1 Pois eis que vem o dia e arde como fornalha; todos os soberbos e todos os que cometem perversidade serão como o restolho; o dia que vem os abrasará, diz o Senhor dos Exércitos, de sorte que não lhes deixará nem raiz nem ramo. 2 Mas para vós outros que temeis o meu nome nascerá o sol da justiça, trazendo salvação nas suas asas; saireis e saltareis como bezerros soltos da estrebaria. 3 Pisareis os perversos, porque se farão cinzas debaixo das plantas de vossos pés, naquele dia que prepararei, diz o Senhor dos Exércitos. 4 Lembrai-vos da Lei de Moisés, meu servo, a qual lhe prescrevi em Horebe para todo o Israel, a saber, estatutos e juízos.

5 Eis que eu vos enviarei o profeta Elias, antes que venha o grande e terrível Dia do Senhor; 6 ele converterá o coração dos pais aos filhos e o coração dos filhos a seus pais, para que eu não venha e fira a terra com maldição.

1 For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah of hosts.

4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come. 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

1 "Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire," says the LORD Almighty. "Not a root or a branch will be left to them.

2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.

3 Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act," says the LORD Almighty.

4 "Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.

5 "See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes.

6 He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction."