有些圣经译本，把这节经文的上半部翻译为“耶和华以色列的神说：‘休妻 … 是我所恨恶的。’”神喜悦爱，事实上“神就是爱”（约翰一书 4:8）！若失去了爱，神便憎恶，这是神的本性。所以神恨恶离婚。
然而，神并不恨恶离婚的人！事实上，神之所以恨恶离婚，是因为他非常爱那些要忍受离婚之苦的人，衪恨恶看着他们受苦，衪恨恶看着他们的家人和朋友受苦。在某些情况下，神接纳婚姻失败的事实，但神仍然恨恶看到他所爱的人深受痛苦、焦虑，和创伤。很多人发现，离婚只会更加增他们的痛苦，如果你正在考虑离婚，请你尽快寻求辅导！
不过，这节经文不是仅仅论到婚约，它更是整卷玛拉基书的钥匙。神在这里的意思是：“我不想撇弃以色列民！”圣经常常用对耶和华不忠的新妇来形容神的子民，神有足够理由撇弃像以色列民那样不忠和可憎的人。只是，神恨恶离婚，衪喜悦爱。有些婚姻是无法挽回的，然而，在耶稣的十架上，我们知道神会不惜一切，甚至亲自受死，为要避免撇弃衪刚愎的子民——包括今天的我们。我们岂能不把我们的心归回这位如此爱我们的神吗？
亲爱的耶稣，藉着舍弃生命来拯救我们以致我们与神和好，祢让我们看到最伟大的爱。惟愿祢舍己的爱充满我们的心。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。
玛拉基书 2:16
16耶和华－以色列的神说：“休妻的事和以强暴待妻的人都是我所恨恶的！所以当谨守你们的心，不可行诡诈。”这是万军之耶和华说的。"Be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful." — Malachi 2:16
Some Bible versions translate the first part of this verse to say, "'I hate divorce,' says the LORD, the God of Israel." God loves love. "God is love" (1 John 4:8)! It is in the very nature of God to hate it when love breaks down. God hates divorce.
But God does not hate divorced people! In fact, God hates divorce because he so loves the people that go through that turmoil. He hates watching them suffer. He hates watching their families and friends suffer. In some situations, God acknowledges the breakup of marriages. But God still hates the pain, frustration, and brokenness that fill the hearts of people he so dearly loves. Many people have found that divorce makes their pain even worse. If you're thinking of divorce, please seek help right away!
But this verse is not just about marriage vows. This verse is key to the whole book of Malachi. God is saying here, "I don't want to divorce Israel!" Often in the Bible, God's people are described as the Lord's unfaithful bride. God would have every right to divorce a people as unfaithful and spiteful as Israel was. But God hates divorce. He loves love. Some marriages cannot be saved. But in the cross of Jesus we learn that God will do all it takes, even suffer death himself, not to divorce his wayward people—and that includes us today. Can we not try to turn our hearts to a God who loves us so?
Dear Jesus, you showed us the greatest love by dying to save us and to reconcile us with God. May we be filled with your self-giving love. Amen.
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