From 4e9770770fcce057ade8bc7148a1bfeb8140899b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Obiwon Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 16:22:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update mal/03/01.md --- mal/03/01.md | 14 +------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/mal/03/01.md b/mal/03/01.md index bac6bc633e..6e04b2536d 100644 --- a/mal/03/01.md +++ b/mal/03/01.md @@ -1,20 +1,8 @@ -# General Information: - -Yahweh begins speaking again to the people of Israel in verse 1, but the prophet Malachi begins speaking in verse 2. - # See "Look" or "Listen" or "Pay attention to what I am about to tell you" # he will prepare the way before me -Here getting people ready to welcome Yahweh is spoken of as if a road were being cleared for Yahweh to travel on. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) - -# Then the Lord, whom you seek ... The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight - -Some modern versions translate this in a way that implies that these two expressions refer to the same person. Other modern versions leave this matter ambiguous. We recommend that translations leave this matter ambiguous, as the ULB does. - -# The messenger of the covenant - -Almost all versions leave ambiguous the sense of this expression. But translators may need to make explicit the relationship between "messenger" and "the covenant." The UDB presents "the messenger" as one promised by the covenant that Yahweh had with Israel. Another choice is to present the messenger as a person who will either confirm that covenant or announce a new covenant. +Here getting people ready to welcome Yahweh is spoken of as if a road were being cleared for Yahweh to travel on.