耶和华的日子临近
万军之耶和华说：“看哪，那日临近，势如烧着的火炉，凡狂傲的和行恶的都如碎秸，在那日被烧尽，根与枝条无一存留。
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2但是，对你们敬畏我名的人，必有公义的太阳出现，其光线☛“光线”：原文是“翅膀”。有医治的能力。你们必出来跳跃如圈里的牛犊。But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
3你们必践踏恶人；在我所定的日子，他们必成为你们脚掌下的灰尘。这是万军之耶和华说的。And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
4“你们当记念我仆人摩西的律法，就是我在何烈山为以色列众人所吩咐他的律例典章。Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
5“看哪，耶和华大而可畏之日未到以前，我要差遣以利亚先知到你们那里去。Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
6他必使父亲的心转向儿女，儿女的心转向父亲，免得我来诅咒这地。”And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.