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{\MT Malachi



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The burden of the Devar
{\ND{Hashem}} to Yisroel by Malachi.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{2}I have loved you, saith
{\ND{Hashem}}.

\par }{\Q Yet ye say: Wherein hast Thou loved us?

\par }{\Q Was not Esav Ya'akovʼs brother? saith
{\ND{Hashem}};

\par }{\Q yet I loved Ya'akov,


\par }{\Q \VS{3}But I hated Esav,

\par }{\Q and his mountains and his nachalah I laid waste

\par }{\Q into wasteland for the jackals of the midbar.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Whereas Edom saith:

\par }{\Q We are dashed to pieces,

\par }{\Q but we will return and rebuild the ruins;

\par }{\Q thus saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os:

\par }{\Q They may build, but I will throw down;

\par }{\Q and they shall call them, Gevul Rishah
{\ADD{(territory of wickedness)}},

\par }{\Q and the people against whom
{\ND{Hashem}} hath indignation ad olam
{\ADD{(for ever)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}And your eyes shall see,

\par }{\Q and ye shall say:

\par }{\Q {\ND{Hashem}} is gadol
{\ADD{(great)}} even beyond the Gevul Yisroel.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}A ben honoreth his av,

\par }{\Q and an eved his adon;

\par }{\Q if then I be an Av,

\par }{\Q where is Mine honor?

\par }{\Q And if I be Adonim,

\par }{\Q where is My reverence?

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os unto you, O kohanim,

\par }{\Q that despise My Name.

\par }{\Q But ye say: Wherein have we despised Thy name?


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Ye offer lechem mego'al
{\ADD{(defiled food)}} upon Mine mizbe'ach;

\par }{\Q and ye say: Wherein have we defiled Thee?

\par }{\Q In that ye say: The shulchan of
{\ND{Hashem}} is to be despised.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}And when ye offer the blind animal for sacrifice,

\par }{\Q is it not rah?

\par }{\Q And when ye offer the lame and diseased,

\par }{\Q is it not rah?

\par }{\Q Offer it now unto thy governor;

\par }{\Q will he be pleased with thee,

\par }{\Q or receive thee?

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}And now, I pray you, beseech G-d

\par }{\Q that He will be gracious unto us;

\par }{\Q with such offerings from your hand,

\par }{\Q will He receive you?

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Who is there even among you that would shut the dlatayim of the Beis Hamikdash

\par }{\Q so that eish would not be kindled on Mine mizbe'ach in vain?

\par }{\Q There is no chefetz
{\ADD{(pleasure)}} to Me with you,

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os,

\par }{\Q neither will I accept a minchah at your hand.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}For from the rising of the shemesh even unto the going down of the same

\par }{\Q My name shall be gadol among the Goyim;

\par }{\Q and in every place incense shall be offered unto My name,

\par }{\Q and a minchah tehorah;

\par }{\Q for My name shall be gadol among the Goyim,

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}But ye have committed chillul
{\ND{Hashem}}{\ADD{(desecration of the Name)}}, in that ye say:

\par }{\Q The shulchan Adonoi is mego'al
{\ADD{(defiled)}};

\par }{\Q and the fruit, even the food thereof, is contemptible.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Ye said also: Hinei, what a burden it is!

\par }{\Q And ye have sniffed scornfully at it,

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os;

\par }{\Q and ye brought that which was injured,

\par }{\Q and the lame, and the diseased;

\par }{\Q thus ye brought a minchah;

\par }{\Q should I accept this of your hand?

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}But cursed be the nokhel
{\ADD{(cheat, swindler, charlatan)}},

\par }{\Q which hath in his flock a male,

\par }{\Q and voweth, and sacrificeth unto
{\ND{Hashem}} the one being blemished;

\par }{\Q for I am a Melech Gadol,

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os,

\par }{\Q and My name is to be feared among the Goyim.




\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And now, O ye kohanim, this mitzvah is for you:


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{2}If ye will not hear,

\par }{\Q and if ye will not take it to lev,

\par }{\Q to give kavod unto My name,

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os,

\par }{\Q I will even send a me'erah
{\ADD{(curse)}} upon you,

\par }{\Q and I will curse your brakhot; yea,

\par }{\Q I have cursed them already,

\par }{\Q because ye do not take it to lev.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Hineni, I am rebuking your zera,

\par }{\Q and I will spread dung upon your faces,

\par }{\Q even the dung of your chagim;

\par }{\Q and it will take you away with it.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}And ye shall have da'as

\par }{\Q that I have sent this mitzvah unto you,

\par }{\Q that My brit might continue with Levi,

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}My brit was with him of chayyim and shalom;

\par }{\Q and I gave them to him

\par }{\Q that he might fear Me; so he feared Me,

\par }{\Q and stood in reverence before My name.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Torat emes was in his mouth,

\par }{\Q and iniquity was not found on his lips:

\par }{\Q he walked with Me in shalom and yashrus,

\par }{\Q and did turn rabbim
{\ADD{(many)}} away from avon
{\ADD{(iniquity)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}For the kohenʼs lips should preserve da'as,

\par }{\Q and they should seek torah at his mouth:

\par }{\Q for he is the malach
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}But ye are departed out of HaDerech;

\par }{\Q ye have caused rabbim to fall into a michshol
{\ADD{(stumbling block)}} at the torah
{\ADD{(teaching)}};

\par }{\Q ye have corrupted the Brit of Levi,

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Therefore have I also made you

\par }{\Q contemptible and shefalim before kol HaAm

\par }{\Q because ye have not been shomrim of darkhei of Me,

\par }{\Q but have shown partiality in torah.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Have we not all Av Echad?

\par }{\Q Hath not El Echad created us?

\par }{\Q Why do we commit chillul Brit Avoteinu

\par }{\Q by every man breaking faith with his brother?


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Yehudah hath broken faith,

\par }{\Q and a toeva
{\ADD{(abomination)}} is committed

\par }{\Q in Yisroel and in Yerushalayim;

\par }{\Q for Yehudah hath committed chillul against

\par }{\Q the Beis Hamikdash
{\ND{Hashem}} loves,

\par }{\Q by marrying the bat el nekhar.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}May
{\ND{Hashem}} cut off from the ohalim of Ya'akov the man that doeth this,

\par }{\Q being awake and aware,

\par }{\Q yet who offereth a minchah unto
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}And this too have ye done,

\par }{\Q covering the mizbe'ach of
{\ND{Hashem}} with tears,

\par }{\Q with weeping, and with crying out,

\par }{\Q because that He regardeth not the minchah any more,

\par }{\Q nor receiveth it with ratzon
{\ADD{(good will)}} at your hand.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Yet ye say: Wherefore?

\par }{\Q Because
{\ND{Hashem}} hath been ed
{\ADD{(witness)}}

\par }{\Q between thee and the wife of thy youth,

\par }{\Q against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, breaking faith:

\par }{\Q yet is she thy chaveret,

\par }{\Q and the wife of thy brit.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}And did not
{\ND{Hashem}} make echad?

\par }{\Q And the remnant of the ruach is
{\ND{Hashem}}ʼs.

\par }{\Q And why echad?

\par }{\Q That He might seek zera Elohim.

\par }{\Q Therefore be shomer of your ruach,

\par }{\Q and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}For
{\ND{Hashem}} Elohei Yisroel saith

\par }{\Q that He hateth putting away:

\par }{\Q for it covereth oneʼs garment with chamas
{\ADD{(violence)}},

\par }{\Q saith the
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os:

\par }{\Q therefore, be shomer of your ruach,

\par }{\Q that ye deal not treacherously, breaking faith.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}Ye have wearied
{\ND{Hashem}} with your devarim.

\par }{\Q Yet ye say: Wherein have we wearied Him?

\par }{\Q When ye say: Everyone that doeth rah

\par }{\Q is tov in the sight of
{\ND{Hashem}},

\par }{\Q and in them
{\ND{Hashem}} finds chafetz;

\par }{\Q or: Where is Elohei HaMishpat?




\par }\PoetryChap{3}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Hineni, I will send malachi,

\par }{\Q and he shall prepare the Derech before me:

\par }{\Q and HaAdon
{\ADD{(the L-rd)}} [Moshiach],\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:1 }{\XT{Zech 4:14}}} whom ye seek,

\par }{\Q shall suddenly come to His Heikhal,

\par }{\Q even the Malach HaBrit, in whom ye have chafetz
{\ADD{(delight)}}:

\par }{\Q hinei, He is coming, saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}But who may abide the Yom Bo'o
{\ADD{(day of His coming)}}?

\par }{\Q Who shall stand when He appeareth?

\par }{\Q For He is like a refinerʼs eish,

\par }{\Q and like fullersʼ soap:


\par }{\Q \VS{3}And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of kesef;

\par }{\Q and He shall purify the Bnei Levi,

\par }{\Q and purge them as zahav and kesef,

\par }{\Q that they may offer unto
{\ND{Hashem}}

\par }{\Q an offering in tzedakah.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Then shall the offering of Yehudah and Yerushalayim

\par }{\Q be pleasing unto
{\ND{Hashem}},

\par }{\Q as in the yamei olam
{\ADD{(days of old)}},

\par }{\Q and as in shanim kadmoniyyot
{\ADD{(former years)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}And I will come near to you for mishpat;

\par }{\Q and I will be a swift ed
{\ADD{(witness)}}

\par }{\Q against the mekhashfim
{\ADD{(sorcerers)}}, and against the mena'afim
{\ADD{(adulterers)}},

\par }{\Q and against false swearers,

\par }{\Q and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages,

\par }{\Q the almanah
{\ADD{(widow)}}, and the fatherless,

\par }{\Q and that turn aside the ger from his right,

\par }{\Q and fear not Me,

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}For I am
{\ND{Hashem}}, I change not;

\par }{\Q therefore ye Bnei Ya'akov are not consumed.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Even from the yamei avoteichem

\par }{\Q ye are gone away from Mine chukkim,

\par }{\Q and have not been shomer over them.

\par }{\Q Return unto Me, and I will return unto you,

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os.

\par }{\Q But ye said: Wherein shall we return?


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Will a man rob G-d?

\par }{\Q Yet ye have robbed Me.

\par }{\Q But ye say: Wherein have we robbed Thee?

\par }{\Q In ma'aser
{\ADD{(tithes)}} and terumah
{\ADD{(offerings, contributions)}}.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3:8 }{\XT{Ex 20:15}}}


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ye are cursed with a me'erah
{\ADD{(curse)}};

\par }{\Q for ye have robbed Me,

\par }{\Q even this whole Goy
{\ADD{(nation)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Bring ye kol hama'aser
{\ADD{(all the tithes)}} into the Beis HaOtzar
{\ADD{(House of the Treasury)}},

\par }{\Q that there may be teref
{\ADD{(food)}} in Mine Beis,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3:10 }{\FT{Hamikdash}}}

\par }{\Q and prove Me now herewith,

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os,

\par }{\Q if I will not open you the windows of Shomayim,

\par }{\Q and pour you out a brocha,

\par }{\Q that there shall not be room enough to receive it.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes,

\par }{\Q and he shall not destroy the p'ri ha'adamah;

\par }{\Q neither shall your gefen cast her fruit before the time in the sadeh,

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}And kol HaGoyim shall call you blessed;

\par }{\Q for ye shall be an Eretz Chefetz,

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}Your devarim have been harsh against Me,

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}}. Yet ye say:

\par }{\Q What have we spoken so much against Thee?


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Ye have said: Avod Elohim is vain;

\par }{\Q and what profit is it that we have been shomer over His mishmeret,

\par }{\Q and that we have walked as mourners

\par }{\Q before
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os?


\par }{\Q \VS{15}And now we call the zedim
{\ADD{(proud)}} happy;

\par }{\Q yea, they that work rishah
{\ADD{(wickedness)}} are set up;

\par }{\Q yea, they that tempt Elohim even go free.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}Then they that feared
{\ND{Hashem}}

\par }{\Q spoke often one to another;

\par }{\Q and
{\ND{Hashem}} paid heed, and heard it,

\par }{\Q and a Sefer Zikaron
{\ADD{(book of remembrance)}} was written before Him

\par }{\Q for them that feared
{\ND{Hashem}},

\par }{\Q and that meditated upon Shmo
{\ADD{(His Name)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}And they shall be Mine,

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os,

\par }{\Q in that Yom when I make up My segullah
{\ADD{(special treasure, possession)}};

\par }{\Q and I will spare them,

\par }{\Q as a man spareth his own ben haoved oto
{\ADD{(son that serveth him)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Then shall ye return,

\par }{\Q and discern between the tzaddik and the rasha,

\par }{\Q between oved Elohim
{\ADD{(him that serveth G-d)}}

\par }{\Q and him that serveth Him not.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}For, hinei, HaYom bah
{\ADD{(the day cometh)}},

\par }{\Q that shall burn as an oven;

\par }{\Q and kol zedim
{\ADD{(all the proud)}}, yea, and all that do wickedly,

\par }{\Q shall be stubble;

\par }{\Q and HaYom that cometh shall burn them up,

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os,

\par }{\Q that it shall leave them

\par }{\Q neither shoresh
{\ADD{(root)}} nor anaf
{\ADD{(branch)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}But unto you that fear My name

\par }{\Q shall the Shemesh Tzedakah
{\ADD{(sun of righteousness)}} arise

\par }{\Q with healing in his wings;

\par }{\Q and ye shall go forth,

\par }{\Q and grow up as calves of the stall.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}And ye shall trample down the resha'im;

\par }{\Q for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet

\par }{\Q in HaYom that I shall do this,

\par }{\Q saith
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{22}Remember ye the Torat Moshe Avdi,

\par }{\Q which I commanded unto him in Chorev for kol Yisroel,

\par }{\Q with the chukkim
{\ADD{(statutes)}} and mishpatim
{\ADD{(judgments)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Hinei,

\par }{\Q I will send you Eliyahu HaNavi

\par }{\Q before the coming of

\par }{\Q the great and dreadful Yom
{\ND{Hashem}};


\par }{\Q \VS{24}And he shall turn the lev-avot to the banim,

\par }{\Q and the lev-banim to their avot,

\par }{\Q lest I come and strike the earth with cherem.

\par }