የእግዚአብሔር ቀን
1“እነሆ፤ እንደ ምድጃ እሳት የሚነድድ ቀን ይመጣል፤ ትዕቢተኞች ሁሉና ክፉ አድራጊዎች በሙሉ ገለባ ይሆናሉ፤ ያ የሚመጣው ቀንም ያቃጥላቸዋል” ይላል እግዚአብሔር ጸባኦት። “ሥርም ሆነ ቅርንጫፍ አያስቀርላቸውም። 2ስሜን ለምትፈሩ ለእናንተ ግን የጽድቅ ፀሓይ በክንፎቿ ፈውስ ይዛ ትወጣለች፤ እናንተም ከጋጥ እንደ ተለቀቀ እንቦሳ እየቦረቃችሁ ትወጣላችሁ። 3እኔ በምሠራበት ቀን ክፉዎችን ትረግጣላችሁ፤ ከእግራችሁ ጫማ በታች ዐመድ ይሆናሉ” ይላል እግዚአብሔር ጸባኦት።
4“ለእስራኤል ሁሉ ሕጎችና ሥርዐቶች ይሆኑ ዘንድ፣ ለአገልጋዬ ለሙሴ በኮሬብ የሰጠሁትን ሕግ አስቡ።
5“እነሆ፤ ታላቁና የሚያስፈራው የእግዚአብሔር ቀን ከመምጣቱ በፊት፣ ነቢዩ ኤልያስን እልክላችኋለሁ። 6መጥቼ ምድርን በርግማን እንዳላጠፋ፣ እርሱ የአባቶችን ልብ ወደ ልጆች፣ የልጆችንም ልብ ወደ አባቶች ይመልሳል።”
1For, 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¶ 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. 3And 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¶ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
5¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6And 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.
