Mǎlājīshū 1:9

9 Xiànzaì wǒ quàn nǐmen kĕnqiú shén , tā hǎo shī ēn yǔ wǒmen . zhè wàng xiàn de shì , jì yóu nǐmen jīng shǒu , tā qǐnéng kàn nǐmen de qíngmian ma . zhè shì wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá shuō de .

Mǎlājīshū 1:9 Meaning and Commentary

Malachi 1:9

And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious
unto us
These are the words of the prophet to the priests; and are spoken either seriously, exhorting them to that part of their office which lay in interceding for the people that God would be gracious to them, and forgive their sins; and the rather, inasmuch as they had been the means of their sin, and accessary to it, who ought to have reproved them for bringing such offerings, and should have refused to offer them for them; or otherwise, if they did not do this, they could not expect that God would accept their persons, and their offerings: or else ironically, now you have offered such sacrifices to the Lord, as the blind, the lame, and sick, go and intercede for the people; pray that their sins may be forgiven them, and that the curse may be removed from them, and see how you will succeed: this hath been by your means;
that such sacrifices were offered up; they indulged the people in such practices, and encouraged them; the fault was theirs; or this curse, as Kimchi explains it, from ( Malachi 1:14 ) : will he regard your persons? saith the Lord of hosts;
can you ever imagine that God will have any respect to your persons or prayers, when you have acted so vile a part, and been the cause of so much sin and evil? no, he will not, as is asserted in the following verse ( Malachi 1:10 ) .

Mǎlājīshū 1:9 In-Context

7 Nǐmen jiāng wūhuì de shíwù xiàn zaì wǒde tán shang , qiĕ shuō , wǒmen zaì hé shì shang wūhuì nǐ ne . yīn nǐmen shuō , Yēhéhuá de zhuōzi shì kĕ miǎoshì de .

8 Nǐmen jiāng xiāyǎn de xiàn wèi jìwù , zhè bú wèi è ma jiāng quètuǐ de , yǒu bìng de xiànshang , zhè bú wèi è ma . nǐ xiàn gĕi nǐde shĕng zhǎng , tā qǐ xǐyuè nǐ , qǐnéng kàn nǐde qíngmian ma . zhè shì wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá shuō de .

9 Xiànzaì wǒ quàn nǐmen kĕnqiú shén , tā hǎo shī ēn yǔ wǒmen . zhè wàng xiàn de shì , jì yóu nǐmen jīng shǒu , tā qǐnéng kàn nǐmen de qíngmian ma . zhè shì wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá shuō de .

10 shén yuàn nǐmen zhōngjiān yǒu yī rén guān shang diàn mén , miǎndé nǐmen túrán zaì wǒ tán shang shāo huǒ . wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ bù xǐyuè nǐmen , yĕ bù cóng nǐmen shǒu zhōng shōu nà gōngwù .

11 Wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá shuō , cóng rì chū zhī dì dào rìluò zhī chù , wǒde míng zaì waì bāng zhōng bì zūn wéi dà . zaì ge chù , rén bì fèng wǒde míng shāoxiāng , xiàn jiéjìng de gōngwù . yīnwei wǒde míng zaì waì bāng zhōng bì zūn wéi dà .