Tafsiran yang Mengutip untuk Maleakhi 1:14

FOR THAT IS AN ABOMINATION UNTO THE ETERNAL THY G-D. The term “abomination” refers to this offering, for whoever offers a corrupted thing is held in contempt, as it is stated in the Prophets,⁵²Literally: kabalah. See Taanith 16a, where this term is used as a reference to the Books of the Prophets as distinguished from the Five Books of Moses. The term kabalah in this sense is an expression of “outcry” or “rebuke,” as the prophets in their sayings rebuked the people for their evil deeds. And cursed be he that dealeth craftily, whereas he hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Eternal a blemished thing, for I am a great King.⁵³Malachi 1:14. And according to the Midrash⁵⁴Sifre, Shoftim 147. the term “abomination” refers to an animal that did, or was the object of perversion, or was the hire of a harlot or the price of a dog⁵⁵See further, 23:19. — all of which are “abominations.”

THE CORRUPTION WAS TOWARDS HIM; THEY ARE NOT HIS CHILDREN [BECAUSE OF] THEIR BLEMISH. The blemish is called “corruption,” as it is said, their corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them,¹²Leviticus 22:25. Here the word “corruption” is clearly associated with “blemish.” and similarly, and he sacrificeth unto the Eternal ‘a corrupted’ thing,¹³Malachi 1:14. [which means “a blemished” thing]. He [Moses] thus states that the blemish of Israel is the corruption towards the Rock of His people and His inheritance, and [therefore] he calls them not His children, just as, in an acceptable time¹⁴Isaiah 49:8. [a time when they conduct themselves properly] he calls them “His children.”¹⁵See above, 14:1. He states that they are a generation crooked and perverse, for crookedness is the opposite of uprightness, similar to what is said, and they make crooked all equity,¹⁶Micah 3:9. The text reads: v’eith kol hayesharah ye’akeishu. The contrast between yashar (straight) and akeish (crooked) is thus clear. and the perverse is the opposite of the righteous. Consequently, since He is just and right¹⁷Verse 4. and they are the opposite of that, they are not [considered] His children; rather, they are considered by Him to be corrupted. And the sequence of the verse is thus: “their corruption towards Him — which is their blemish — has caused them not to be considered His children, [for they are] a generation crooked and perverse.” The sense thereof is that the dimunition of their status did not result from the deed of the Rock, for He is perfect and there can never be imperfection in Him, but it is their blemish that corrupts them before their Father. And the meaning of the expression not His children is like And I will say to them that were not My people: ‘Thou art My people.’¹⁸Hosea 2:25. The expression not His ‘children’ is thus identical with not His ‘people.’ Similarly, They have aroused Me to jealousy with a no-god,¹⁹Further, Verse 21. meaning, with something that is not a god. So also, and they have sworn by no-gods.²⁰Jeremiah 5:7. Or it may be that the verse here states: “The corruption towards Him is their blemish, that they are not His children, for they are a generation crooked and perverse, the opposite of Him.”

ויתנכלו אתו להמיתו. Siporno erinnert mit Recht, daß: wider jemanden einen Plan schmieden, nicht heißen könne ויתנכלו אותו, sondern — יתנכלו בו. Der Hitpael mit את, wie והתנהלתם אותם, verwandelt das im Reflerixum liegende Objekt zum Terminativ und das einheitliche Objekt ist das mit את eingeleitete: והתנהלתם אותם, ihr sollt sie euch (dat.) vererben. וכל בגד וכל כלי עור וגוי תתחטאו: und jedes Kleid und jedes Geräte usw. sollt ihr euch (dat.) entsündigen. ויתנכלו אותו ist daher eben so viel als: וַיְַנְכלו אותו להם. Der Piel גַדֵל ,צַדֵק usw. heißt ebensowohl: jemanden für gerecht, groß halten und erklären, als ihn dazu machen. So kann וינכלו אותו להם sehr wohl heißen: sie hielten ihn sich für einen נוכל, sie stellten ihn sich als נוכל vor. In בנכליהם אשר נכלו לכם erscheint (Bamidbar 25, 18) נכל als Bezeichnung eines Verfahrens, durch welches dem sittlichen Leben unseres Volkes das höchste Verderben bereitet wurde. Ebenso ארור נוכל (Maleachi 1, 14): wehe dem, der unter dem Scheine, das Heiligste zu begehen, gerade dieses Heilige in seinem Innern aufs tiefste höhnend verletzt. Er hat Würdiges und weiht Gott absichtlich einen נכל .בעל מום heißt somit: auf versteckte Weise die höchsten Interessen des andern gefährden. Als er zu ihnen herankam, stellten sie ihn sich als einen, ihre heiligsten und edelsten Interessen aufs tiefste gefährdenden Menschen in einem solchen Grade vor: להמיתו, daß man ihn töten dürfe, daß, zur Selbstverteidigung ihn zu töten, ihnen gerechtfertigt erschien.

They did not fear Adonoy. Even though the pagan nations fear Him and call him the God of the gods, in the manner as it is stated, ”And My Name is feared among the nations,”²⁸Malachi 1:14. but these did not fear Me, for they said, “If He were worthy of fear, He would not have allowed for His people to be exiled.”