Malakhi 2
1 He olpaek he nangmih khosoih rhoek ham pawn ni.
And now to you, O ye priests, is this commandment:
2 Ka ming te thangpomnah paek hamla na hnatun uh pawt tih na lungbuei ah na khueh uh pawt akhaw. Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Nangmih soah tapvoepnah kan tueih vetih na yoethennah te thae kam phoei thil ni. Lungbuei ah na khueh uh pawt dongah te te thae ka phoei thil.
If ye will not hearken, If ye will not lay it to heart, To give glory to my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, I will send a curse upon you, And I will curse your blessings; Yea, I have cursed them already, Because ye do not lay it to heart.
3 Nangmih kongah ni tiingan te khaw ka tluung. Na maelhmai ah aek kam bak vetih na khotue kah aek neh nangmih te n'khuen ni.
Behold, I will rebuke your seed, And I will scatter dung in your faces, The dung of your solemn feasts, And ye shall be carried to it.
4 “Te vaengah Levi taengkah ka paipi om sak ham, nangmih taengah he kah olpaek kan tueih te na ming uh ni,” Caempuei BOEIPA loh a thui.
And ye shall know that I have sent to you this commandment, That my covenant may remain with Levi, Saith Jehovah of hosts.
5 Ka paipi he a taengah hingnah neh rhoepnah om. Te rhoek te a taengah rhimomnah la ka paek. Te dongah kai he n'rhih tih ka ming hmai ah anih yawk.
My covenant was with him for life and peace, Which I gave to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, And was afraid before my name.
6 Olkhueng oltak he anih ka dongah om tih a hmuilai ah dumlai a thoeng moenih. Rhoepnah nen ni ka taengah tlangtlae la a caeh dongah thaesainah lamloh muep a mael puei.
The law of truth was in his mouth, And unrighteousness was not found in his lips; He walked with me in truth and equity, And turned many away from iniquity.
7 Khosoih kah hmuilai long tah mingnah ngaithuen saeh lamtah a ka lamloh olkhueng tlap saeh. Anih tah caempuei BOEIPA kah puencawn ni.
For the lips of the priest should keep knowledge, And men should seek the law from his mouth; For he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.
8 Tedae longpuei lamloh na phael uh tih muep na paloe uh. Olkhueng dong lamloh Levi paipi na phae uh. Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui.
But ye have departed from the way, Ye have caused many to stumble at the law, And ye have made void the covenant with Levi, Saith Jehovah of hosts.
9 Te olka dongah ni kai van long khaw nangmih te kan sawtsit tih pilnam boeih taengah tlarhoel la kang khueh. Ka longpuei aka ngaithuen tih olkhueng dongah mik aka huel he nangmih moenih.
Therefore will I also make you Despicable and base before all the people; According as ye have not kept my ways. But have had respect to persons in the law.
10 Mamih boeih kah napa tah pakhat moenih a? Mamih aka suen he Pathen pakhat moenih a? Balae tih hlang loh a manuca taengah a hnukpoh? A pa rhoek kah paipi aka poeih rhung la.
Have we not all one Father? Hath not one God created us? Why should we deal treacherously one against another, And profane the covenant made with our fathers?
11 Judah a hnukpoh dongah ni Israel ah khaw, Jerusalem ah khaw tueilaehkoi a saii. Kholong kah pathen canu a lungnah tih a yuunah te Judah loh BOEIPA kah hmuencim ni a poeih.
Judah hath dealt treacherously, And an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah hath profaned the holy people of Jehovah, which he loveth, And hath married the daughter of a strange god.
12 Te bang aka saii hlang te tah aka haenghang khaw, Jakob dap lamloh a doo tih caempuei BOEIPA taengah khocang aka tawn khaw BOEIPA loh khoe nawn saeh.
Jehovah will cut off the man that doeth this, Him that waketh and him that answereth, from the tents of Jacob, And him that bringeth an offering to Jehovah of hosts.
13 Na kut lamloh khocang neh kolonah doe ham koep na mael van pawt ah BOEIPA kah hmueihtuk tah mikphi neh et hamla rhahnah neh kiinah neh a pabae la na saii.
And this also ye do: Ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, With weeping and with groans, So that he no more hath regard to the offering, Nor receiveth it with good-will from your hand.
14 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.
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.
15 Anih ham a hil coih neh aka saii khaw pakhat moenih a? Balae tih Pathen kah tiingan te pakhat bueng loh a toem? Na mueihla te ngaithuen lamtah na camoe vaengkah na yuu taengah hnukpoh boeh.
But did not He make one only? And yet had he a residue of the spirit; And wherefore one? He sought a godly race. Therefore take heed to your spirit, And be not unfaithful to the wife of thy youth!
16 Israel Pathen BOEIPA loh a thui coeng. Yuu hlak tih a pueinak neh kuthlahnah aka dah he a thiinah. Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Te dongah na mueihla te ngaithuen lamtah hnukpoh boeh.
For I hate him that putteth away, Saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, And him that covereth his garment with violence, Saith Jehovah of hosts. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and be not unfaithful.
17 BOEIPA he na ol neh na kohnue sak uh. Tedae, “Balae na kohnue,” na ti uh. “Boethae aka saii boeih loh BOEIPA mik ah then tih amih te amah loh a ngaih. Tiktamnah Pathen te menim?” na ti uh.
Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words; Yet ye say, “Wherein have we wearied him?” In that ye say, “Every one of them that do evil Is good in the sight of Jehovah, And in them he hath delight”; Or, “Where is the God of judgment?”
