Malachias 2
1 And now, O priests, this commandment is to you.
“Alò, koulye a, prèt yo, lòd sa a se pou nou.
2 If you will not listen, and if you will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord Almighty, then I will send forth the curse upon you, and I will bring a curse upon your blessing: yes, I will curse it, and I will scatter your blessing, and it shall not exist amongst you, because you lay not this to heart.
Si nou pa koute e si nou pa pran sa a kè pou bay lonè a non Mwen”, pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, “alò, Mwen va voye malediksyon sou nou, e Mwen va fè benediksyon nou yo vin tounen malediksyon. Anverite, Mwen fin modi yo deja, akoz nou pa pran sa a kè.
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.
Gade byen, Mwen va fè repwòch nou rive jis sou desandan nou yo, e Mwen va gaye poupou sou figi nou, menm poupou a festen nou yo; epi nou va vin disparèt ansanm avè l.
4 And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with the sons of Levi, says the Lord Almighty.
Konsa, nou va konnen ke Mwen te voye lòd sa a bannou, pou akò Mwen an kapab kontinye ak Lévi”, pale SENYÈ dèzame yo.
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.
“Akò Mwen an avèk li se te akò pou lavi ak lapè. Mwen te bay li yo pou li ta kab vin gen lakrent anvè M; epi konsa, li te krent Mwen e te vin gen gwo lakrent pou non Mwen.
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.
Lalwa verite a te nan bouch li, e inikite pa t janm sou lèv li. Li te mache avè M nan lapè ak ladwati, e li te detounen anpil moun soti nan inikite.
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.
Paske lèv a yon prèt dwe gade konesans, e moun ta dwe chache lalwa soti nan bouch li. Paske li se mesaje a SENYÈ dèzame yo.
8 But you have turned aside from the way, and caused many to fail in [following] the law: you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord Almighty.
Men pou nou menm, nou te detounen kite chemen an. Nou te koze anpil moun chite nan lalwa a. Nou te dezonore akò Lévi a,” pale SENYÈ dèzame yo.
9 And I have made you despised and cast out amongst all the people, because you have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
“Akoz sa Mwen te fè nou vin meprizab tou, e vin imilye devan tout pèp la, akoz nou pa t gade chemen Mwen yo, men nou te nan patipri nan lalwa a.
10 Have you not all one father? Did not one God create you? why have you forsaken every man his brother, to profane the covenant of your fathers?
Èske se pa yon sèl papa nou genyen? Èske se pa yon sèl Bondye a ki te kreye nou? Poukisa nou chak ap trayi pwòp frè nou, nan pwofane akò a papa zansèt nou yo?
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.
Juda te aji nan enfidelite, e yon abominasyon te fèt an Israël ak Jérusalem; paske Juda te pwofane sanktyè a SENYÈ a, ke li renmen, e te vin marye ak fi a yon dye etranje.
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 amongst them that offer sacrifice to the Lord Almighty.
SENYÈ a va koupe retire nonm nan ki fè sa a, sila ki leve e sila ki reponn nan, soti nan tant a Jacob yo, oswa sila ki prezante ofrann a SENYÈ Dèzame yo.
13 And these things which I hated, you did: you 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?
“Men yon lòt bagay nou fè: nou kouvri lotèl SENYÈ a ak dlo k ap sòti nan zye nou, nan kriye ak plenyen, akoz Li pa konsidere ofrann yo ankò, ni aksepte yo ak favè ki soti nan men nou.
14 Yet you said, Therefore? Because the Lord has borne witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you has forsaken, and [yet] she was your partner, and the wife of your covenant.
Malgre sa, nou di: ‘Pou ki rezon?’ Paske SENYÈ a te yon temwen antre nou menm ak madanm jenès nou an, kont sila nou te aji an trèt la, malgre li se konpanyen e madanm nou selon akò nou an.
15 And did he not do well? and [there was] the residue of his spirit. But you said, What does God seek but a seed? But take you heed to your spirit, and forsake not the wife of your youth.
Éske Li pa t fè nou youn sèl? Malgre, se te li ki te gen retay Lespri a. Pouki sa youn sèl? Li t ap chache desandan ladwati a. Alò, veye lespri nou byen ke pèsòn pa aji an trèt kont madanm jenès li a.
16 But if you should hate [your wife] and put her away, says the Lord God of Israel, then ungodliness shall cover your thoughts, says the Lord Almighty: therefore take you heed to your spirit, and forsake [them] not,
Youn ki rayi epidivòse”, pale SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la, “kouvri vètman li ak vyolans lan,” pale SENYÈ a. “Pou sa, veye lespri nou byen, ke nou pa enfidèl.
17 you that have provoked God with your words. But you said, Wherein have we provoked him? In that you 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?
“Nou te fatige SENYÈ a ak pawòl nou yo. Malgre sa, nou di: ‘Nan kisa nou te fatige Li a?’ Paske n ap di: ‘Tout moun k ap fè mal, bon nan zye SENYÈ a, e Li pran plezi nan yo;’ oswa ‘Kote Bondye jistis la ye?’”
