§2.1Καὶ νῦν ἡ ἐντολὴ αὕτη πρὸς ὑμᾶς, οἱ ἱερεῖς.
And now, this commandment is for you, O priests.
§2.2ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσητε. καὶ ἐὰν μὴ θἡσθε εἰς τὴν καρδίαν ὑμῶν τοῦ δοῦναι δόξαν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, λέγει Κύριος Γαντοκράτωρ, καὶ ἐξαποστελῶ ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς τὴν κατάραν, καὶ ἐπικαταράσομαι τὴν εὐλογίαν ὑμῶν, καὶ καταράσομαι αὐτήν· καὶ διασκεδάσω τὴν εὐλογίαν ὑμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν, ὅτι ὑμεῖς οὐ τίθεσθε εἰς τὴν καρδίαν ὑμῶν.
If you do not listen, and if you do not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the Lord Almighty, I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessing, and I will curse it; and I will scatter your blessing, and it shall not be among you, because you do not lay it to heart.
§2.3ἰδου ἐγὼ ἀφορίζω ὑμῖν, τὸν ὥμον, καὶ σκορπιῶ ἔνυστρον ἐπὶ τὰ πρόσωπα ὑμῶν, ἔνυστρον ἑορτῶν, καὶ λήμψομαι ὑμᾶς εἰς τὸ αὐτό·
Behold, I will reject for you the shoulder, and I will scatter offal upon your faces, the offal of your feasts, and I will take you away to the same.
§2.4καὶ ἐπιγνώσεσθε διότι ἐγὼ ἐξαπέσταλκα πρὸς ὑμᾶς τὴν ἐντολὴν ταύτην, τοῦ εἰναι τὴν διαθήκην μου πρὸς τοὺς Λευείτας, λέγει Κύριος Ιαντοκράτωρ.
And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, so that my covenant might be with the Levites, says the Lord Almighty.
§2.5ἡ διαθήκη μου ἦν μετʼ αὐτοῦ τῆς ζωῆς καὶ τῆς εἰρήνης. καὶ ἔδωκα αὐτῷ ἐν φόβῳ φοβεῖσθαι καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου ὀνόματός μου στέλλεσθαι αὐτόν.
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear me with fear, and that he might stand in awe of my name.
§2.6νόμος ἀληθείας ἣν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀδικία οὐχ εὑρέθη ἐν χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ· ἐν εἰρήνῃ κατευθύνων ἐπορεύθη μετʼ ἐμοῦ, καὶ πολλοὺς ἐπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ ἀδικίας.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; in peace, walking uprightly, he went with me, and turned many back from unrighteousness.
§2.7ὅτι χείλη ἱερέως φυλάξεται γνῶσιν, καὶ νόμον ἐκζητήσουσιν ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ, διότι ἄγγελος Κυρίου Γαντοκράτορός ἐστιν.
For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and they should seek the law from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty.
§2.8ὑμεῖς δὲ ἐξεκλίνατε ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ καὶ ἠσθενήσατε πολλοὺς ἐν νόμῳ, διεφθείρατε τὴν διαθήκην τοῦ Λευὶ, λέγει Κύριος Γαντοκράτωρ.
But you have turned aside from the way and have caused many to stumble in the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord Almighty.
§2.9κἀγὼ δέδωκα ὑμᾶς ἐξουδενωμένους καὶ ἀπερριμμένους εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἀνθʼ ὧν ὑμεῖς οὐ φυλάσσεσθε τὰς ὁδούς μου ἀλλὰ ἐλαμβάνετε πρόσωπα ἐν νόμῳ.
And so I have made you despised and rejected among all the nations, because you have not kept my ways but have shown partiality in the law.
§2.10Οὐχὶ θεὸς εἰς ἔκτισεν ὑμᾶς;
Did not one God create you?
οὐχὶ πατὴρ εἰς πάντων ὑμῶν;
Is there not one father of you all?
τί ὅτι ἐνκατελίπετε ἕκαστος τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, τοῦ βεβηλῶσαι τὴν διαθήκην τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν;
Why then does each of you abandon his brother, to profane the covenant of your fathers?
§2.11ἐνκατελίφθη Ἰούδας, καὶ βδέλυγμα ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ, διότι ἐβεβήλωσεν Ἰούδας τὰ ἅγια Κυρίου, ἐν οἷς ἠγάπησεν καὶ ἐπετήδευσεν εἰς θεοὺς ἀλλοτρίους.
Judah has been abandoned, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holy things of the Lord, which he loved, and has gone after foreign gods.
§2.12ἐξολεθρεύσει Κύριος τὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν ποιοῦντα ταῦτα, ἕως καὶ ταπεινωθῇ ἐκ σκηνωμάτωI Ἰακὼβ καὶ ἐκ προσαγόντων θυσίαν τῷ κυρίῳ IΙαντοκράτορι.
May the Lord destroy the man who does these things, until he is brought low from the tents of Jacob and from those who offer sacrifice to the Lord Almighty.
§2.13καὶ ταῦτα ἄ ἐμίσουν, ἐποιεῖτε· ἐκαλύπτετε δάκρυσιν τὸ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίου καὶ κλαυθμῷ καὶ στεναγμῷ ἐκ κόπων.
And these things which I hated, you did; you covered the altar of the Lord with tears, and with weeping and groaning from troubles.
ἔτι ἄξιον ἐπιβλέψαι εἰς θυσίαν ἡ λαβεῖν δεκτὸν ἐκ τῶν χειροῖν ὑμῶν;
Is it still worthwhile to look upon a sacrifice or to receive it favorably from your hands?
§2.14καὶ εἶπατε Ἐνεκεν τίνος; ὅτι Κύριος διεμαρτύρατο ἀνὰ μέσον σοῦ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον γυναικὸς νεότητός σου, ἣυ ἐνκατέλιπες· καὶ αὕτη κοιναωνός σου καὶ γυνὴ διαθήκης σου.
Yet you say, 'For what reason?' Because the Lord has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you have abandoned; yet she is your companion and your wife of covenant.
§2.15καὶ οὐ καλὸν ἐποίησεν καὶ ὑὑπόλιμμα πνεύματος αὐτοῦ;
And did he not make her well, and there was a remnant of his spirit?
καὶ τἴπατε Τί ἄλλο ἤ σπέρμα ητεῖ ὁ θεός καὶ φυλάξασθε ἐν τῷ πνεύματι ὑμῶν, καὶ γυναῖκα νεότητός σου μὴ ἐνκαταλίπῃς·
And you say, 'What else does God seek but a seed?' Therefore, guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not abandon the wife of your youth.
§2.16|λλὰ ἐὰν μισήσας ἐξαποστείλῃς, λέγει Κύριος ὁ θεὸς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ καλύψει ἀσέβεια ἐπὶ τὰ ἐνθυμήματά σου, λέγει Κύριος Παντοκράτωρ.
'But if you hate and send her away,' says the Lord God of Israel, 'then ungodliness will cover your thoughts,' says the Lord Almighty.
καὶ φυλάξασθε ἐν τῷ πνεύματι ὑμῶν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐνκαταλίπητε, §2.17οἱ παροξύνοντες τὸν θεὸν ἐν τοῖς λόγοις ὑμῶν·
'Therefore guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not abandon her.' You who provoke God with your words.
καὶ είπατε Ἐν τίνι παρωξύναμεν αὐτόν; ἐν τῷ λέγειν ὑμᾶς Πᾶς ποιῶν πονηρόν, καλὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς αὐτὸς εὐδόκησεν· καί Ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς τῆς δικαιοσύνης;
Yet you say, 'In what way have we provoked him?' In that you say, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he takes pleasure in them,' and, 'Where is the God of justice?'