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）