Malakhi 3

1 Ka puencawn kan tueih tih ka mikhmuh ah longpuei a hoihaeng pawn ni he. Te vaengah nangmih aka tlap boeipa tah a bawkim la thaeng cet ni. Anih tah ha pai laeh ham na omtoem uh paipi kah puencawn ni tila caempuei BOEIPA loh a thui.

Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts.

2 Tedae amah halo nah khohnin te unim aka noeng? Amah a phoe vaengah unim aka pai? Amah he aka picai hmai bangla, aka sil lunghang bangla om.

And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller’s herb:

3 Cak aka cil tih aka caihcil sak la ngol vetih Levi koca rhoek te a caihcil ni. Amih te sui bangla, cak bangla a hangcil sak ni. Te vaengah BOEIPA ham duengnah dongah khocang aka tawn la om uh ni.

And he shall sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall refine them as gold, and as silver, and they shall offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.

4 Judah neh Jerusalem kah khocang te khosuen tue neh yan hlamat kum kah bangla BOEIPA ham a tui pah ni.

And the sacrifice of Juda and of Jerusalem shall please the Lord, as in the days of old, and in the ancient years.

5 “Nangmih taengah laitloeknah neh ka tawn uh vetih hlangbi taeng neh samphaih taengah khaw, a honghi la aka toemngam taeng khaw, kutloh thapang dongah nuhmai neh cadah aka hnaemtaek taengah khaw, yinlai aka kaeng tih kai aka rhih pawt taengah khaw laipai la ka om paitok ni,” tila caempuei BOEIPA loh a thui.

And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages; the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.

6 Kai, Yahweh tah ka thovael pawt dongah nangmih Jakob ca rhoek khaw n'khap uh mahpawh.

For I am the Lord, and I change not: and you the sons of Jacob are not consumed.

7 Na pa tue lamkah parhi te ka oltlueh lamloh na nong uh tih na tuem uh moenih. “Kai taengla ha mael uh lamtah nangmih taengla ka mael ni,” tila Caempuei BOEIPA loh a thui lalah, “Balae tih m'mael eh?” na ti uh.

For from the days of your fathers you have departed from my ordinances, and have not kept them: Return to me, and I will return to you, saith the Lord of hosts. And you have said: Wherein shall we return?

8 Hlang loh Pathen kah te a mom noek a? Tedae nangmih kai nan mom uh. Te vaengah, “Nang te metlam kan mom,” na ti uh te parha pakhat neh khosaa coeng ni.

Shall a man afflict God? for you afflict me. And you have said: Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits.

9 Nangmih te tapvoepnah hmuiah thae m'phoei thil coeng. Ka koe te a pum la namtom neh aka mom khaw nangmih ni.

And you are cursed with want, and you afflict me, even the whole nation of you.

10 Parha pakhat boeih te thakvoh im la khuen uh lamtah ka im ah buh maeh khaw om saeh. Kai he n'noemcai uh laeh. Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Nangmih ham vaan bangbuet kang ong pawt vetih nangmih soah yoethennah te a khawknah hil kan loei het mahpawt nim?

Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and try me in this, saith the Lord: if I open not unto you the flood-gates of heaven, and pour you out a blessing even to abundance.

11 “Nangmih ham tah yoop te ka tluung vetih na khohmuen thaihtae te porhak sak mahpawh. Khohmuen ah na misur khaw hul mahpawh,” tila caempuei BOEIPA loh a thui.

And I will rebuke for your sakes the devourer, and he shall not spoil the fruit of your land: neither shall the vine in the field be barren, saith the Lord of hosts.

12 “Nangmih te namtom boeih loh ng'uem uh vetih kongaih khohmuen la na om uh ni,” tila caempuei BOEIPA loh a thui.

And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a delightful land, saith the Lord of hosts.

13 BOEIPA loh, “Ka taengah na ol a lalh uh lalah, 'Nang taengah balae ka thui,’ na ti uh,” a ti.

Your words have been unsufferable to me, saith the Lord.

14 “Pathen taengkah thothueng he a poeyoek, a tuemkoi n'ngaithuen tih caempuei BOEIPA mikhmuh ah mutu la n'caeh te balae m'mueluemnah?

And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God, and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before the Lord of hosts?

15 Tedae mamih loh thinlen te n'uem uh bueng kolla, “Halangnah aka saii loh a thoh tih, Pathen aka noem khaw loeih uh lah,” na ti uh.

Wherefore now we call the proud people happy, for they that work wickedness are built up, and they have tempted God and are preserved.

16 Te vaengah BOEIPA aka rhih hlang long tah a hui neh a thui rhoi. Tedae BOEIPA loh a hnatung tih a yaak. Te dongah BOEIPA aka rhih ham neh a ming aka moeh ham tah a mikhmuh kah poekkoepnah cabu dongah a daek pah coeng.

Then they that feared the Lord spoke every one with his neighbour: and the Lord gave ear, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that fear the Lord, and think on his name.

17 Caempuei BOEIPA loh a thui coeng. Kamah loh lungthen ka saii khohnin ah tah kamah taengah ni a om uh eh. Hlang loh amah taengah aka thotat a capa te lungma a ti vanbangla amih te lungma ka ti ni.

And they shall be my special possession, saith the Lord of hosts, in the day that I do judgment: and I will spare them, as a man spareth his son that serveth him.

18 Te vaengah na mael uh vetih aka dueng neh halang laklo khaw, Pathen taengah tho aka thueng neh tho aka thueng pawt khaw a laklo na hmuh bitni.

And you shall return, and shall see the difference between the just and the wicked: and between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.