< Malachi 2 >

1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is to you.
“To koro, yaye jodolo, siemni en maru.
2 If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the Lord of hosts: I will send poverty upon you, and will curse your blessings, yea I will curse them, because you have not laid it to heart.
Ka ok uchiko itu malongʼo, kendo ka ok uketo chunyu mar miyo nyinga luor, to abiro oro kwongʼ kuomu kendo abiro kwongʼo gweth mau. Ee, asekwongʼo-gi nimar ok useketo chunyu mondo omiya duongʼ,” Jehova Nyasaye Maratego owacho.
3 Behold, I will cast the shoulder to you, and I will scatter upon your face the dung of your solemnities, and it shall take you away with it.
“Abiro tieko kothu, nikech un; abiro mieno wen mag chiayo mutimonago misengni e nyasi mau e pat wengeu kendo anariembu kubakoru gi wen kamano.
4 And you shall know that I sent you this commandment, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
Eka unungʼe ni An ema aseoronu siemni mondo singruokna kod jo-Lawi odhi nyime,” Jehova Nyasaye Maratego owacho.
5 My covenant was with him of life and peace: and I gave him fear: and he feared me, and he was afraid before my name.
“Namiye singruokna ma en singruok mar ngima kod kwe. Singruokni ne dwaro ni mondo omiya luor, kendo notimo kamano; nochungʼ e nyima koluoro nyinga.
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace, and in equity, and turned many away from iniquity.
Puonj madier ema ne ni e dhoge kendo miriambo kata achiel ne ok oyud e dhoge. Nowuotho koda gi kwe kod ratiro, kendo noloko ji mangʼeny oa e richo.
7 For the lips of the priest shall keep knowledge, and they shall seek the law at his mouth: because he is the angel of the Lord of hosts.
“Lew jadolo nyaka puonj rieko kendo ji onego dhi puonjre Chike Nyasaye kuome nikech en jaote mar Jehova Nyasaye Maratego.
8 But you have departed out of the way, and have caused many to stumble at the law: you have made void the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
Kata kamano isebaro iweyo yo kendo puonjgi osemiyo ji mangʼeny ochwanyore; iseketho singruok mar jo-Lawi,” Jehova Nyasaye Maratego owacho.
9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible, and base before all people, as you have not kept my ways, and have accepted persons in the law.
“Kuom mano asemiyo ojari kendo okuod wiyi e nyim ji duto, nikech ok iseluwo yorega to isedewo wangʼ ji e yore mag chik.”
10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why then doth every one of us despise his brother, violating the covenant of our fathers?
To donge wan duto wan gi Wuoro achiel? Donge Nyasaye achiel ema nochweyowa? Kare en angʼo momiyo waketho singruok mar wuonewa, ka waonge gi winjruok e kindwa ngʼato gi ngʼato?
11 Juda hath transgressed, and abomination hath been committed in Israel, and in Jerusalem: for Juda hath profaned the holiness of the Lord, which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange God.
Juda oseketho winjruok osetimo gima mono e Israel kendo e Jerusalem: Osechido kama ler mar lemo ma Jehova Nyasaye ohero kuom kendo nyar joma lamo nyiseche mamoko.
12 The Lord will cut off the man that hath done this, both the master, and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering to the Lord of hosts.
To kuom ngʼat matimo ma, kata bed ni en ngʼama nade, Jehova Nyasaye mad ngʼad kare oko e hembe mag Jakobo, kata bed ni okelo misengini ni Jehova Nyasaye Maratego.
13 And this again have you done, you have covered the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and bellowing, so that I have no more a regard to sacrifice, neither do I accept any atonement at your hands.
Gimachielo mutimo ema: Upongʼo kendo mar misango mar Jehova Nyasaye gi pi wangʼu. Uywak kendo udengo nikech Jehova Nyasaye ok dew misengni ma umiye, kata bedo mamor gi gik moa lwetu.
14 And you have said: For what cause? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee, and the wife of thy youth, whom thou hast despised: yet she was thy partner, and the wife of thy covenant.
To upenjo niya, “Nangʼo?” En kamano nikech Jehova Nyasaye obedo kaka janeno e kindi kod chiegi mane ikendo ka in wuowi, nikech useketho singruok mane ni e kindu koda. Kata obedo ni en chiegi mane itimogo singruok mar kend.
15 Did not one make her, and she is the residue of his spirit? And what doth one seek, but the seed of God? Keep then your spirit, and despise not the wife of thy youth.
Donge Jehova Nyasaye oseketogi gibedo gimoro achiel? E ringruok kendo e chuny gin mage. To angʼo momiyo achiel? Nikech ne odwaro kodhi moluoro Nyasaye. Omiyo ritreuru e chunyu kendo kik ngʼato keth singruokne gi chiege mane oangorego.
16 When thou shalt hate her put her away, saith the Lord the God of Israel: but iniquity shall cover his garment, saith the Lord of hosts, keep your spirit, and despise not.
Jehova Nyasaye, ma Nyasach Israel wacho niya, “Amon gi weruok mantiere e kind dichwo gi chiege kendo amon gi dichwo matimo gima chalo kamano ni chiege,” Jehova Nyasaye Maratego ema owacho. Kuom mano, ritreuru e chunyu kendo kik uketh singruok.
17 You have wearied the Lord with your words, and you said: Wherein have we wearied him? In that you say: Every one that doth evil, is good in the sight of the Lord, and such please him: or surely where is the God of judgment?
Uolo Jehova Nyasaye gi wecheu. To upenjo niya, “Ere kaka wechewa oole?” Uole kuom wacho niya, “Joma timo marach gin joma beyo e nyim wangʼ Jehova Nyasaye, kendo omor kodgi,” kata uwacho niya, “Ere Nyasaye mangʼado bura makare?”

< Malachi 2 >