1 And now, ye priests, this commandment is for you.
2 If ye do not hear, and if ye do not lay {it} to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, I will even send the curse among you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have already cursed them, because ye do not lay {it} to heart.
3 Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, the dung of your feasts; and they shall take you away with it.
4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
5 My covenant with him was of life and peace, and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and trembled before my name.
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and at his mouth they seek the law; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.
8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
9 And I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have respect of persons in {administering} the law.
10 Have we not all one father? Hath not one *God created us? Why do we deal unfaithfully every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
11 Judah hath dealt unfaithfully, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the sanctuary of Jehovah which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange *god.
12 Jehovah will cut off from the tents of Jacob the man that doeth this, him that calleth and him that answereth; and him that offereth an oblation unto Jehovah of hosts.
13 And further ye do this: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the oblation any more, nor receiveth {it} with satisfaction at your hand.
14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been a witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt unfaithfully: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15 And did not one make {them}? and the remnant of the Spirit was his. And wherefore the one? He sought a seed of God. Take heed then to your spirit, and let none deal unfaithfully against the wife of his youth,
16 (for I hate putting away, saith Jehovah the God of Israel;) and he covereth with violence his garment, saith Jehovah of hosts: take heed then to your spirit, that ye deal not unfaithfully.
17 Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, and ye say, Wherein have we wearied {him}? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
1 祭司啊！ 现在这命令是给你们的。
2 万军之耶和华说： "你们若不听从， 若不放在心上， 不把荣耀归给我的名， 我就使咒诅临到你们中间， 我要咒诅你们应得的福分， 并且已经咒诅了， 因为你们没有把这命令放在心上。
3 我要斥责你们的子孙， 也要把粪涂抹在你们的脸上， 就是节期祭牲的粪； 人要把你们抬到粪堆去。"
4 万军之耶和华说： "这样， 你们就知道是我把这命令给你们， 使我与利未所立的约得以存留。
5 我与他所立的是生命和平安的约， 也把这些赐给了他。我要使他敬畏我， 又畏惧我的名。
6 在他的口中有真理的教训， 在他的嘴里也没有不义； 他以平安和正直与我同行， 使许多人回头离开罪孽。"
7 祭司的嘴当保存知识， 人要从他的口中寻求教训， 因为他是万军耶和华的使者。
8 万军之耶和华说： "你们却偏离了正路， 使许多人在律法上跌倒； 你们也破坏了我与利未所立的约。
9 因此， 我也使你们在众人面前被藐视、受轻看， 因为你们不遵守我的道， 在律法上徇人的情面。"
10 我们不是同有一位父吗？不是同一位 神创造我们吗？为什么我们各人对自己的兄弟不忠， 亵渎我们列祖的约呢？
11 犹大人行了诡诈， 在以色列和耶路撒冷中作了可憎的事； 因为犹大人亵渎耶和华所爱的圣所， 娶了事奉外族神的女子为妻。
12 行这事的， 无论是主动的， 或是附从的， 连那献礼物给万军耶和华的， 耶和华必把那人从雅各的帐棚中除掉。
13 你们又行了这事： 使眼泪、哀哭和呻吟盖满了耶和华的坛， 因为耶和华不再垂看礼物， 也不喜悦从你们手中收纳。
14 你们还问： "为什么呢？"因为耶和华在你和你年轻时所娶的妻子中间作证； 她是你的伴侣， 是你立约的妻子， 你竟对她不忠！
15 一个还有灵性的人， 是不会这样作的。他会作什么呢？他会寻求 神的子孙。所以要谨守你们的灵性， 不可对年轻时所娶的妻子不忠。
16 耶和华以色列的 神说： "我恨恶休妻和以强暴待妻子。"万军之耶和华说： "所以要谨守你们的灵性， 不可行诡诈的事。"
17 你们用自己的言语使耶和华厌烦， 你们还说： "我们怎样使他厌烦呢？"因为你们说： "作恶的， 耶和华都看为善， 并且喜悦他们。"或说： "公义的 神在哪里呢？"