Malakhi 4
1 Tahmanghmai a kak e patetlah hmai kak hnin teh ka tho han. Kâoupnaw hoi yonnae ka sak naw pueng teh songnawng lah ao awh han. Hote atueng nah, ahnimanaw teh akung dawnghmo awm laipalah koung a kak awh han telah ransahu BAWIPA ni ati.
‘The day is coming that will burn like a furnace, and all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will burn them up,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘leaving neither root nor branch.
2 Ka min ka taket e nangmanaw koevah lannae Kanî teh pataw damnae rathei hoi a tho han. Nangmouh teh maito im dawk e maito ca patetlah lunghawi hoi na coukdouk awh han.
But to you who revere my name there will arise the sun of righteousness with healing in its wings, and you will run free like calves let out from their stall.
3 Tami kahawihoehnaw hai na khok hoi na coungroe awh han. Hote hnin a pha toteh, ahnimouh teh nangmae khoktabei rahim vaiphu lah ao awh han telah ransahu BAWIPA ni ati.
In the day when I act you will tread down the wicked, they will be as ashes under the soles of your feet,’ says the Lord of hosts.
4 Isarelnaw pueng hanelah Horeb mon, lawk ka thui e ka san, Mosi e kâlawk hoi cangkhainae naw hah pahnim awh hanh.
‘Remember the law of Moses my servant, statutes and judgments which I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.
5 Khenhaw! BAWIPA e hnin takikathopounge a pha hoehnahlan vah, profet Elijah hah nangmouh koe ka patoun han.
I am about to send to you Elijah the prophet, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
6 Kai ka tho vaiteh, nangmae khoram hah thoebonae hoi na tuk awh hoeh nahanelah, hote profet ni capanaw hoi napanaw, napanaw hoi capanaw hah a kâpo sak han ati.
He will turn fathers’ hearts to their sons and sons’ hearts to their fathers, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgement.’
