< Malachias 2 >

1 And now, O priests, this commandment is to you.
He olpaek he nangmih khosoih rhoek ham pawn ni.
2 If ye will not hearken, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the Lord Almighty, then I will send forth the curse upon you, and I will bring a curse upon your blessing: yea, I will curse it, and I will scatter your blessing, and it shall not exist among you, because ye lay not this to heart.
Ka ming te thangpomnah paek hamla na hnatun uh pawt tih na lungbuei ah na khueh uh pawt akhaw. Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Nangmih soah tapvoepnah kan tueih vetih na yoethennah te thae kam phoei thil ni. Lungbuei ah na khueh uh pawt dongah te te thae ka phoei thil.
3 Behold, I turn my back upon you, and I will scatter dung upon your faces, the dung of your feasts, and I will carry you away at the same time.
Nangmih kongah ni tiingan te khaw ka tluung. Na maelhmai ah aek kam bak vetih na khotue kah aek neh nangmih te n'khuen ni.
4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with the sons of Levi, saith the Lord Almighty.
“Te vaengah Levi taengkah ka paipi om sak ham, nangmih taengah he kah olpaek kan tueih te na ming uh ni,” Caempuei BOEIPA loh a thui.
5 My covenant of life and peace was with him, and I gave [it] him that he might reverently fear me, and that he might be awe-struck at my name.
Ka paipi he a taengah hingnah neh rhoepnah om. Te rhoek te a taengah rhimomnah la ka paek. Te dongah kai he n'rhih tih ka ming hmai ah anih yawk.
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked before me directing [his way] in peace, and he turned many from unrighteousness.
Olkhueng oltak he anih ka dongah om tih a hmuilai ah dumlai a thoeng moenih. Rhoepnah nen ni ka taengah tlangtlae la a caeh dongah thaesainah lamloh muep a mael puei.
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 Almighty.
Khosoih kah hmuilai long tah mingnah ngaithuen saeh lamtah a ka lamloh olkhueng tlap saeh. Anih tah caempuei BOEIPA kah puencawn ni.
8 But ye have turned aside from the way, and caused many to fail in [following] the law: ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord Almighty.
Tedae longpuei lamloh na phael uh tih muep na paloe uh. Olkhueng dong lamloh Levi paipi na phae uh. Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui.
9 And I have made you despised and cast out among all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
Te olka dongah ni kai van long khaw nangmih te kan sawtsit tih pilnam boeih taengah tlarhoel la kang khueh. Ka longpuei aka ngaithuen tih olkhueng dongah mik aka huel he nangmih moenih.
10 Have ye not all one father? Did not one God create you? why have ye forsaken every man his brother, to profane the covenant of your fathers?
Mamih boeih kah napa tah pakhat moenih a? Mamih aka suen he Pathen pakhat moenih a? Balae tih hlang loh a manuca taengah a hnukpoh? A pa rhoek kah paipi aka poeih rhung la.
11 Juda has been forsaken, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Juda has profaned the holy things of the Lord, which he delighted in, and has gone after other gods.
Judah a hnukpoh dongah ni Israel ah khaw, Jerusalem ah khaw tueilaehkoi a saii. Kholong kah pathen canu a lungnah tih a yuunah te Judah loh BOEIPA kah hmuencim ni a poeih.
12 The Lord will utterly destroy the man that does these things, until he be even cast down from out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and from among them that offer sacrifice to the Lord Almighty.
Te bang aka saii hlang te tah aka haenghang khaw, Jakob dap lamloh a doo tih caempuei BOEIPA taengah khocang aka tawn khaw BOEIPA loh khoe nawn saeh.
13 And these things which I hated, ye did: ye covered with tears the altar of the Lord, and with weeping and groaning because of troubles: [is it] meet [for me] to have respect to your sacrifice, or to receive [anything] from your hands [as] welcome?
Na kut lamloh khocang neh kolonah doe ham koep na mael van pawt ah BOEIPA kah hmueihtuk tah mikphi neh et hamla rhahnah neh kiinah neh a pabae la na saii.
14 Yet ye said, Wherefore? Because the Lord has borne witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, whom thou has forsaken, and [yet] she was thy partner, and the wife of thy covenant.
Balae tih koep na dawt? BOEIPA tah nang laklo neh na camoe kah na yuu laklo ah laipai coeng. Anih te na cangyaeh neh na paipi yuu yamvat ah anih taengah na hnukpoh.
15 And did he not do well? and [there was] the residue of his spirit. But ye said, What does God seek but a seed? But take ye heed to your spirit, and forsake not the wife of thy youth.
Anih ham a hil coih neh aka saii khaw pakhat moenih a? Balae tih Pathen kah tiingan te pakhat bueng loh a toem? Na mueihla te ngaithuen lamtah na camoe vaengkah na yuu taengah hnukpoh boeh.
16 But if thou shouldest hate [thy wife] and put her away, saith the Lord God of Israel, then ungodliness shall cover thy thoughts, saith the Lord Almighty: therefore take ye heed to your spirit, and forsake [them] not,
Israel Pathen BOEIPA loh a thui coeng. Yuu hlak tih a pueinak neh kuthlahnah aka dah he a thiinah. Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Te dongah na mueihla te ngaithuen lamtah hnukpoh boeh.
17 ye that have provoked God with your words. But ye said, Wherein have we provoked him? In that ye say, Every one that does evil is a pleasing [object] in the sight of the Lord, and he takes pleasure in such; and where is the God of justice?
BOEIPA he na ol neh na kohnue sakuh. Tedae, “Balae na kohnue,” na ti uh. “Boethae aka saii boeih loh BOEIPA mik ah then tih amih te amah loh a ngaih. Tiktamnah Pathen te menim?” na ti uh.

< Malachias 2 >