Malachi 2
1 “And now this decree is for you, O priests:
“Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí, ẹ̀yin àlùfáà, òfin yìí ní fún yín.
2 If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
Bí ẹ̀yin kò bá ni gbọ́, bí ẹ̀yin kò bá ní fi í sí àyà láti fi ọ̀wọ̀ fún orúkọ mi,” ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí; èmi yóò sì ran ègún sí orí yín, èmi yóò sì fi ìbùkún yín ré. Nítòótọ́ mó ti fi ré ná, nítorí pé, ẹ̀yin kò fi sí ọkàn yín láti bu ọlá fún mi.
3 Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.
“Nítorí tiyín èmí yóò ba àwọn ọmọ yín wí, èmi ó sì fi ìgbẹ́ rẹ́ yín lójú, àní àwọn ìgbẹ́ ọrẹ ọwọ́ yín wọ̀nyí, a ó sì kó yín lọ pẹ̀lú rẹ̀.
4 Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Ẹ̀yin ó sì mọ̀ pé, èmi ni ó ti rán òfin yìí sí yín, kí májẹ̀mú mi pẹ̀lú Lefi lè tẹ̀síwájú,” ní Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí.
5 “My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.
“Májẹ̀mú mi wà pẹ̀lú rẹ̀, májẹ̀mú ti ìyè àti àlàáfíà wà pẹ̀lú rẹ̀; mo sì fi wọn fún un, nítorí bíbẹ̀rù tí ó bẹ̀rù mi, tí ẹ̀rù orúkọ mi sì bà á.
6 True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
Òfin òtítọ́ wà ni ẹnu rẹ̀, a kò sì rí irọ́ ni ètè rẹ̀: ó ba mi rìn ní àlàáfíà àti ni ìdúró ṣinṣin, ó sì yí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ kúrò nínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀.
7 For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
“Nítorí ètè àlùfáà ní òye láti máa pa ìmọ̀ mọ́, kí àwọn ènìyàn lè máa wá ìtọ́ni ni ẹnu rẹ̀: nítorí òun ni ìránṣẹ́ Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun.
8 But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin ti yapa kúrò ní ọ̀nà náà; ẹ̀yin sì ti fi ìkọ́ni yín mú ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ kọsẹ̀; ẹ̀yin ti ba májẹ̀mú tí mo da pẹ̀lú Lefi jẹ́,” ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí.
9 “So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”
“Nítorí náà ni èmi pẹ̀lú ṣe sọ yín di ẹ̀gàn, àti ẹni àìkàsí níwájú gbogbo ènìyàn, nítorí ẹ̀yin kò tẹ̀lé ọ̀nà mi, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin ń ṣe ojúsàájú nínú òfin.”
10 Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
Baba kan náà kí gbogbo wa ha ní? Ọlọ́run kan náà kọ́ ni ó dá wa bí? Nítorí kín ni àwa ha ṣe sọ májẹ̀mú àwọn baba wa di aláìmọ nípa híhu ìwà àrékérekè olúkúlùkù sí arákùnrin rẹ̀?
11 Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.
Juda ti ń hùwà àrékérekè, a sì ti hùwà ìríra ní Israẹli àti ni Jerusalẹmu: nítorí Juda tí sọ ìwà mímọ́ Olúwa di aláìmọ́, èyí tí ó fẹ́, nípa gbígbé ọmọbìnrin ọlọ́run àjèjì ni ìyàwó.
12 As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts.
Ní ti ẹni tí ó ṣe èyí, ẹni tí ó wù kí ó jẹ, kí Olúwa kí ó gé e kúrò nínú àgọ́ Jakọbu, bí ó tilẹ̀ mú ẹbọ ọrẹ wá fún Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun.
13 And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.
Èyí ni ohun mìíràn tí ẹ̀yin sì túnṣe. Ẹ̀yin fi omijé bo pẹpẹ Olúwa mọ́lẹ̀. Ẹ̀yin sọkún, ẹ̀yin sì ba ara jẹ́ nítorí tì Òun kò ka ọrẹ yín sí mọ́, tàbí kí ó fi inú dídùn gba nǹkan yìí lọ́wọ́ yín.
14 Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin wí pé, “Nítorí kín ní?” Nítorí Olúwa ti ṣe ẹlẹ́rìí láàrín ìwọ àti láàrín aya èwe rẹ, ẹni tí ìwọ ti ń hùwà ẹ̀tàn sí i: bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹnìkejì rẹ ni òun jẹ́, àti aya májẹ̀mú rẹ.
15 Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
Ọlọ́run kò ha ti ṣe wọ́n ní ọ̀kan? Ni ara àti ni ẹ̀mí tirẹ̀ ni. Èéṣe tí Ọlọ́run da yín lọ́kàn? Kí òun bá à lè wá irú-ọmọ bí ti Ọlọ́run. Nítorí náà, ẹ tọ́jú ẹ̀mí yín, ẹ má sì ṣe hùwà ẹ̀tàn sí aya èwe yín.
16 “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.
“Ọkùnrin tí ó bá kórìíra, tí ó sì kọ ìyàwó rẹ̀,” se ìwà ipá sí ẹni tí ó yẹ kí ó dá ààbò bò, ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run Israẹli wí, Ọlọ́run àwọn ọmọ-ogun. Nítorí náà, ẹ ṣọ́ ẹ̀mí yín, kí ẹ má ṣe hùwà ẹ̀tàn.
17 You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
Ẹ̀yin ti fi ọ̀rọ̀ yín dá Olúwa ní agara. Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin béèrè pé, “Nínú kín ni àwa fi dá a ní agara?” Nígbà tí ẹ̀yìn wí pé, “Gbogbo ẹni tí ó ṣe ibi, rere ni níwájú Olúwa, inú rẹ̀ sì dùn sí wọn,” tàbí “Níbo ni Ọlọ́run ìdájọ́ gbé wà?”
