Malakhi 1
1 Malakhi kut lamkah Israel ham BOEIPA olrhuh ol,
The prophecy of the word of the Lord to Israel by means of Malachi.
2 BOEIPA loh, “Nangmih kan lungnah,” a ti. Tedae, “Kaimih metlam nan lungnah? Esau tah Jakob manuca moenih a?” na ti uh. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni. Jakob he ka lungnah ngawn ta.
I have loved you, so hath said the Lord: yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Is not Esau brother to Jacob? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob;
3 Esau pataeng ka hmuhuet vaengah tah a tlang tlang te khopong la, a rho te khosoek pongui la ka poeh sak.
And Esau I hated; and I rendered his mountains a desert, and his heritage a dwelling for the monsters of the wilderness.
4 Edom loh, “N'laih coeng dae m'mael vetih imrhong khaw koep n'thoh bitni,” ti saeh. Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Amih loh thoh uh cakhaw ka koengloeng pah ni. Amih te halangnah khorhi la a khue uh vetih pilnam te BOEIPA loh kumhal duela kosi a hong thil ni.
Should Edom even say, We are impoverished; but we will return and build the ruined places: thus hath said the Lord of hosts, They may indeed build, but I will surely throw down; and men shall call them, The territory of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation to eternity.
5 Na mik loh a hmuh vetih, “Israel khorhi voel duela BOEIPA len pai,” na ti uh ni.
And your eyes shall see it; and ye shall then say, The Lord will be magnified beyond the territory of Israel.
6 Capa loh a napa, sal loh a boei a thangpom. Kai he pa la ka om atah kai thangpomnah tah melae? Kai boei atah kai taengah rhimomnah te melae? Caempuei BOEIPA he ni a thui. Nangmih khosoih loh ka ming na sawtsit lalah, “Na ming te metlam kan sawtsit?” na ti uh.
A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honor? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name; and ye say, wherein have we despised thy name?
7 Ka hmueihtuk dongah aka mop loh buh a nok lalah, “Ba nen lae nang kan nok? Amah longni BOEIPA kah caboei a sawtsit,” na ti uh.
Ye offer upon my altar polluted bread; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.
8 Mikdael te nawn ham na mop uh vaengah a thae moenih a? Khokhaem neh aka ngoi na mop vaengah a thae moenih a? Na rhalboei taengah te te khuen uh mai lah, nangmih te m'moeithen aya? Na maelhmai te a dangrhoek aya? Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui.
And if ye bring near the blind to sacrifice it, is this not evil? and if ye bring near the lame and the sick, is this not evil? do but present it unto thy governor, will he be pleased with thee, or receive thee with favor? saith the Lord of hosts.
9 Te dongah Pathen mikhmuh ah kothae uh mai laeh. Te daengah ni mamih n'rhen eh. Nangmih kut lamkah aka thoeng nen he nangmih kah maelhmai te a doe aya? Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui.
And now, I pray you, beseech the presence of God that he may be gracious unto us; from your hand hath this thing come: will he receive one of you with favor? saith the Lord of hosts.
10 Nangmih kongah unim thohkhaih aka khai lah ve. Te dongah ka hmueihtuk na sae sak uh pawh. Lunglilungla la, kai ham tah nangmih taengah ngaihnah tal coeng. Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Te dongah na kut lamkah khocang khaw ka doe mahpawh.
Oh that there were some one among you that would lock up the doors [of the sanctuary], that ye might not light up my altar for nought: I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept in favor an offering from your hand.
11 Khomik kah khocuk lamloh a khuirhai duela namtom lakli ah ka ming len. Hlupnah hmuen takuem ah ka ming neh khocang cilh khaw na tawn uh. Namtom taengah ka ming he len pai tila Caempuei BOEIPA loh a thui.
For from the rising of the sun even unto his going down my name is great among the nations; and in every place incense is burnt and there is offered unto my name, even a pure offering; for great is my name among the nations, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 Tedae, “Ka Boeipa kah caboei te amah loh a nok, a thaih neh a buh khaw a sit om,” na ti uh nen te na poeih uh.
But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and by the assertion, Its food is contemptible.
13 “Te te ngakyal la phen hmut te,” na ti uh. Caempuei BOEIPA loh a thui coeng. A huen phoeiah khokhaem neh aka ngoi ni na khuen tih khocang la na khuen uh. BOEIPA loh, “Nangmih kut lamkah te ka doe aya?” a ti.
And ye have said, Behold, what a wearisome task is it! and ye have left it to famish, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye have brought what was robbed, and the lame, and the sick, and thus ye have brought an offering: should I accept this in favor from your hand? saith the Lord.
14 A tuping khuiah a tal a om lalah aka rhaithi hlang tah thae a phoei thil coeng. A caeng dae ka Boeipa ham tah a po a rhak ni a nawn. Caempuei BOEIPA loh, “Kai tah manghai puei la ka om tih ka ming he namtom taengah a rhimom,” a ti.
But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth a corrupt thing unto the Lord; for I am a great king, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is feared among the nations.
