸我。我必憐恤他們，如同人憐恤服事自己的兒子。“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

¹⁸那時你們必歸回，將善人和惡人，事奉　神的和不事奉　神的，分別出來。」So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

公義的日頭

¹萬軍之耶和華說：「那日臨近，勢如燒著的火爐，凡狂傲的和行惡的必如碎秸，在那日必被燒盡，根本枝條一無存留。“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”

²但向你們敬畏我名的人必有公義的日頭出現，其光線（原文是翅膀）有醫治之能。你們必出來跳躍如圈裡的肥犢。“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

³你們必踐踏惡人；在我所定的日子，他們必如灰塵在你們腳掌之下。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.

記念摩西的律法，以利亞要來

⁴「你們當記念我僕人摩西的律法，就是我在何烈山為以色列眾人所吩咐他的律例典章。“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.

⁵「看哪，耶和華大而可畏之日未到以前，我必差遣先知以利亞到你們那裡去。Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

⁶他必使父親的心轉向兒女，兒女的心轉向父親，免得我來咒詛遍地。」And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

生命水的河和生命樹

¹天使又指示我在城內街道當中一道生命水的河，明亮如水晶，從　神和羔羊的寶座流出來。Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

²在河這邊與那邊有生命樹，結十二樣（或譯：回）果子，每月都結果子；樹上的葉子乃為醫治萬民。down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

以後再沒有咒詛

³以後再沒有咒詛；在城裡有　神和羔羊的寶座；他的僕人都要事奉他，No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.

⁴也要見他的面。他的名字必寫在他們的額上。They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

⁵不再有黑夜；他們也不用燈光、日光，因為主　神要光照他們。他們要作王，直到永永遠遠。There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

這些話是真實可信的

⁶天使又對我說：「這些話是真實可信的。主就是眾先知被感之靈的　神，差遣他的使者，將那必要快成的事指示他僕人。」Then the angel said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His servants what must soon take place.”

看哪，我必快來

⁷「看哪，我必快來！凡遵守這書上預言的有福了！」“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”

你要敬拜神

⁸這些事是我－約翰所聽見、所看見的；我既聽見、看見了，就在指示我的天使腳前俯伏要拜他。And I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.

⁹他對我說：「千萬不可！我與你和你的弟兄眾先知，並那些守這書上言語的人，同是作僕人的。你要敬拜　神。」But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”

不可封了這書上的預言

¹⁰他又對我說：「不可封了這書上的預言，因為日期近了。Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.

¹¹不義的，叫他仍舊不義；污穢的，叫他仍舊污穢；為義的，叫他仍舊為義；聖潔的，叫他仍舊聖潔。」Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”

賞罰在我

¹²「看哪，我必快來！賞罰在我，要照各人所行的報應他。“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.

¹³我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛；我是首先的，我是末後的；我是初，我是終。」I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

洗淨自己衣服的有福了

¹⁴那些洗淨自己衣服的有福了！可得權柄能到生命樹那裡，也能從門進城。Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

¹⁵城外有那些犬類、行邪術的、淫亂的、殺人的、拜偶像的，並一切喜好說謊言、編造虛謊的。But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

我是大衛的根，明亮的晨星

¹⁶「我─耶穌差遣我的使者為眾教會將這些事向你們證明。我是大衛的根，又是他的後裔。我是明亮的晨星。」“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”

聖靈和新婦都說：來

¹⁷聖靈和新婦都說：「來！」聽見的人也該說：「來！」口渴的人也當來；願意的，都可以白白取生命的水喝。The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.

不可加添，不可刪去

¹⁸我向一切聽見這書上預言的作見證，若有人在這預言上加添甚麼，　神必將寫在這書上的災禍加在他身上；I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.

¹⁹這書上的預言，若有人刪去甚麼，　神必從這書上所寫的生命樹和聖城刪去他的分。And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.

主耶穌啊，我願你來

²⁰證明這事的說：「是了，我必快來！」阿們！主耶穌啊，我願你來！He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

²¹願主耶穌的恩惠常與眾聖徒同在。阿們！The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.

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