Malachi 2
1 “Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
« Sik’oyo, bino Banganga-Nzambe, likebisi oyo epesami epai na bino:
2 If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says the LORD of Armies, “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.
Soki boyoki te, soki boboyi kozwa mokano ya kopesa Kombo na Ngai lokumu, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, « nakotindela bino elakeli mabe mpe nakolakela lipamboli na bino mabe. Solo, nasili kolakela yango mabe, pamba te bozwaki mokano te ya kopesa Kombo na Ngai lokumu.
3 Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
Likolo na bino, nakopamela bakitani na bino, nakobwakela bino basalite ya banyama na bino na bilongi, salite ya banyama oyo bobonzaka na mikolo ya bafeti na bino, mpe bakomema bino nzela moko na basalite yango.
4 You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says the LORD of Armies.
Bokoyeba solo ete napesi bino likebisi oyo mpo ete boyokani na Ngai elongo na Levi esuka te, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
5 “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.
« Boyokani na Ngai elongo na ye ezali boyokani ya bomoi mpe ya kimia, mpe nakopesa ye yango mpo ete atosa Ngai. Atosaki Ngai solo mpe azalaki kolenga liboso ya Kombo na Ngai.
6 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.
Monoko na ye ezalaki kobimisa malakisi ya solo; lokuta etikalaki komonana na bibebu na ye te. Azalaki kotambola elongo na Ngai na kimia mpe na alima. Na nzela na ye, bato ebele batikaki kotambola na nzela ya masumu.
7 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 Armies.
Pamba te bibebu ya Nganga-Nzambe esengeli kobatela boyebi, mpe bato basengeli kozwa boyebi na monoko na ye mpo ete azali ntoma ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
8 But you have turned away from the path. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Armies.
Kasi bino, bopengwi na nzela mpe bobetisi bato ebele mabaku na malakisi na bino; bobebisi boyokani elongo na Balevi, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
9 “Therefore I have also made you contemptible and wicked before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
« Boye, nasalaki ete botiolama mpe bosambwa liboso ya bato nyonso, pamba te bolandaki banzela na Ngai te, kasi bozalaki kopona bilongi na makambo oyo etali mibeko. »
10 Do not we all have one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Boni, biso nyonso tozali bana ya tata moko te? Boni, tokelama na Nzambe moko te? Bongo mpo na nini tozali kobebisa boyokani ya batata na biso na ndenge tozali kosalana mabe biso na biso?
11 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.
Bato ya Yuda batamboli na boyengebene te, bakotisi likambo ya nkele kati na Isalaele mpe na Yelusalemi, pamba te bato ya Yuda babebisi bosantu ya Esika ya bule ya Yawe, Esika ya bule oyo Yawe alingaka makasi: babali basi oyo basambelaka nzambe mopaya.
12 The LORD will cut off 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 Armies.
Mpo na mobali nyonso oyo akosala bongo, azala nani, tika ete Yawe alongola ye na bandako ya kapo ya Jakobi, ata amemi makabo epai na Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
13 “This again you do: you cover the LORD’s altar with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he does not regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.
Tala makambo mosusu oyo bosalaka: bozali kotondisa etumbelo ya Yawe na mayi ya miso, bozali kolelalela mpo ete Yawe azali kotala lisusu makabo na bino te mpe aboyi koyamba yango na maboko na bino.
14 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.
Bozali kotuna: « Mpo na nini boye? » Ezali mpo ete Yawe azali Motatoli kati na yo mpe mwasi na yo ya bolenge, kasi yo okosaki ye. Nzokande, azali mwasi oyo okangani na ye na nzela ya boyokani.
15 Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Boni, Yawe akomisaki bango te moto moko? Bazali ya Yawe na mosuni mpe na molimo. Moto yango alukaka nini? Alukaka bana kowuta epai na Nzambe. Boye, bosala keba mpo na bomoi na bino. Tika ete moto moko te akosa mwasi na ye ya bolenge!
16 One who hates and divorces”, says the LORD, the God of Israel, “covers his garment with violence!” says the LORD of Armies. “Therefore pay attention to your spirit, that you do not be unfaithful.
Pamba te Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: « Nayinaka likambo ya koboma libala; ekokani na moto oyo elamba na ye ezwi makila tango abomi moto, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga. Yango wana, bosala keba mpo na bomoi na bino mpe botikala sembo.
17 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 LORD’s sight, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’
Bolembisi Yawe na maloba na bino mpe bozali lisusu kotuna: « Tolembisi Yo na likambo nini? » Ezali tango bozali koloba: « Moto oyo asalaka mabe azali malamu na miso ya Yawe, mpe Yawe asepelaka na ye » to mpe « Wapi Nzambe ya bosembo? »
