< Malachi 3 >
1 Behold, I send my agent, and he shall prepare the way before me. And the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple. And the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he comes, says Jehovah of hosts.
A IA hoi, e hoouna auanei au i ko'u elele, Nana e hoomakaukau i ke alanui imua o'u: A e hiki wawe mai auauei ka Haku, a oukou e imi nei, iloko o kona luakini, Oia ke elele o ka berita, o ka mea a oukou e makemake nei: Ea, e hele mai ana ia, wahi a Iehova o na kaua.
2 But who can abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap.
Aka, owai ke hoomanawanui i ka la o kona hiki ana mai? Owai hoi ke ku paa i kona ikeia ana? No ka mea, e like auanei ia me ke ahi o ka mea hoohehee, A me ke sopa o ka mea hoomaemae:
3 And he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver. And they shall offer to Jehovah offerings in righteousness.
A noho ia he mea hoohehee a me ka hoomaemae i ke kala; A e huikala ia i na keiki a Levi, A e hoomaemae oia ia lakou e like me ke gula a me ke kala, I mohai aku ai lakou i ka mohai pono na Iehova.
4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem shall be pleasant to Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.
Alaila, e maliuia mai ai o Iehova i ka mohai ana a ka Iuda a me ko Ierusalema, E like me ia i na la kahiko, a i na makahiki mamua.
5 And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says Jehovah of hosts.
Ke hookokoke aku nei au io oukou la e hooko i ke kanawai; E wikiwiki au i ka hoike ku e i na kahuna anaana, Me na moe kolohe, a i na mea hoohiki wahahee, Me ka poe hoonele i na mea hoolimalima i ka lakou uku, A i ka poe hoonele i ka wahinekauemake, a me ke keiki makua ole, A i ka poe hoohuli ae i ko ka malihini, aole hoi i makau ia'u, wahi a Iehova o na kaua.
6 For I, Jehovah, do not change. Therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
No ka mea, owau no Iehova, aole au e lauwili, Nolaila, aole oukou i hoopauia, e na mamo o Iakoba.
7 From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, How shall we return?
Mai na la mai o ko oukou poe makua, Ua haalele oukou i ko'u mau kanawai, me ka malama ole. E hoi hou mai oukou ia'u nei, a e hoi hou aku au io oukou la, Wahi a Iehova o na kaua. Aka, ke ninau mai nei oukou, Ma ke aha ka makou e hoi hou aku ai?
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye rob me. But ye say, How have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
E pono anei i ke kanaka ke hao i ka ke Akua? Aka, ua hao oukou i ka'u: a ke ninau mai nei oukou, Ma ke aha ka makou i hao ai i kau? I na hapaumi o ka waiwai, a me na mohai.
9 Ye are cursed with the curse, for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
Ua hoahewaia oukou i ka poino; No ka mea, ua hao oukou i ka'u, o keia lahuikanaka a pau.
10 Bring ye the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now with this, says Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open to you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for it.
E lawe mai i na waiwai hapaumi a pau iloko o ka hale ahu waiwai, I ai maloko o ko'u hale; A e hoao mai oukou ia'u ma ia mea, wahi a Iehova o na kaua, I wehe ai paha au i na puka wai o ka Iani, A e ninini iho i ka pomaikai maluna o oukou, a lawa a hu.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground, nor shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, says Jehovah of hosts.
A no oukou wau e papa aku ai i ka mea hokai, I hoopau ole ai ia i ka hua o ko oukou aina, Aole hoi ia e hoolilo no oukou i ke kumuwaina o ke kula i mea hua ole, Wahi a Iehova o na kaua.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed, for ye shall be a delightful land, says Jehovah of hosts.
A e kapa mai auanei na lahuikanaka a pau ia oukou, he pomaikai; No ka mea, e lilo oukou i poe mea aina i makemakeia, Wahi a Iehova o na kaua.
13 Your words have been stout against me, says Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?
Ua oolea ka oukou mau olelo ku e mai ia'u, wahi a Iehova; A ke ninau mai nei oukou, Heaha ka makou i olelo ku e ai ia oe?
14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God, and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
Ua olelo oukou, He mea ole ka malama i ka Akua: Heaha hoi ka pomaikai ke malama kakou i ka mea ana i kauoha mai ai, A ke hele hoi me ke kapa eleele imua o Iehova o na kaua?
15 And now we call the proud happy. Yea, those who work wickedness are built up. Yea, they challenge God, and escape.
Nolaila, ke kapa nei kakou i ka poe hookiekie he pomaikai; He oiaio, ua kukuluia'e iluna ka poe hana ino; Ina hoi e hoao lakou i ke Akua, ua pakele no lakou.
16 Then those who feared Jehovah spoke one with another, and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for those who feared Jehovah, and who thought upon his name.
Alaila, o ka poe makau ia Iehova, Kamailio pu iho lakou i kekahi i kekahi; A haliu mai la o Iehova, a hoolohe mai la, A ua kakauia ka buke hoomanao imua ona no lakou, No ka poe makau ia Iehova, a me ka poe hoomanao i koua inoa.
17 And they shall be mine, says Jehovah of hosts, my own possession, in the day that I make. And I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
No'u no lakou, wahi a Iehova o na kaua, I ka la a'u e ahu iho ai i kuu waiwai; A e lokomaikai au ia lakou, E like me ka lokomaikai ana o ka makua i kana keiki nana ia I malama.
18 Then ye shall return and discern between the righteous man and the wicked man, between him who serves God and him who does not serve him.
Alaila, e huli mai auanei oukou, A e nana maopopo iwaena o ka poe pono a o ka poe hewa, Iwaena hoi o ka mea malama i ke Akua, a me ka mea malama ole.