7. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Malachi 3:7:1 ⧉לְמִימֵ֨יlemimefrom the days of Malachi 3:7:2 ⧉אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֜םavotekhemyour fathers Malachi 3:7:3 ⧉סַרְתֶּ֤םsartemyou have turned aside Malachi 3:7:4 ⧉מֵֽחֻקַּי֙mekhukaifrom my statutes Malachi 3:7:5 ⧉וְלֹ֣אveloand not Malachi 3:7:6 ⧉שְׁמַרְתֶּ֔םshemartemyou have kept Malachi 3:7:7 ⧉שׁוּבוּ֙shuvureturn Malachi 3:7:8 ⧉אֵלַ֔יelaito me Malachi 3:7:9 ⧉וְאָשׁ֣וּבָהveashuvaand I will return Malachi 3:7:10 ⧉אֲלֵיכֶ֔םaleikhemto you Malachi 3:7:11 ⧉אָמַ֖רamarsays Malachi 3:7:12 ⧉יְהוָ֣הyahwehLORD Malachi 3:7:13 ⧉צְבָאֹ֑ותtsevaotof hosts Malachi 3:7:14 ⧉וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םvaamartemand you say Malachi 3:7:15 ⧉בַּמֶּ֥הbamein what Malachi 3:7:16 ⧉נָשֽׁוּב׃nashuvshall we return |
7. Formal Translation Since the days of your fathers you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts {Yahweh Tsevaot, Commander of Armies}. Yet you say, "How are we to return?" |
7. Dynamic Translation From your ancestors’ time until now you have wandered away from My laws and did not obey them. Come back to Me, and I will come back to you, says the LORD of hosts {Yahweh Tsevaot, Divine Warrior}. Yet you ask, "How do we return?" |