1 “Priests|strong="H3548", this|strong="H2063" rule is|strong="H4687" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0413".
2 Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5414"! Pay|strong="H5414" attention|strong="H3820" to|strong="H0559" what|strong="H1571" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559". Show|strong="H5414" honor|strong="H3519" to|strong="H0559" my|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H3808" respect|strong="H7760" my|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034", bad things|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" happen to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3588". You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" blessings|strong="H1293", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" become curses|strong="H3994". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H7760" bad things|strong="H3808" happen because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H3808" show|strong="H5414" respect|strong="H7760" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034".” This|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0369" what|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful said|strong="H0559".
3 “Look|strong="H2005", I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H2233" punish your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233". During the|strong="H0853" festivals|strong="H2282", you|strong="H6440" priests offer|strong="H5375" sacrifices to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". You|strong="H6440" take|strong="H5375" the|strong="H0853" dung|strong="H6569" and|strong="H6440" inside|strong="H6440" parts from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" dead animals and|strong="H6440" throw them|strong="H0413" away|strong="H5375". But|strong="H5921" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H2233" smear the|strong="H0853" dung|strong="H6569" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" faces|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H2233" be|strong="H5375" thrown away|strong="H5375" with|strong="H0413" it|strong="H5921"!
4 Then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" learn|strong="H3045" why|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" giving you|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2063" command|strong="H4687". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" telling|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3588" these|strong="H2063" things|strong="H4687" so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0854" Levi|strong="H3878" will|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961".” This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4687" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful said|strong="H0559".
5 \+w The|strong="H6440"\+w* Lord said, “I|strong="H5414" made|strong="H5414" that|strong="H1931" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0854" Levi. I|strong="H5414" promised|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" life|strong="H2416" and|strong="H6440" peace|strong="H7965"—and|strong="H6440" I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1961" things|strong="H1961". Levi respected me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H6440" showed|strong="H5414" honor|strong="H8034" to|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034".
6 He|strong="H3808" taught the|strong="H7725" true|strong="H0571" teachings|strong="H8451" and|strong="H1980" didn’t|strong="H3808" teach lies|strong="H1961". Levi was|strong="H1961" honest, and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3808" loved peace|strong="H7965". He|strong="H3808" followed|strong="H1980" me|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1980" saved many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H3808" from|strong="H7725" being|strong="H1961" punished for|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7725" evil|strong="H5766" things|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808".
7 A|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" should|strong="H3068" know|strong="H1847" God’s teachings|strong="H8451". People|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" able to|strong="H3068" go to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" learn God’s teachings|strong="H8451". A|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" LORD’S|strong="H3068" messenger|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1931".
8 “But|strong="H0859" you|strong="H0859" priests stopped|strong="H5493" following|strong="H1870" me|strong="H4480"! You|strong="H0859" used the|strong="H0559" teachings|strong="H8451" to|strong="H0559" make people do|strong="H5493" wrong. You|strong="H0859" ruined|strong="H7843" the|strong="H0559" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3878".” This|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful said|strong="H0559".
9 “You|strong="H0834" don’t|strong="H0369" live|strong="H8451" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" I|strong="H0589" told you|strong="H0834". You|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H0369" accepted my|strong="H3605" teachings|strong="H8451". So|strong="H5414" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0834" cause|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H0369" hate you|strong="H0834" and|strong="H1870" think you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" worth nothing|strong="H0369".”
10 We|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" have|strong="H0001" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H0259" father|strong="H0001". The|strong="H3605" same|strong="H0259" God|strong="H0410" made|strong="H3605" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H0376" us. So|strong="H3808" why|strong="H4069" do|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376" cheat one|strong="H0259" another|strong="H0259"? They|strong="H3808" show that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" don’t|strong="H3808" respect the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285". They|strong="H3808" don’t|strong="H3808" respect the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" made|strong="H3605" with|strong="H1285" God|strong="H0410".
11 The|strong="H0834" people|strong="H0834" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" cheated other people|strong="H0834". People|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" did|strong="H6213" terrible things|strong="H6944". God|strong="H0410" loves|strong="H0157" the|strong="H0834" Temple, but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" didn’t respect the|strong="H0834" LORD’S|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944" Temple. The|strong="H0834" people|strong="H0834" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" foreign|strong="H5236" goddess.
12 The|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" remove them|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3772" Judah’s family|strong="H0168". They|strong="H0834" might|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H5066" gifts|strong="H4503" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful—but|strong="H6030" it|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H0168" help|strong="H6030".
13 You|strong="H6213" can|strong="H0369" cry and|strong="H3068" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H0853" LORD’S|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" with|strong="H0413" tears|strong="H1832", but|strong="H0369" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H0369" accept|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3068" gifts|strong="H4503". He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H0369" be|strong="H5750" pleased|strong="H7522" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" things you|strong="H6213" bring|strong="H3947" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413".
14 You|strong="H0859" ask|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H0834" our|strong="H3068" gifts not|strong="H3588" accepted?” It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H0834" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" saw the|strong="H0559" evil things|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" did|strong="H4100"—he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3588" witness against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0859". He|strong="H0834" saw you|strong="H0859" cheat on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802". You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" married|strong="H0802" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H5921" since|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" were|strong="H0834" young. She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" girlfriend. Then|strong="H0859" you|strong="H0859" made|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" vows to|strong="H0559" each|strong="H0802" other—and|strong="H3068" she|strong="H1931" became your|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802".
15 God|strong="H0430" wants husbands and|strong="H0430" wives|strong="H0802" to|strong="H8104" become one|strong="H0259" body and|strong="H0430" one|strong="H0259" spirit|strong="H7307". Why|strong="H4100"? So|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3808" holy children|strong="H2233" and|strong="H0430" protect|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3808" spiritual unity. Don’t|strong="H0408" cheat on|strong="H0259" your|strong="H8104" wife|strong="H0802". She|strong="H3808" has|strong="H0430" been|strong="H3808" your|strong="H8104" wife|strong="H0802" from|strong="H0430" the|strong="H8104" time|strong="H2233" you|strong="H6213" were|strong="H0802" young.
16 The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" hate|strong="H8130" divorce|strong="H7971", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" hate|strong="H8130" the|strong="H0559" cruel things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" men|strong="H3478" do|strong="H8104". So|strong="H7971" protect|strong="H8104" your|strong="H3068" spiritual unity. Don’t|strong="H3808" cheat on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" wife.”
17 You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H5869" taught wrong|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1931" makes|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" very sad. People|strong="H5869" were|strong="H5869" doing|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697", but|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" this|strong="H1931" pleased|strong="H2896" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1931" accepted those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697". And|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" taught that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213" not punish people|strong="H5869" for|strong="H4941" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" they|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213".