< Malakhi 2 >

1 Oe vaihmanaw, ransahu BAWIPA ni nangmouh hanlah a dei e lawk teh,
"Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
2 Ka lawk na ngai awh hoeh lah, ka min barilawanae na tawn awh hoehpawiteh, thoebonae nangmouh koe ka patoun han. Nangmae yawhawinae hah yawthoenae lah ka coung sak han. Hothloilah, ka min na barilawa awh hoeh dawkvah atu roeroe yawthoe lah ka coung sak toe.
If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name," says the LORD of hosts, "then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.
3 Nangmae catounnaw hah ka yue vaiteh, pawi na tonae saring e ei hah na minhmai dawk ka kano han. Alouke miphunnaw ni ei khuehoi na hrawi awh han.
Look, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
4 Kaie lawkkam teh Levih miphun koe caksak hanelah, hete kâlawknaw hah nangmouh koe na poe e hah na panue awh han telah ransahu BAWIPA ni a ti.
You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi," says the LORD of hosts.
5 Ahnimouh koe ka poe e kaie lawkkam teh hringnae hoi lungmawngnae lah ahnimouh koe ao. Kai hah barilawa na poe awh teh ka min a taki awh dawkvah lawkkam hah ka poe.
"My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
6 Ahnimouh ni lawkkatang a dei awh vaiteh apâhni dawk hoi payonnae tâcawt mahoeh. Lungmawngnae, lannae hoi kai hoi rei cet vaiteh ahnimouh ni yonnae a kamlang takhai awh han.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
7 Vaihmanaw e pahni dawk hoi lungang thoumnae a tâco han. Ahnie pahni dawk hoi taminaw ni cangkhainae atang awh han. Bangkongtetpawiteh ahni teh ransahu BAWIPA e patoune lah ao.
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
8 Nangmouh teh lam na phen awh toe. Nangmae cangkhainae teh taminaw kamthui nahanelah ao toe. Levihnaw hoi kam e lawkkam na raphoe awh toe telah ransahu BAWIPA ni a ti.
But you have turned aside out of the way. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says the LORD of hosts.
9 Hatdawkvah nangmouh teh ka lamthung na dawn awh hoeh, na cangkhai awh navah minhmai khet na tawn awh dawkvah tami pueng ni na dudam nahanlah ka sak han.
"Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
10 Maimouh pueng teh Na pa buet touh dueng tawn awh nahoehmaw. Cathut buet touh dueng ni maimouh na sak awh nahoehmaw. Bangkongmaw mintoenaw hoi kâhuikonae lawkkam teh na pahnawt a vaw. Bangkongmaw buet touh hoi buet touh lawkkam na cak awh hoeh vaw.
Do we not all have one father? Hasn't one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
11 Judahnaw teh lawkkam cak awh hoeh. Isarelnaw hoi Jerusalem khocanaw teh panuet ka tho e hno a sak awh toe. Judahnaw teh BAWIPA ni a lungpataw e thoungnae hah banglahai a noutna awh hoeh dawkvah alouke miphun cathut e canaw hoi a kâyuva awh toe.
Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
12 Hottelah kacangkhaikungnaw hoi a hnukkâbangnaw thoseh, ransahu BAWIPA koe pasoum hno ka sin e hai thoseh, Jakop e rim dawk hoi a takhoe han.
The LORD will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to the LORD of hosts.
13 Hahoi, na sak awh e hno teh, BAWIPA e khoungroe hah mitphi bonae, khuikanae hoi na ramuk awh toe. Hatdawkvah, pasoum hno hah dâw hoeh toe. Na kut dawk hoi na poe e hno teh ngainae lahoi dâw hoeh toe.
This again you do: you cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn't regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.
14 Bangtelane telah na pacei awh pawiteh, na thoundoun nah na paluen e na yu koe, lawkkam na cak hoeh. Na yu hoi nang rahak BAWIPA teh kapanuekkhaikung lah ao. Hote yu teh nange yu, lawkkam e yu lah ao toe.
Yet you say, 'Why?' Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.
15 Ahni ni ahnimanaw hah, buet touh lah nahoehmaw a sak vaw. Tak hoi muitha teh Cathut e doeh. Bangkongmaw buet touh dueng a sak tetpawiteh, Cathut ni cathutlae catoun hah a tawng. Hatdawkvah, na muitha hah kahawicalah pouk nateh, na nawsai nah na paluen e na yu koe lawkkam raphoe hanh.
Did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 Yu pahnawtnae, yu koe yuemkamcu hoeh lah o e pâphanae hah, kahmawt ngai hoeh telah Isarel Cathut ransahu BAWIPA ni ati. Hatdawkvah na muitha hanelah kâhruetcuet nateh kaisue laihoi khosak hanh.
For I hate divorce," says the LORD, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with violence." says the LORD of hosts. "Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.
17 Nangmouh teh BAWIPA hnâ a poum totouh na lawk apap awh. Bangtelamaw hnâ a poum totouh na sak awh tetpawiteh, ka payon e tami pueng, Cathut hmalah ahawi doeh. Hot patet e taminaw hah BAWIPA ni a ngai doeh, lawkcengkung Cathut teh nâmouh ao va telah na ti awh.
You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that you say, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them;' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

< Malakhi 2 >