diff --git a/mal/02/10.md b/mal/02/10.md index 9bb1695dbc..a75d77239f 100644 --- a/mal/02/10.md +++ b/mal/02/10.md @@ -1,20 +1,12 @@ -# General Information: - -Here the prophet Malachi begins to speak to his fellow Israelites. - # Is there not one Father for us all? Has not one God created us? -Malachi asks these questions in order to remind his fellow Israelites about what they already know. Alternate translation: "You know that we all have one Father, that our God has created a nation out of us." or "You all know that God is the Father of all us Israelites, because he is the one who made our nation." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) +"You know that we all have one Father, that our God has created a nation out of us." or "You all know that God is the Father of all us Israelites, because he is the one who made our nation." # Has not one God created us? -This question is meant to express a statement. Alternate translation: "Certainly it is the same God who has created us." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) - -# created us - -This probably refers to God forming the Hebrews into a nation. +"Certainly it is the same God who has created us." # Why are we faithless each man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers? -Malachi asks this question in order to rebuke his fellow Israelites. This question may be expressed as a statement. Alternate translation: "We should certainly not mistreat our brothers and disrespect God's covenant by disobeying his commands, as you have been doing." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) +"We should certainly not mistreat our brothers and disrespect God's covenant by disobeying his commands, as you have been doing."