Malachi 3

1 Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts.

“Vakai te u fekau ʻa hoku fakamelomelo, pea te ne teuteu ʻae hala ʻi hoku ʻao: pea ko Sihova ʻaia ʻoku mou kumi ki ai, ʻe hāʻele fakafokifā mai ki hono fale tapu, ʻio, ʻae talafekau ʻoe fuakava, ʻaia ʻoku mou fiefia ai: vakai,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, “ʻE haʻu ia.

2 And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller’s herb:

Ka ko hai ia te ne faʻa tali ʻae ʻaho ʻo ʻene haʻu? Pea ko hai ʻe faʻa tuʻu ʻoka ne ka hā mai? He ʻoku ne hangē ko e afi ʻo ia ʻoku fakamaʻa ukamea, pea tatau mo e meʻa fakamaʻa ʻae kau fō papālangi.

3 And he shall sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall refine them as gold, and as silver, and they shall offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.

Pea te ne nofo ʻo hangē ko e tangata ʻoku ne fakamaʻa mo fakahaohaoa ʻae siliva: pea te ne fakamaʻa ʻae ngaahi foha ʻo Livai, mo ne fakamaʻa ʻakinautolu ʻo hangē ko e koula mo e siliva, koeʻuhi ke nau ʻatu kia Sihova ha feilaulau ʻoku māʻoniʻoni.

4 And the sacrifice of Juda and of Jerusalem shall please the Lord, as in the days of old, and in the ancient years.

Pea ʻe toki lelei ʻae feilaulau ʻa Siuta mo Selūsalema kia Sihova, ʻo tatau mo e ngaahi muʻaki ʻaho, pea hangē ko e ngaahi taʻu ʻi muʻa.

5 And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages; the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Pea te u ʻunuʻunu atu kiate kimoutolu ke fakamaau; pea te u fakamoʻoni toʻotoʻo ki he kau kikite kākā mo kinautolu ʻoku fuakava loi, pea kiate kinautolu ʻoku fakamālohi ʻae totongi ʻo ia ʻoku ngāue, ʻae fefine kuo mate ʻa hono husepāniti, pea mo e tamai mate, pea mo kinautolu ʻoku kākaaʻi ʻae muli, pea mo ia ʻoku ʻikai ke manavahē kiate au,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.

6 For I am the Lord, and I change not: and you the sons of Jacob are not consumed.

“He ko au ko Sihova ʻoku ʻikai teu liliu; ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ʻauha ai ʻakimoutolu ʻae ngaahi foha ʻo Sēkope.

7 For from the days of your fathers you have departed from my ordinances, and have not kept them: Return to me, and I will return to you, saith the Lord of hosts. And you have said: Wherein shall we return?

ʻIo, talu mei he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi tamai, kuo mou hehē mei heʻeku ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, ʻo ʻikai fai ki ai. Tafoki mai kiate au, pea te u tafoki kiate kimoutolu,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau. “Ka naʻa mou pehē, ‘Te mau tafoki ko e hā?’

8 Shall a man afflict God? for you afflict me. And you have said: Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits.

ʻE kaihaʻa ʻae tangata mei he ʻOtua? Ka kuo mou kaihaʻa meiate au. Ka ʻoku mou pehē ʻekimoutolu, ‘Kuo mau kaihaʻa meiate koe ʻi he hā?’ ʻI hono vahe hongofulu ʻoe meʻa, pea mo e ngaahi feilaulau.

9 And you are cursed with want, and you afflict me, even the whole nation of you.

‌ʻOku fakamalaʻia ʻaki ʻakimoutolu ʻae malaʻia: koeʻuhi kuo mou kaihaʻa meiate au, ʻio, ʻae puleʻanga ni kotoa.

10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and try me in this, saith the Lord: if I open not unto you the flood-gates of heaven, and pour you out a blessing even to abundance.

Mou ʻomi ʻae ngaahi vahe hongofulu ʻoe meʻa ki he tukunga koloa, koeʻuhi ke ai ha meʻakai ʻi hoku fale, pea mou ʻahiʻahi ai au,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻoe ngaahi kautau, “Pe te u fakaava ʻae ngaahi matapā ʻoe langi pe ʻikai, pea u lilingi hifo kiate kimoutolu ha tāpuaki, ʻe ʻikai ha potu ʻe faʻa hao ia ki ai.

11 And I will rebuke for your sakes the devourer, and he shall not spoil the fruit of your land: neither shall the vine in the field be barren, saith the Lord of hosts.

Pea te u valokiʻi ʻae fai fakaʻauha koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne maumau ʻae fua ʻo homou kelekele; pea ʻe ʻikai foki lī mai ʻe he vaine ʻa hono fua ki he ngoue ʻoku teʻeki ke motuʻa,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.

12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a delightful land, saith the Lord of hosts.

“Pea ʻe ui ʻakimoutolu ko e monūʻia ʻe he puleʻanga kotoa pē: he te mou hoko ko e fonua matamatalelei,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.

13 Your words have been unsufferable to me, saith the Lord.

“Kuo fielahi mai hoʻomou lea kiate au,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova. “Ka ʻoku mou pehē ʻekimoutolu, ‘Ko e hā ʻemau lea kuo fai kiate koe?’

14 And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God, and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before the Lord of hosts?

Kuo mou pehē, ‘Ko e meʻa taʻeʻaonga ʻae tauhi ki he ʻOtua:’ pea ‘ko e hā kuo tau maʻu ʻi he fai ki heʻene ngaahi fekau, mo e tau ʻalu fakaangavaivai ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau?

15 Wherefore now we call the proud people happy, for they that work wickedness are built up, and they have tempted God and are preserved.

Pea ʻoku tau ui eni ʻae fielahi ko e monūʻia: ʻio, ʻoku fakalanga hake ʻakinautolu ʻoku fai angahala: ʻio, naʻa mo ia ʻoku ʻahiʻahi kovi ki he ʻOtua, ʻoku hao pe ʻakinautolu.’

16 Then they that feared the Lord spoke every one with his neighbour: and the Lord gave ear, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that fear the Lord, and think on his name.

Pea ko kinautolu naʻe manavahē kia Sihova naʻa nau toki lea fetokoniʻaki ʻiate kinautolu: pea naʻe ongoʻi ia ʻe Sihova, pea ne fanongo ki ai, pea naʻe tohi ʻi hono ʻao ʻae tohi fakamanatu, ʻonautolu naʻe manavahē kia Sihova, mo nau faʻa fakalaulauloto ki hono huafa.”

17 And they shall be my special possession, saith the Lord of hosts, in the day that I do judgment: and I will spare them, as a man spareth his son that serveth him.

Pea ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, “ʻE hoko ʻakinautolu ko ʻeku koloa mahuʻinga fau, ʻi he ʻaho ko ia te u ngaohi ki ai; pea te u mamae kiate kinautolu, ʻo hangē ko e mamae ha tangata ki hono foha ʻoʻona ʻoku ngāue kiate ia.

18 And you shall return, and shall see the difference between the just and the wicked: and between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

Pea te mou toki liliu mai, pea ʻilo hono fai kehekehe ʻae māʻoniʻoni mo e angahala, mo hono fai kehekehe, ʻaia ʻoku ngāue ki he ʻOtua, mo ia ʻoku ʻikai ke ngāue ki ai.