1 For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.2 But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.3 And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.4 Keep in mind the law of Moses, my servant, which I gave him in Horeb for all Israel, even the rules and the decisions.5 See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.6 And by him the hearts of fathers will be turned to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers; for fear that I may come and put the earth under a curse.

1 万军之耶和华说： "看哪！ 那日来到， 像烧着的火炉一样； 骄傲的和作恶的， 都必成为碎秸； 那要来的日子， 必把他们烧尽， 不给他们留下一根一枝。 2 可是， 对你们敬畏我名的人， 必有公义的太阳升起来； 它的光线有医治的功能； 你们必出来跳跃， 像栏里的肥牛犊。" 3 万军之耶和华说： "你们必践踏恶人； 在我施行作为的日子， 他们必在你们脚掌之下成为尘土。 4 "你们要谨记我仆人摩西的律法， 就是我在何烈山为以色列众人所吩咐他的律例和典章。 5 "看哪！ 在耶和华大而可畏的日子来到以先， 我必差派以利亚先知到你们那里去。 6 他要使父亲的心转向儿女， 儿女的心转向父亲， 免得我来击打这地， 以至完全毁灭。"（本章第1-6节在《马索拉抄本》为3:19-24）