Malachi 2:14 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

ASV Byzantine Text

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Asang Khongca Bible

Tipongah maw Sithaw palung anghoe ai? tiah lok na dueng o; tipongah tih nahaeloe saning na nawk nathuem ah na lak ih nongpata nuiah oep kaom ah kho na sah o ai, tito anih mah panoek pongah ni: nongpata loe nang hoi nawnto angkom kami, lokmaihaih hoi lak ih na zu ah oh. Angraeng loe nang hoi na zu salakah hnukung ah oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Balae tih koep na dawt? BOEIPA tah nang laklo neh na camoe kah na yuu laklo ah laipai coeng. Anih te na cangyaeh neh na paipi yuu yamvat ah anih taengah na hnukpoh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Balae tih koep na dawt? BOEIPA tah nang laklo neh na camoe kah na yuu laklo ah laipai coeng. Anih te na cangyaeh neh na paipi yuu yamvat ah anih taengah na hnukpoh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ke ninau mai nei oukou, No ke aha? No ka mea, he mea ike maka o Iehova mawaena ou a o ka wahine o kou wa opiopio, I ka mea au i hana hoopunipuni aku ai: Aka, oia no kou hoalauna, o ka wahine o kau berita.

English Berean Standard Bible

Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Epi n'ap mande poukisa? Se paske Seyè a wè sa ou fè madanm ou te marye lè ou te jenn lan. Ou pa kenbe pwomès ou te fè l' la. Ou te pase kontra avè l', ou te pwomèt Bondye ou t'ap kenbe l' pou madanm ou pou tout tan.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Et dixistis: Quam ob causam? Quia Dominus testificatus est inter te et uxorem pubertatis tuæ, quam tu despexisti: et hæc particeps tua, et uxor fœderis tui.

Bible in Basic English

But you say, For what reason? Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your early years, to whom you have been untrue, though she is your friend and the wife to whom you have given your word.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et vous dites : Pourquoi ? Parce que l’ Éternel est témoin entre toi et la femme de ta jeunesse, envers laquelle tu as agi perfidement ; cependant elle est ta compagne et la femme de ton alliance.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

A však říkáte? Pro kterou příčinu? Proto že Hospodin jest svědkem mezi tebou a manželkou mladosti tvé, kteréž ty nevěrně činíš, ješto ona jest tovaryška tvá, a manželka smlouvy tvé.

Kosraean Bible

Kowos siyuk lah efu ku El tia sifil engan in eis ma inge. Mweyen El etu lah kowos kunausla wulela lowos nu sin mutan kiowos su kowos payukyak se ke pacl kowos mwet fusr. El pa mutan tafweyom, ac kom kunausla wulela lom nu sel, kom ne orala wuleang lom ye mutun God lah kom ac fah pwaye nu sel.

World Portuguese Bible

Contudo, vocês perguntam: 'Por quê?' Porque o SENHOR tem sido testemunha entre você e a mulher da sua mocidade, contra a qual você tem agido de forma traiçoeira, embora ela seja a sua companheira e a mulher da sua aliança.

Romanian BTF Bible

Totuşi spuneţi: Pentru ce? Pentru că DOMNUL a fost martor între tine şi soţia tinereţii tale, împotriva căreia te-ai purtat cu perfidie, totuşi ea este tovarăşa ta şi soţia legământului tău.

Brenton English Septuagint

Yet ye said, Wherefore? Because the Lord has borne witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, whom thou hast forsaken, and yet she was thy partner, and the wife of thy covenant.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ထိုနောက်သင်တို့ကအဘယ်ကြောင့်ဤသို့ ကိုယ်တော်လက်မခံတော့ဘဲနေတော်မူပါ သနည်းဟုမေးကြ၏။ ကိုယ်တော်လက်မခံ တော့သည့်အကြောင်းမှာသင်တို့သည်ငယ်စဉ် အခါက လက်ထပ်ထိမ်းမြားခဲ့သူဇနီး အားပေးအပ်ခဲ့သည့်ကတိသစ္စာကိုချိုး ဖောက်လိုက်ကြကြောင်းကိုယ်တော်သိမြင် တော်မူသောကြောင့်ဖြစ်ပေသည်။ ထိုဇနီး သည်သင်၏အဆွေခင်ပွန်းဖြစ်ပါ၏။ သင် သည်သူ၏အပေါ်တွင်သစ္စာစောင့်ပါမည် ဟုဘုရားသခင်၏ရှေ့တော်၌ကတိ ပြုခဲ့ပါသော်လည်းထိုကတိသစ္စာကို ချိုးဖောက်ခဲ့လေပြီ။-

Darby Translation

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been a witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt unfaithfully: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und ihr sprechet: Warum? Weil Jehova Zeuge gewesen ist zwischen dir und dem Weibe deiner Jugend, an welchem du treulos gehandelt hast, da sie doch deine Genossin und das Weib deines Bundes ist.

Dutch Bible 1917

Gij nu zegt: Waarom? Daarom dat de HEERE een Getuige geweest is, tussen u en tussen de huisvrouw uwer jeugd, met dewelke gij trouwelooslijk handelt; daar zij toch uw gezellin, en de huisvrouw uws verbonds is.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Ge vraagt: Waarom? Omdat Jahweh als aanklager staat tussen u en de vrouw uwer jeugd, aan wie gij ontrouw zijt geworden: de vrouw, die uw gezellin is geweest, en met wie gij u verbonden hadt!

Italian Diodati Bible

E pur dite : Perchè? Perciocchè il Signore è stato testimonio fra te, e la moglie della tua giovanezza , inverso la quale tu usi dislealtà; benchè ella sia tua consorte, e la moglie del tuo patto.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And you have said: For what cause? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee, and the wife of thy youth, whom thou hast despised: yet she was thy partner, and the wife of thy covenant.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yet yee say, Wherein? Because the Lord hath beene witnesse betweene thee and the wife of thy youth, against whome thou hast transgressed: yet is shee thy companion, and the wife of thy couenant.

Noyes Bible

Yet ye say, “Wherefore?” It is because Jehovah has been a witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, Against whom thou hast dealt unfaithfully, Although she was thy companion and thy covenanted wife.

Danish Bible 1931

Og I spørger: “Hvorfor?” Fordi HERREN var Vidne* mellem dig og din Ungdomshustru, mod hvem du har været troløs, skønt hun hører til dit Folk og deler din Tro. { [*da Ægteskabet blev indgået.] }

Leeser Tanakh

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast indeed dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Yet ye say: 'Wherefore?' Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

King James Version

¶ Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

King James Version + Apocrypha

¶ Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Các ngươi lại nói rằng: Vì sao? Aáy là vì Đức Giê-hô-va làm chứng giữa ngươi và vợ ngươi lấy lúc tuổi trẻ, mà ngươi đãi nó cách phỉnh dối, dầu rằng nó là bạn ngươi và là vợ giao ước của ngươi.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, Against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: Yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Revised West Version

Ka naʻa mo ia, ʻoku mou pehē, ‘Ko e meʻa ʻi he hā?’ Koeʻuhi ko e fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova kiate koe, pea mo e uaifi ʻo hoʻo kei talavou, ʻaia kuo ke fai kākā ki ai: ka ko e moʻoni ko hoʻo kaumeʻa ia, pea ko e ʻunoho ne ke fuakava ki ai.

French Ostervald Bible

Et vous dites: “Pourquoi? “ Parce que l'Éternel a été témoin entre toi et la femme de ta jeunesse, à laquelle tu es infidèle, bien qu'elle soit ta compagne et la femme de ton alliance.

Esperanto Bible

Vi diras: Kial? Tial, ke la Eternulo estas atestanto inter vi kaj la edzino de via juneco, kontraŭ kiu vi agis perfide, kvankam ŝi estas via kamaradino kaj via leĝa edzino.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Et vous dites: Pourquoi?… Parce que l’Éternel a été témoin entre toi et la femme de ta jeunesse, A laquelle tu es infidèle, Bien qu’elle soit ta compagne et la femme de ton alliance.

German Luther Bible 1912

Und so sprecht ihr: “Warum das?” Darum daß der HERR zwischen dir und dem Weibe deiner Jugend Zeuge war, die du verachtest, so sie doch deine Gesellin und ein Weib deines Bundes ist.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Yet you⌃ said, Therefore? Because the Lord has borne witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you have forsaken, and yet she was your partner, and the wife of your covenant.

British English Septuagint 2012

Yet you⌃ said, Therefore? Because the Lord has borne witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you have forsaken, and yet she was your partner, and the wife of your covenant.

Majority Standard BIble

Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Webster Bible

Yet ye say, Why? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

Yet you ask, ‘Why?’ Because the Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young. You have been unfaithful to her, even though she is your companion, and your legal wife.

Open English Bible (US)

Yet you ask, “Why?” Because the Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young. You have been unfaithful to her, even though she is your companion, and your legal wife.

Revised Version

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Eppure dite: “Perché?” Perché l’Eterno è testimonio fra te e la moglie della tue giovinezza, verso la quali ti conduci perfidamente, bench’ella sia la tua compagna, la moglie alla quale sei legato da un patto.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Pourtant, vous demandez : “Pourquoi ?” Parce que le SEIGNEUR a été témoin entre vous et la femme de votre jeunesse, que vous avez trahie, bien qu'elle soit votre compagne et la femme de votre alliance.

Reina Valera 1909

Mas diréis: ¿Por qué? Porque Jehová ha atestiguado entre ti y la mujer de tu mocedad, contra la cual tú has sido desleal, siendo ella tu compañera, y la mujer de tu pacto.

Spanish BLL

Pero ustedes preguntan: ‘¿Por qué?’. Pues porque Yahvé ha sido testigo entre tú y la esposa de tu juventud, a la cual has traicionado, a pesar de que es tu compañera y la esposa con la que hiciste un pacto.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Pero vosotros decís: ‘¿Por qué?’. Porque Yahvé ha sido testigo entre tú y la esposa de tu juventud, contra la cual has actuado con deslealtad, aunque ella es tu compañera y la esposa de tu pacto.

Croatian Bible

I vi pitate: “Zašto?” Zato što je Jahve bio svjedok između tebe i žene mladosti tvoje kojoj si nevjeran premda ti drugarica bijaše i žena tvoga saveza.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

A vi govorite: Zašto? Zato što je Gospod svedok između tebe i žene mladosti tvoje, kojoj ti činiš neveru, a ona ti je drugarica i žena, s kojom si u veri.

German Textbibel

Ihr fragt noch: Warum? Darum, weil Jahwe Zeuge war bei dem Eingehen des Bundes zwischen dir und dem Weibe deiner Jugend, der du nun die Treue gebrochen hast, obschon sie deine Lebensgefährtin und deine durch feierliche Gelübde mit dir verbundene Gattin war.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Yet ye said, Wherefore? Because the Lord has borne witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, whom thou hast forsaken, and yet she was thy partner, and the wife of thy covenant.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם עַל־מָ֑ה עַ֡ל כִּי־יְהוָה֩ הֵעִ֨יד בֵּינְךָ֜ וּבֵ֣ין ׀ אֵ֣שֶׁת נְעוּרֶ֗יךָ אֲשֶׁ֤ר אַתָּה֙ בָּגַ֣דְתָּה בָּ֔הּ וְהִ֥יא חֲבֶרְתְּךָ֖ וְאֵ֥שֶׁת בְּרִיתֶֽךָ׃