The Coming Messenger “Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
Behold, I send forth my messenger, and he shall survey the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come into his temple, even the angel of the covenant, whom ye take pleasure in: behold, he is coming, saith the Lord Almighty.
But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? “For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap;
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And who will abide the day of his coming? or who will withstand at his appearing? for he is coming in as the fire of a furnace and as the herb of fullers.
he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, till they present right offerings to the Lord.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
He shall sit to melt and purify as it were silver, and as it were gold: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver, and they shall offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling’s wages, and them that oppress the widow, and afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord Almighty.
Ⲁⲣⲉⲧⲉⲛⲣⲓⲕⲓ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲛⲁⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉ̀ⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲕⲉⲧ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϯⲛⲁⲕⲟⲧⲧ ϩⲁⲣⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲡ⳪̅ ⲡⲓⲡⲁⲛⲧⲟⲕⲣⲁⲧⲱⲣ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉϫⲱⲧⲉⲛ ϫⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩ ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲕⲟⲧⲧⲉⲛ ye have perverted my statutes, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, saith the Lord Almighty. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
English (Standard • WEB)
From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
but ye, the sons of Jacob, have not refrained from the iniquities of your fathers:
Bring the full tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house; and thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
The year is completed, and ye have brought all the produce into the storehouses; but there shall be the plunder thereof in its house: return now on this behalf, saith the Lord Almighty, see if I will not open to you the torrents of heaven, and pour out my blessing upon you, until ye are satisfied.
I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil; and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And I will appoint food for you, and I will not destroy the fruit of your land; and your vine in the field shall not fail, saith the Lord Almighty.
Ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉϫⲱⲧⲉⲛ ϫⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ⲥⲱⲕ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩ ⲁⲣⲉⲧⲉⲛϫⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲫⲗⲏⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲟⲓ ⲙ̀ⲃⲱⲕ ⲙ̀ⲫϯ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲓϩⲟⲩⲟ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉ̀ⲛⲉϥϫⲓⲛⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲉ̀ⲛⲧⲱⲃϩ ϧⲁϫⲉⲛ ⲡ⳪̅ ⲡⲓⲡⲁⲛⲧⲟⲕⲣⲁⲧⲱⲣ Yet ye said, Wherein have we spoken against thee?
English (Standard • WEB)
You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the good of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
Ye said, He that serves God labours in vain: and what have we gained in that we have kept his ordinances, and in that we have walked as suppliants before the face of the Lord Almighty?
The Reward of the Faithful Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another; the Lord heeded and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and thought on his name.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
Thus spoke they that feared the Lord, every one to his neighbour:
Ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥϯϩⲑⲏϥ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲡ⳪̅ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲥϧⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩϫⲱⲙ ⲛ̀ⲉⲣⲫⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲙ̀ⲑⲟ ⲛ̀ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲉⲣϩⲟϯ ϧⲁⲧϩⲏ ⲙ̀ⲡ⳪̅ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲉⲣϩⲟϯ ϧⲁⲧϩⲏ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲩⲉ̀ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲡ⳪̅ ⲡⲓⲡⲁⲛⲧⲟⲕⲣⲁⲧⲱⲣ ⲉ̀ⲡⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ϯⲛⲁⲑⲁⲙⲓⲟϥ ⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲕ ⲉ̀ⲟⲩⲧⲁⲛϧⲟ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϯⲛⲁⲥⲟⲧⲡⲟⲩ ⲙ̀ⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉ̀ϣⲁϥⲥⲱⲧⲡ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲟⲓ ⲙ̀ⲃⲱⲕ ⲛⲁϥ and the Lord gave heed, and hearkened, and he wrote a book of remembrance before him for them that feared the Lord and reverenced his name.
English (Standard • WEB)
“They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, my special possession on the day when I act, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And they shall be mine, saith the Lord Almighty, in the day which I appoint for a peculiar possession; and I will make choice of them, as a man makes choice of his son that serves him.