Malakhi 4
1 Khenah, ani loe angzoh boeh, hmai mah laom to kangh baktih; ue, amoek kaminawk hoi kahoih ai hmuen sah kaminawk to anghnoeng baktiah kangh tih: angzo ani mah nihcae to kangh tih, tiah misatuh kaminawk ih Angraeng mah thuih. Tangzuun hoi tanghang mataeng doeh tahmat mak ai.
‘The day is coming that will burn like a furnace, and all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will burn them up,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘leaving neither root nor branch.
2 Toe ka hmin zithaih tawn nangcae khaeah loe, Toenghaih Ni to ngantuihaih pakhraeh thung hoiah tacawt tih; na caeh o ueloe, pacah ih maitaw caa baktiah nang phet o tih.
But to you who revere my name there will arise the sun of righteousness with healing in its wings, and you will run free like calves let out from their stall.
3 To naah kahoih ai kaminawk to na tii o tih; hae hmuen ka sak na niah nihcae loe nangcae khok tlim ah kaom maiphu baktiah om o tih, tiah misatuh kaminawk ih Angraeng mah thuih.
In the day when I act you will tread down the wicked, they will be as ashes under the soles of your feet,’ says the Lord of hosts.
4 Ka tamna Mosi khaeah Israel kaminawk boih hanah, Horeb ah ka paek ih kaalok hoi lokcaekhaihnawk to pahnet o hmah.
‘Remember the law of Moses my servant, statutes and judgments which I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.
5 Khenah, zit kathok kalen parai Angraeng ih ani to pha ai naah, Tahmaa Elijah to kang patoeh han:
I am about to send to you Elijah the prophet, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
6 anih mah ampanawk ih palung to a caanawk khaeah paqoi pae ueloe, a caanawk ih palung to ampanawk khaeah paqoi pae tih; to tih ai nahaeloe kang zoh naah, tangoenghaih hoiah long to ka bop moeng tih, tiah a thuih.
He will turn fathers’ hearts to their sons and sons’ hearts to their fathers, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgement.’
