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Use the calendar to view readings from this devotional. Chronological 1 A prophecy:(A) The word(B) of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.[a] Israel Doubts God’s Love 2 “I have loved(C) you,” says the Lord. “But you ask,(D) ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,(E) 3 but Esau I have hated,(F) and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland(G) and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.(H)” 4 Edom(I) may say, “Though we have been crushed, we will rebuild(J) the ruins.” But this is what the Lord Almighty says: “They may build, but I will demolish.(K) They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the Lord.(L) 5 You will see it with your own eyes and say, ‘Great(M) is the Lord—even beyond the borders of Israel!’(N) Breaking Covenant Through Blemished Sacrifices 6 “A son honors his father,(O) and a slave his master.(P) If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect(Q) due me?” says the Lord Almighty.(R) “It is you priests who show contempt for my name. “But you ask,(S) ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’ 7 “By offering defiled food(T) on my altar. “But you ask,(U) ‘How have we defiled you?’ “By saying that the Lord’s table(V) is contemptible. 8 When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals,(W) is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased(X) with you? Would he accept you?” says the Lord Almighty.(Y) 9 “Now plead with God to be gracious to us. With such offerings(Z) from your hands, will he accept(AA) you?”—says the Lord Almighty. 10 “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors,(AB) so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased(AC) with you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will accept(AD) no offering(AE) from your hands. 11 My name will be great(AF) among the nations,(AG) from where the sun rises to where it sets.(AH) In every place incense(AI) and pure offerings(AJ) will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty. 12 “But you profane it by saying, ‘The Lord’s table(AK) is defiled,’ and, ‘Its food(AL) is contemptible.’ 13 And you say, ‘What a burden!’(AM) and you sniff at it contemptuously,(AN)” says the Lord Almighty. “When you bring injured, lame or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices,(AO) should I accept them from your hands?”(AP) says the Lord. 14 “Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal(AQ) to the Lord. For I am a great king,(AR)” says the Lord Almighty,(AS) “and my name is to be feared(AT) among the nations.(AU) Additional Warning to the Priests 2 “And now, you priests, this warning is for you.(AV) 2 If you do not listen,(AW) and if you do not resolve to honor(AX) my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse(AY) on you, and I will curse your blessings.(AZ) Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me. 3 “Because of you I will rebuke your descendants[b]; I will smear on your faces the dung(BA) from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.(BB) 4 And you will know that I have sent you this warning so that my covenant with Levi(BC) may continue,” says the Lord Almighty. 5 “My covenant was with him, a covenant(BD) of life and peace,(BE) and I gave them to him; this called for reverence(BF) and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. 6 True instruction(BG) was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked(BH) with me in peace(BI) and uprightness,(BJ) and turned many from sin.(BK) 7 “For the lips of a priest(BL) ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger(BM) of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.(BN) 8 But you have turned from the way(BO) and by your teaching have caused many to stumble;(BP) you have violated the covenant(BQ) with Levi,”(BR) says the Lord Almighty. 9 “So I have caused you to be despised(BS) and humiliated(BT) before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality(BU) in matters of the law.”(BV) Breaking Covenant Through Divorce 10 Do we not all have one Father[c]?(BW) Did not one God create us?(BX) Why do we profane the covenant(BY) of our ancestors by being unfaithful(BZ) to one another? 11 Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable(CA) thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves(CB) by marrying(CC) women who worship a foreign god.(CD) 12 As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may the Lord remove(CE) him from the tents of Jacob[d](CF)—even though he brings an offering(CG) to the Lord Almighty. 13 Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears.(CH) You weep and wail(CI) because he no longer looks with favor(CJ) on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands.(CK) 14 You ask,(CL) “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness(CM) between you and the wife of your youth.(CN) You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.(CO) 15 Has not the one God made you?(CP) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.[e](CQ) So be on your guard,(CR) and do not be unfaithful(CS) to the wife of your youth. 16 “The man who hates and divorces his wife,(CT)” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,”[f](CU) says the Lord Almighty. So be on your guard,(CV) and do not be unfaithful. Breaking Covenant Through Injustice 17 You have wearied(CW) the Lord with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask.(CX) By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased(CY) with them” or “Where is the God of justice?(CZ)” 3 “I will send my messenger,(DA) who will prepare the way before me.(DB) Then suddenly the Lord(DC) you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant,(DD) whom you desire,(DE) will come,” says the Lord Almighty. 2 But who can endure(DF) the day of his coming?(DG) Who can stand(DH) when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire(DI) or a launderer’s soap.(DJ) 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;(DK) he will purify(DL) the Levites and refine them like gold and silver.(DM) Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,(DN) 4 and the offerings(DO) of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years.(DP) 5 “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers,(DQ) adulterers(DR) and perjurers,(DS) against those who defraud laborers of their wages,(DT) who oppress the widows(DU) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners(DV) among you of justice, but do not fear(DW) me,” says the Lord Almighty. Breaking Covenant by Withholding Tithes 6 “I the Lord do not change.(DX) So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.(DY) 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away(DZ) from my decrees and have not kept them. Return(EA) to me, and I will return to you,”(EB) says the Lord Almighty. “But you ask,(EC) ‘How are we to return?’ 8 “Will a mere mortal rob(ED) God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes(EE) and offerings. 9 You are under a curse(EF)—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe(EG) into the storehouse,(EH) that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates(EI) of heaven and pour out(EJ) so much blessing(EK) that there will not be room enough to store it.(EL) 11 I will prevent pests from devouring(EM) your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,(EN)” says the Lord Almighty. 12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed,(EO) for yours will be a delightful land,”(EP) says the Lord Almighty.(EQ) Israel Speaks Arrogantly Against God 13 “You have spoken arrogantly(ER) against me,” says the Lord. “Yet you ask,(ES) ‘What have we said against you?’ 14 “You have said, ‘It is futile(ET) to serve(EU) God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements(EV) and going about like mourners(EW) before the Lord Almighty? 15 But now we call the arrogant(EX) blessed. Certainly evildoers(EY) prosper,(EZ) and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’” The Faithful Remnant 16 Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard.(FA) A scroll(FB) of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared(FC) the Lord and honored his name. 17 “On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my(FD) treasured possession.(FE) I will spare(FF) them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son(FG) who serves him. 18 And you will again see the distinction between the righteous(FH) and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.(FI) Judgment and Covenant Renewal 4 [g]“Surely the day is coming;(FJ) it will burn like a furnace.(FK) All the arrogant(FL) and every evildoer will be stubble,(FM) and the day that is coming will set them on fire,(FN)” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch(FO) will be left to them. 2 But for you who revere my name,(FP) the sun of righteousness(FQ) will rise with healing(FR) in its rays. And you will go out and frolic(FS) like well-fed calves. 3 Then you will trample(FT) on the wicked; they will be ashes(FU) under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty. 4 “Remember the law(FV) of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb(FW) for all Israel.(FX) 5 “See, I will send the prophet Elijah(FY) to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.(FZ) 6 He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children,(GA) and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike(GB) the land with total destruction.”(GC) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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1 इतिहास 21 Nepali Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-NE) इस्राएलीहरूको गन्ती गरेर दाऊदले पाप गर्छन 21 शैतान इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको विरूद्ध थियो। त्यसले दाऊदलाई इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको गन्ती गर्न उत्साहित तुल्यायो। 2 यसर्थ दाऊदले योआब र मानिसहरूका अगुवाहरूलाई भने, “जाऊ अनि इस्राएलका सबै मानिसहरूको गणना गर। देशमा भएका हरेकको गन्तीगर। बेर्शेबा शहरदेखि दान शहरसम्म। तब मलाई भन, जसद्वारा त्यहाँ कति जना मानिसहरू छन् म जान्ने छु।” 3 तर योआबले भने, “परमप्रभुले उहाँको राष्ट्रलाई सय गुणा विशाल बनाउन्। हजूर, इस्राएलका सबै मानिसहरू तपाईका दास हुन्। तपाई किन यो काम गर्न चाहनुहुन्छ, मेरा परमप्रभु राजा तपाईले इस्राएलका सबै मानिसहरूलाई पापको दोषी तुल्याउनु हुनेछ।” 4 तर राजा दाऊद ढीट थिए। योआबले त्यसै गर्नु पर्यो जो राजाले भने। यसर्थ योआब गए अनि मानिसहरूको गिन्ती गर्दै देश भरि घुमे। त्यस पछि योआब यरूशलेम फर्की आए। 5 अनि कतिजना मानिसहरू थिए सो दाऊदलाई भने। इस्राएलमा 11,00,000 मानिसहरू थिए जो तरवार चलाउन सक्थे। अनि 4,70,000 मानिसहरू यहूदामा थिए जो तरवार चलाउन सक्थे। 6 योआबले लेवी अनि बिन्यामीनका कुल समूहहरूको गिन्ती लिएनन्। योआबले ती अनि परिवार समूहहरूको गणना गरेनन् किनभने तिनलाई दाऊदको आदेश मनपरेन। 7 परमेश्वरको नजरमा दाऊदले नराम्रो कार्य गरेका थिए। यसर्थ परमेश्वरले इस्राएललाई दण्ड दिनु भयो। परमेश्वरले इस्राएललाई दण्ड दिनु हुन्छ 8 तब दाऊदले परमेश्वरलाई भने, “मैले अति मूर्खतापूर्ण काम गरेकोछु। मैले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको गणना गरेर अति नराम्रो पाप गरेका छु। त्यसकारण म तपाईको दासबाट यो पाप हटाई दिनुहोस् भनी याचना गर्छु।” 9-10 गाद दाऊदका दर्शी थिए। परमप्रभुले गादलाई भन्नुभयो, “जा, अनि दाऊदलाई भनः ‘परमप्रभुले जे भन्नुहुन्छ त्यो यो होः म तँलाई तीनवटा रोजाइ दिंदैछु। तैंले ती मध्ये एउटा रोज्नु पर्छ। तब म तैंले रोजे अनुसार दण्ड दिनेछु।’” 11-12 तब गाद दाऊद कहाँ गए र गादले दाऊदलाई भने, “परमप्रभु यही भन्नुहुन्छ, ‘दाऊद रोज कुन चाँही दण्ड तिमी चाहन्छौ? अनिकालको तीन बर्ष, वा तीन महीनासम्म तेरो शत्रुहरू देखि भागी हिँड्नु जब तिनीहरू आफ्ना तरवार लिएर तँलाई खेद्नेछन् अथवा परमप्रभुबाट तीन दिनको दण्ड। या भयानक रूढ़ी देश भरि फैलिने छ अनि परमप्रभुका स्वर्गदूतले मानिसहरूलाई ध्वंश गर्दै इस्राएलको चारैतिर जानेछन्।’ दाऊद, परमेश्वरले मलाई पठाउनु भएको हो। अब तपाईंले निर्णय गर्नुहोस्, कुन उत्तर मैले उहाँलाई दिनु?” 13 दाऊदले गादलाई भने, “म संकष्टमा परेको छु। म कुनै मानिसले मलाई दण्ड दिएको फैसला चाहँदिन। परमप्रभु दयालू हुनुहुन्छ यसकारण मलाई उहाँको हातमा पर्न दिनोस्।” 14 यसर्थ परमप्रभुले इस्राएलमा भयंकर रोगहरू पठाउनुभयो अनि 70,000 मानिसहरू मरे। 15 परमेश्वरले एउटा स्वर्गदूतलाई यरूशलेम ध्वंश त गर्न पठाउनु भयो। तर जब ती स्वर्ग दूतले यरूशलेमलाई ध्वंशत गर्न शुरू गरे परमप्रभुले त्यो देख्नु भयो अनि उहाँलाई दुःख लाग्यो यसर्थ परमप्रभुले यरूशलेमलाई नाश नपार्ने निश्चय गर्नुभयो। परमप्रभुले स्वर्गदूतलाई जो नाश गर्दै थिए, भन्नुभयो, “रोक! यति नै पर्याप्त छ।” परमप्रभुका स्वर्गदूत यबूसी ओर्नानको खलामा उभिएका थिए। 16 दाऊदले माथितिर हेरे अनि परमप्रभुका स्वर्गदूतलाई आकाशमा देखे। स्वर्गदूतले तिनको तरवार यरूशलेम शहर माथि समातिरहेका थिए। तब दाऊद अनि बूढा-प्रधानहरूले आफ्ना शिरलाई भूईँ छुनेगरि झुकाएर प्रणाम गरे। दाऊद अनि बूढा-प्रधानहरूले आफ्ना दुःख प्रकट गर्नका निम्ति विशेष वस्त्र पहिरेका थिए। 17 दाऊदले परमेश्वरलाई भने, “म त्यही एक हुँ जसले पाप गर्यो। मानिसहरूको गन्ती गर्नका निम्ति मैले नै आदेश गरेको थिएँ। म अन्जानमा थिएँ। इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले केही भूल गरेका थिएनन्। परमप्रभु मेरा परमेश्वर, मलाई र मेरो परिवारलाई दण्ड दिनुहोस्। तर यो भयानक रोगहरूलाई रोक्नुहोस् जसले तपाईंका मानिसहरूलाई मारिरहेछ।” 18 तब परमप्रभुका स्वर्गदूतले गादलाई भने, “दाऊदलाई परमप्रभुको आराधना गर्नका निम्ति एक वेदी निर्माण गर्नु भन। दाऊदले त्यो बेदी यबूसीका ओर्नानको खलाको नजिक निर्माण गर्नुपर्छ।” 19 गादले ती कुराहरू दाऊदलाई भने अनि दाऊद ओर्नानको खलातिर गए। 20 ओर्नान गहुँ कुट्दै थिए। ओर्नान फर्के अनि स्वर्गदूतलाई देखे। ओर्नानका चारजना छोराहरू लुक्नलाई कुदे। 21 दाऊद ओर्नान डाँडा तिर उकालो लागे। ओर्नानले तिनलाई देखे र खला छाडे। तिनी दाऊद भए तिर गए अनि तिनको सामुन्ने भूईँ छुनेगरी शिर झुकाई प्रणाम गरे। 22 दाऊदले ओर्नानलाई भने, “तिम्रो खला मलाई बेच। म तिमीलाई पूरा दाम दिनेछु। तब म यो जग्गालाई परमप्रभुको अराधना गर्नको निम्ति बेदी निर्माण गर्न प्रयोग गर्ने छु। तब यी भयानक रोगहरू बन्द हुनेछन्।” 23 ओर्नानले दाऊदलाई भने, “यो खला लिनुहोस्। तपाईं मेरो स्वामी, महाराजा हुनुहुन्छ। तपाईंलाई जे इच्छ लाग्छ त्यही गर्नु होस्। तपाईलाई होम बलिहरूका निम्ति गाई-गोरूहरू पनि दिनेछु। म तपाईलाई खलाको तखताहरू दाउराको रूपमा दिनेछु। म अन्न बलि चढाउनको निम्ति गहुँ र यी सबै सामानहरू तपाईलाई दिनेछु।” 24 तर राजा दाऊदले ओर्नानलाई उत्तर दिए, “होइन, म तिमीलाई पूरा दाम दिन्छु। परमप्रभुलाई अर्पण गर्नका निम्ति म तिम्रो केही चीज लिँदिन। म त्यो भेट अर्पण गर्दिनँ जसको कुनै मूल्य दिनु पर्दैन।” 25 यसर्थ दाऊदले ओर्नानलाई त्यो स्थानको निम्ति 600 शेकेल जति सुन दिए। 26 दाऊदले त्यहाँ परमप्रभुको आराधना गर्नका निम्ति एउटा बेदी निर्माण गरे। दाऊदलले होमबलि र मेलबलि चढाए। दाऊदले परमप्रभुसित प्रार्थना गरे। परमप्रभुले स्वर्गबाट आगो पठाएर दाऊदलाई उत्तर दिनुभयो। त्यो आगो तल होमबलिको बेदीमा झर्यो। 27 तब परमप्रभुले स्वर्गदूतलाई तिनको तरवार म्यानमा हाल्नु भनी आज्ञा दिनुभयो। 28 दाऊदले देखे कि परमप्रभुले ओर्नानको खलामा तिनलाई उत्तर दिनुभयो। यसर्थ दाऊदले परमप्रभुको निम्ति बलि चढाए। 29 (पवित्र पाल अनि होमबलिको वेदी गिबोन शहरको उच्च स्थानमा थियो। मोशाले त्यो पवित्र पाल निर्माण गरेका थिए जब इस्राएलका मानिसहरू मरुभूमिमा थिए। 30 दाऊद परमेश्वरसित कुरा-कानी गर्न पवित्र पालमा जान सकेनन् किनभने तिनी भयभीत थिए। दाऊद परमप्रभुका स्वर्गदूत अनि तिनको तरवारसित भयभीत थिए।)