Malachi 2

YHWH rebukes the priests for despising His name by offering defiled sacrifices and corrupting the covenant of Levi, warning them of a curse for their failure to faithfully teach the Torah.[1][3][8] YHWH condemns Judah for profaning the sanctuary through treacherous marriages with foreign women and faithless divorce, emphasizing the sanctity of the marital covenant as a reflection of His own.[2][5][8]

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אִם 𐤀𐤌 im if if / whether if HC לֹ֣א 𐤋𐤀 lo not not not HTn תִשְׁמְע֡וּ 𐤕𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤅 tishemeu you listen you all will hear you all will hear HVqi2mp וְ/אִם 𐤅/𐤀𐤌 veim and-if and if and if HC/C לֹא֩ 𐤋𐤀 lo-2 not not not HTn תָשִׂ֨ימוּ 𐤕𐤔𐤉𐤌𐤅 tasimu you put you shall place you shall set HVqi2mp עַל 𐤏𐤋 al on upon upon HR לֵ֜ב 𐤋𐤁 lev heart inner core of heart HNcmsa לָ/תֵ֧ת 𐤋/𐤕𐤕 latet to give to give to give HR/Vqc כָּב֣וֹד 𐤊𐤁𐤅𐤃 kavod glory weighty honor glory HNcbsa לִ/שְׁמִ֗/י 𐤋/𐤔𐤌/𐤉 lishemi to my name for my name for my name HR/Ncmsc/Sp1cs אָמַר֙ 𐤀𐤌𐤓 amar says he said he said HVqp3ms יְהוָ֣ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp צְבָא֔וֹת 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕 tsevaot of hosts organized hosts organized hosts HNcbpa וְ/שִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י 𐤅/𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤕𐤉 veshilacheti and I will send and I will dispatch and I will send HC/Vpq1cs בָ/כֶם֙ 𐤁/𐤊𐤌 vakhem among you against you HR/Sp2mp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et the object-marker [·] HTo הַ/מְּאֵרָ֔ה 𐤄/𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤄 hameerah curse the malediction the curse HTd/Ncfsa וְ/אָרוֹתִ֖י 𐤅/𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤕𐤉 vearoti and I will curse and I cursed and I will curse HC/Vqq1cs אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 [direct object marker] object-marker [·] HTo בִּרְכֽוֹתֵי/כֶ֑ם 𐤁𐤓𐤊𐤅𐤕𐤉/𐤊𐤌 birekhoteykhem your blessings your bestowals of favor your blessings HNcfpc/Sp2mp וְ/גַם֙ 𐤅/𐤂𐤌 vegam and also and also and also HC/Ta אָרוֹתִ֔י/הָ 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤕𐤉/𐤄 arotiha I have cursed them I cursed her I have cursed her HVqp1cs/Sp3fs כִּ֥י 𐤊𐤉 ki because for/because because HC אֵינְ/כֶ֖ם 𐤀𐤉𐤍/𐤊𐤌 eynekhem you are not you are not you are not HTn/Sp2mp שָׂמִ֥ים 𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌 samim laying fragrant spices placing HVqrmpa עַל 𐤏𐤋 al-2 to upon upon HR לֵֽב 𐤋𐤁 lev-2 heart inner core of heart HNcmsa
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בָּגְדָ֣ה 𐤁𐤂𐤃𐤄 bagedah has been faithless she acted treacherously she acted treacherously HVqp3fs יְהוּדָ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehudah Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah HNp וְ/תוֹעֵבָ֛ה 𐤅/𐤕𐤅𐤏𐤁𐤄 vetoevah and an abomination a detestable thing and a detestable thing HC/Ncfsa נֶעֶשְׂתָ֥ה 𐤍𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤄 neesetah has been committed was done was done HVNp3fs בְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל 𐤁/𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 veyiserael in Israel El contends in Yiserael HR/Np וּ/בִ/ירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם 𐤅/𐤁/𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 uvirushalaim and in Jerusalem and in Jerusalem and in Yerushalam HC/R/Np כִּ֣י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for/because HC חִלֵּ֣ל 𐤇𐤋𐤋 chilel has profaned he desecrated he profaned HVpp3ms יְהוּדָ֗ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehudah-2 Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah HNp קֹ֤דֶשׁ 𐤒𐤃𐤔 qodesh the sanctuary set-apartness holiness HNcmsc יְהוָה֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp אֲשֶׁ֣ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher which that-which that which HTr אָהֵ֔ב 𐤀𐤄𐤁 ahev hɔ̃ (Ewe (Gbe)) He loves he loved he loved HVqp3ms וּ/בָעַ֖ל 𐤅/𐤁𐤏𐤋 uvaal kobala (Lingala) and has married and master of and married HC/Vqp3ms בַּת 𐤁𐤕 bat the daughter daughter of daughter of HNcfsc אֵ֥ל 𐤀𐤋 el of a god toward of a god HNcmsc נֵכָֽר 𐤍𐤊𐤓 nekhar foreign foreign one foreign one HNcmsa
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וַ/אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם 𐤅/𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤕𐤌 vaamaretem And you say and you said and you said HC/Vqq2mp עַל 𐤏𐤋 al For upon concerning HR מָ֑ה 𐤌𐤄 mah what what? what HTi עַ֡ל 𐤏𐤋 al-2 For upon concerning HR כִּי 𐤊𐤉 ki because for/because because HC יְהוָה֩ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp הֵעִ֨יד 𐤄𐤏𐤉𐤃 heid has testified he gave solemn testimony he testified HVhp3ms בֵּינְ/ךָ֜ 𐤁𐤉𐤍/𐤊 beynekha between you between you between you HR/Sp2ms וּ/בֵ֣ין 𐤅/𐤁𐤉𐤍 uveyn and between and between and between HC/R אֵ֣שֶׁת 𐤀𐤔𐤕 eshet the wife woman of woman of HNcfsc נְעוּרֶ֗י/ךָ 𐤍𐤏𐤅𐤓𐤉/𐤊 neureykha of your youth your youthfulness your youth HNcbpc/Sp2ms אֲשֶׁ֤ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher whom that-which that which HTr אַתָּה֙ 𐤀𐤕𐤄 atah you you you HPp2ms בָּגַ֣דְתָּה 𐤁𐤂𐤃𐤕𐤄 bagadetah have dealt treacherously you have betrayed you have betrayed HVqp2ms בָּ֔/הּ 𐤁/𐤄 bah against her against her HR/Sp3fs וְ/הִ֥יא 𐤅/𐤄𐤉𐤀 vehi though she and she and she HC/Pp3fs חֲבֶרְתְּ/ךָ֖ 𐤇𐤁𐤓𐤕/𐤊 chaveretekha is your companion your female companion your female companion HNcfsc/Sp2ms וְ/אֵ֥שֶׁת 𐤅/𐤀𐤔𐤕 veeshet and wife and woman of and woman of HC/Ncfsc בְּרִיתֶֽ/ךָ 𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤕/𐤊 beritekha of your covenant your binding treaty your covenant HNcfsc/Sp2ms
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וְ/לֹא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo and not and not and not HC/Tn אֶחָ֣ד 𐤀𐤇𐤃 echad Eka (Bemba) one one one HAcmsa עָשָׂ֗ה 𐤏𐤔𐤄 asah made he did he made HVqp3ms וּ/שְׁאָ֥ר 𐤅/𐤔𐤀𐤓 ushear yet remainder and the remainder and the remainder HC/Ncmsc ר֨וּחַ֙ 𐤓𐤅𐤇 rucha of spirit breath of spirit of HNcbsa ל֔/וֹ 𐤋/𐤅 lo to him to him HR/Sp3ms וּ/מָה֙ 𐤅/𐤌𐤄 umah and what and what? and what HC/Ti הָֽ/אֶחָ֔ד 𐤄/𐤀𐤇𐤃 haechad Eka (Bemba) the one the one the one HTd/Acmsa מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ 𐤌𐤁𐤒𐤔 mevaqesh seeking the one persistently seeking the one persistently seeking HVprmsa זֶ֣רַע 𐤆𐤓𐤏 zera seed seed seed HNcmsc אֱלֹהִ֑ים 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 elohim Mulimu (Lozi) of God mighty ones of Elohim HNcmpa וְ/נִשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ 𐤅/𐤍𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤕𐤌 venishemaretem and guard yourselves and you were guarded and guard yourselves HC/VNq2mp בְּ/ר֣וּחֲ/כֶ֔ם 𐤁/𐤓𐤅𐤇/𐤊𐤌 beruchakhem in your spirit in your breath-wind in your spirit HR/Ncbsc/Sp2mp וּ/בְ/אֵ֥שֶׁת 𐤅/𐤁/𐤀𐤔𐤕 uveeshet and with wife and in a woman-of and with the wife HC/R/Ncfsc נְעוּרֶ֖י/ךָ 𐤍𐤏𐤅𐤓𐤉/𐤊 neureykha of your youth your youthfulness your youth HNcbpc/Sp2ms אַל 𐤀𐤋 al let not upon / over let not HTn יִבְגֹּֽד 𐤉𐤁𐤂𐤃 yivegod deal treacherously let him act treacherously let him deal treacherously HVqj3ms
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כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for HC שָׂנֵ֣א 𐤔𐤍𐤀 sane he-hates he hated he hates HVqp3ms שַׁלַּ֗ח 𐤔𐤋𐤇 shalach sends-away to send off to send off HVpc אָמַ֤ר 𐤀𐤌𐤓 amar says he said he said HVqp3ms יְהוָה֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp אֱלֹהֵ֣י 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 elohey Mulimu (Lozi) God-of mighty ones of Elohim of HNcmpc יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp וְ/כִסָּ֤ה 𐤅/𐤊𐤎𐤄 vekhisah and-he-covers and he covered over and he covers HC/Vpq3ms חָמָס֙ 𐤇𐤌𐤎 chamas violence violent wrongdoing violence HNcmsa עַל 𐤏𐤋 al upon upon upon HR לְבוּשׁ֔/וֹ 𐤋𐤁𐤅𐤔/𐤅 levusho his-garment his garment his garment HNcmsc/Sp3ms אָמַ֖ר 𐤀𐤌𐤓 amar-2 says he said he said HVqp3ms יְהוָ֣ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah-2 Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp צְבָא֑וֹת 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕 tsevaot of-hosts organized hosts organized hosts HNcbpa וְ/נִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥ם 𐤅/𐤍𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤕𐤌 venishemaretem and-you-shall-guard and you were guarded and you must guard HC/VNq2mp בְּ/רוּחֲ/כֶ֖ם 𐤁/𐤓𐤅𐤇/𐤊𐤌 beruchakhem in-your-spirit in your breath-wind in your spirit HR/Ncbsc/Sp2mp וְ/לֹ֥א 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo and-not and not and not HC/Tn תִבְגֹּֽדוּ 𐤕𐤁𐤂𐤃𐤅 tivegodu you-betray you act treacherously you act treacherously HVqi2mp
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הוֹגַעְתֶּ֤ם 𐤄𐤅𐤂𐤏𐤕𐤌 hogaetem you have wearied you have made weary you have made weary HVhp2mp יְהוָה֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp בְּ/דִבְרֵי/כֶ֔ם 𐤁/𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉/𐤊𐤌 bedivereykhem Ndaba (Zulu) with your words in your spoken matters by your words HR/Ncmpc/Sp2mp וַ/אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם 𐤅/𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤕𐤌 vaamaretem and you say and you said and you said HC/Vqq2mp בַּ/מָּ֣ה 𐤁/𐤌𐤄 bamah How with what? with what HR/Ti הוֹגָ֑עְנוּ 𐤄𐤅𐤂𐤏𐤍𐤅 hogaenu have we wearied we have made weary we have made weary HVhp1cp בֶּ/אֱמָרְ/כֶ֗ם 𐤁/𐤀𐤌𐤓/𐤊𐤌 beemarekhem in that you say in your saying in your (pl.) saying HR/Vqc/Sp2mp כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal kila (Swahili) Everyone entirety of all of HNcmsc עֹ֨שֵׂה 𐤏𐤔𐤄 oseh who does doer doer HVqrmsc רָ֜ע 𐤓𐤏 ra evil bad evil HAamsa ט֣וֹב 𐤈𐤅𐤁 tov good good good HAamsa בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י 𐤁/𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉 beeyney Enyi (Fante) in the sight of in the eyes of in the eyes of HR/Ncbdc יְהוָ֗ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah-2 Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp וּ/בָ/הֶם֙ 𐤅/𐤁/𐤄𐤌 uvahem in them in them HC/R/Sp3mp ה֣וּא 𐤄𐤅𐤀 hu He he he HPp3ms חָפֵ֔ץ 𐤇𐤐𐤑 chafets delights he delights he delights HVqp3ms א֥וֹ 𐤀𐤅 o or or or HC אַיֵּ֖ה 𐤀𐤉𐤄 ayeh Where where? where HTi אֱלֹהֵ֥י 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 elohey Mulimu (Lozi) God mighty ones of Elohim HNcmpc הַ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט 𐤄/𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤈 hamishepat of justice the judicial ruling the judgment HTd/Ncmsa