Malachi 2
1 And now, ye priests, this commandment is for you.
“Pea ko eni, ʻakimoutolu ʻae kau taulaʻeiki, ko e fekau eni maʻamoutolu.
2 If ye do not hear, and if ye do not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, I will even send the curse among you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have already cursed them, because ye do not lay [it] to heart.
Kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou fanongo, pea kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou fakatokangaʻi homou loto, koeʻuhi ke fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻa hoku huafa,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, “Te u fekau atu moʻoni ha fakamalaʻia kiate kimoutolu, pea te u fakamalaʻia ʻa homou ngaahi tāpuaki: ʻio, kuo u fai ni ʻa hono fakamalaʻia, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke tokanga ki ai homou loto.
3 Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, the dung of your feasts; and they shall take you away with it.
Vakai, te u maumauʻi homou ʻinasi, pea te u lī ʻae kinohaʻa ʻi homou mata, ʻio, ʻae meʻa kovi mei hoʻomou ngaahi kātoanga mamalu; pea ʻe fetuku ʻakimoutolu fakataha mo ia.
4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Pea te mou ʻilo kuo u ʻatu ʻae fekau ni kiate kimoutolu, koeʻuhi ke ʻia Livai ʻa ʻeku fuakava,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.
5 My covenant with him was of life and peace, and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and trembled before my name.
“Naʻe fai ʻeku fuakava mo ia, ko e meʻa ki he moʻui mo e melino; pea naʻaku ʻatu ia ki ai, koeʻuhi ko ʻene manavahē, ʻaia naʻa ne manavahē ai kiate au, pea manavahē ki hoku huafa.
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 he turned many from iniquity.
Naʻe ʻi hono ngutu ʻae fono ʻoe moʻoni, pea naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ha meʻa hala ʻi hono loungutu; naʻa ma ʻaʻeva mo au ʻi he melino mo e fai totonu, pea naʻa ne fakatafoki ʻae tokolahi mei he angahala.
7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and at his mouth they seek the law; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.
He ʻoku totonu ke ʻi he loungutu ʻoe taulaʻeiki ʻae poto, pea totonu ke nau kumi ʻae fono mei hono ngutu: he ko e talafekau ia meia Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.
8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Ka kuo mou he mei he hala; kuo mou fakahumu ʻae tokolahi ʻi he fono; kuo mou fakalieliaʻi ʻae fuakava ʻa Livai,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.
9 And I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have respect of persons in [administering] the law.
“Ko ia kuo u ngaohi ai ʻakimoutolu ke mou fakalielia mo fākatua ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai kotoa pē, ʻo tatau mo hoʻomou taʻefai ki hoku ngaahi hala, ka kuo mou fai filifilimānako ʻi he fono.”
10 Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us? Why do we deal unfaithfully every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
ʻIkai ʻoku tau tamai taha pe? ʻIkai ko e ʻOtua pe taha kuo ne ngaohi ʻakitautolu? Pea ko e hā ʻoku tau femalakiʻaki taki taha ʻae tangata ki hono tokoua, ʻi he maumauʻi ʻae fuakava ʻo ʻetau ngaahi tamai?
11 Judah hath dealt unfaithfully, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the sanctuary of Jehovah which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Kuo fai kākā ʻa Siuta, pea ʻoku ʻai ʻae fakalielia ʻoku fai ʻi ʻIsileli, pea mo Selūsalema; he kuo fakalieliaʻi ʻe Siuta ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻa Sihova, ʻaia ʻoku totonu ʻene ʻofa ki ai, pea kuo ne mali mo e ʻofefine ʻoe ʻotua loi.
12 Jehovah will cut off from the tents of Jacob the man that doeth this, him that calleth and him that answereth; and him that offereth an oblation unto Jehovah of hosts.
ʻE motuhi ʻe Sihova ʻae tangata ʻoku ne fai eni, ʻae akonaki, pea mo ia ʻoku akoʻi, mei he ngaahi fale fehikitaki ʻo Sēkope, pea mo ia ʻoku ʻatu ʻae feilaulau kia Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.
13 And further ye do this: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the oblation any more, nor receiveth [it] with satisfaction at your hand.
Pea kuo mou toe fai eni, ʻo ʻufiʻufi ʻaki ʻae loʻimata ʻae feilaulauʻanga ʻo Sihova, ʻi he tangi mo e kalanga: ko ia ia ʻoku ʻikai te ne kei tokanga ki he feilaulau, pe te ne maʻu lelei ia mei homou nima.
14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been a witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt unfaithfully: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Ka naʻa mo ia, ʻoku mou pehē, ‘Ko e meʻa ʻi he hā?’ Koeʻuhi ko e fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova kiate koe, pea mo e uaifi ʻo hoʻo kei talavou, ʻaia kuo ke fai kākā ki ai: ka ko e moʻoni ko hoʻo kaumeʻa ia, pea ko e ʻunoho ne ke fuakava ki ai.
15 And did not one make [them]? and the remnant of the Spirit was his. And wherefore the one? He sought a seed of God. Take heed then to your spirit, and let none deal unfaithfully against the wife of his youth,
Pea ʻikai naʻe ngaohi ia ʻe ia ke taha pe? Ka naʻe ʻiate ia pe hono toe ʻoe laumālie. Pea ko e hā ʻoku taha ai? Koeʻuhi ke ai ha hako māʻoniʻoni. Ko ia ke mou tokanga ki hoʻomou anga, pea ʻoua naʻa fai kākā ʻe ha taha ki he uaifi ʻo ʻene kei talavou.”
16 (for I hate putting away, saith Jehovah the God of Israel; ) and he covereth with violence his garment, saith Jehovah of hosts: take heed then to your spirit, that ye deal not unfaithfully.
He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, “ʻOku ne fehiʻa ki he tukuange: he ʻoku ai ha taha ʻoku ʻufiʻufi ʻaki hono kofu ʻa ʻene fakamālohi,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau: “ko ia, tokanga ki hoʻomou anga, ke ʻoua naʻa mou fai kākā.
17 Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, and ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
Kuo mou fakafiuʻi ʻa Sihova ʻaki hoʻomou ngaahi lea. Ka ʻoku mou pehē, ‘Kuo mau fakafiuʻi ia ʻi he hā?’ ʻOka mou ka pehē, ‘Ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku fai kovi ʻoku lelei ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova,’ pea ‘ʻOku ne fiemālie kiate kinautolu: pe, ‘Ko e fē ʻae ʻOtua ʻoku fakamaau?’
