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）

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.