A Translation of Calvin's Version
1856 by Calvin Translation Society

Malachi Chapter 1

Mal 1:1 The burden of the word of Jehovah on Israel, by Malachi, —
Mal 1:2 I have loved you, saith Jehovah; But ye have said, In what hast thou loved us? Was not Esau a brother to Jacob? saith Jehovah;
Mal 1:3 Yet I loved Jacob, and Esau I hated: And I have set his mountains a waste And his heritage for the serpents of the desert.
Mal 1:4 If Edom shall say, "We have been diminished, But we shall return and build houses;" Yet thus saith Jehovah of hosts, —"They shall build, but I will pull down;" And they shall be called, "The border of ungodliness," And, "The people with whom Jehovah is angry forever:"
Mal 1:5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, —Magnified let Jehovah be throughout the border of Israel.
Mal 1:6 A son honours his father, and a servant his master: If then I be a father, where is my honour? And if I be a master, where is my fear? Saith Jehovah of hosts to you, priests, Who despise my name: But ye have said, In what have we despised thy name?
Mal 1:7 Ye offer on my altar polluted bread: Ye have also said, By what have we polluted thee? When ye say, The table of Jehovah, It is contemptible.
Mal 1:8 When ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! And when the lame and the sick ye offer, it is no evil! Offer it now I pray to thy governor; Will he be pleased with thee, or accept Thy person, saith Jehovah of hosts?
Mal 1:9 And now I pray entreat the favour of God! And merciful will he be to us! By your hand has this been done; Will he regard your persons? Saith Jehovah of hosts.
Mal 1:10 Who is there even among you who closes the doors? And do ye not kindle my altar in vain? I delight not in you saith Jehovah of hosts, And an offering I will not receive from your hand.
Mal 1:11 Verily, from the rising of the sun to its setting Great shall be my name among the nations. And in every place incense shall be offered To my name, and a pure offering; For great shall be my name among the nations, Saith Jehovah of hosts.
Mal 1:12 But ye have profaned it by saying, The table of Jehovah is polluted, Its provision is his contemptible food.
Mal 1:13 Ye have also said, Behold weariness? And ye have snuffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts; And offered the torn and the lame and the sick, And brought an oblation! Shall I accept this from your hand, Saith Jehovah?
Mal 1:14 But cursed be the deceitful, Who, having in his flock a male, Vows and offers what is corrupt to Jehovah For a great king am I, Saith Jehovah of hosts, And my name is terrible among the nations.