Malakhi 4
1 Khohnin aka pai tah hmaiulh bangla alh ngawn coeng he. Te dongah thinlen boeih neh halangnah aka saii boeih tah divawt bangla om vetih khohnin aka pai loh amih te a hlawp ni. Caempuei BOEIPA loh a thui bangla amih te a yung lamloh a hlaeng khaw hnawt mahpawh.
[This is also what] the Commander of the armies of angels says: “There will be a time that I will judge [and punish] people. [When that happens, it will be] like [SIM] a very hot furnace. At that time, all the proud and wicked people will be burned up like [MET] stubble burns. They will be burned up completely, [like] roots and branches [and everything else on a tree burns completely in a very hot fire].
2 Tedae ka ming aka rhih nangmih ham tah duengnah khomik thoeng ni. Te vaengah a phae dongkah hoeihnah neh cet vetih te sael-im kah saelca bangla na pet uh ni.
But [as for] you who revere me [MTY], [the one who will save you will come to you] like [MET] [the sun shines in the morning, and enable you to] become righteous (OR, [do what is] righteous); he will restore you [and protect you like a bird protects its chicks] [MET] under its wings. [When he comes, ] you will [be very joyful], like [SIM] calves that go out from a barn into the pasture leaping [joyfully].
3 “Ka saii khohnin ah tah halang rhoek te na neet uh vetih na kho dongkah khopha hmui ah hmaiphu la om ni,” tila caempuei BOEIPA loh a thui.
At the time when I judge people, you will tread on wicked people as though [SIM] they were the dirt under your feet. [That is what I], the Commander of the armies of angels, promise.
4 Ka sal Moses kah olkhueng poek uh. Te te Israel boeih kah oltlueh neh laitloeknah ham ni Horeb ah anih te ka uen.
Be sure to obey the laws that I gave to Moses, who served me [well]. [Obey all] the commandments and regulations that I gave him on Sinai [Mountain], for all [you people of] Israel [to obey.]
5 BOEIPA kah rhihom khohnin puei a pai tom ah tonghma Elijah te nangmih taengla kan tueih coeng he.
Listen [to this: Some day] I will send to you the prophet Elijah. [He will arrive] before the great and dreadful/terrible day when [I], Yahweh, [will judge and punish people].
6 Te dongah pa rhoek kah lungbuei ca rhoek taengla, ca rhoek kah lungbuei a napa taengla a mael puei ni. Ka cet tih khohmuen te yaehtaboeih la ka ngawn tarha ve.
Because of what he [preaches], parents and their children will [love] each other [again] [IDM]. If that does not happen, I will come and curse your country [and destroy it].”
