Malachi 2
1 Now this command is for you priests!
“Yaa luboota akeekkachiisni kun isiniif kenname.
2 If you will not listen and if you will not take it to heart to honor me, says the Lord Almighty, then I will place a curse on you and I will curse your blessings—in fact I have already cursed them because you haven't taken what I said to heart.
Yoo isin dhaggeeffachuu baattan, yoo isin maqaa koo kabajuuf garaa keessan qopheessuu baattan, ani abaarsa isinitti nan erga; eebba keessanis nan abaara” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu. “Sababii isin maqaa koo kabajuuf garaa keessan hin qopheessiniif dhugumaan ani amma iyyuu eebba keessan abaareera.
3 Watch out! I am going to penalize your descendants. I will spread manure on your faces from the animals you sacrifice, the manure from your religious festivals, and you will be thrown out with it.
“Sababii keessaniif ani sanyii keessan nan ifadha; faandoo aarsaa isin guyyaa ayyaanaa dhiʼeessitanii fuula keessanitti nan facaasa; isa wajjinis ni baddu.
4 Then you will know that I sent you this command so that my agreement with Levi can continue, says the Lord Almighty.
Kakuun ani Lewwii wajjin qabu akka itti fufuuf, ajaja kana isinitti erguu koo isin ni beektu” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu.
5 My agreement with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him, and respect—he respected me. He stood in awe of me.
“Kakuun ani isa wajjin gale kakuu jireenyaatii fi kakuu nagaa ture; isas nan kenneef; kunis kabaja fide; innis na kabaje; maqaa koo sodaachuudhaanis ni dhaabate.
6 He taught the people the truth; nothing in his teaching was false. He walked with me in peace and did what was right, and he helped many to turn way from sin.
Gorsi dhugaa afaan isaa keessa ture; sobni tokko iyyuu hidhii isaa irraa hin argamne. Inni nagaa fi qajeelummaadhaan na wajjin jiraate; nama hedduus qalbii jijjiirrachiise.
7 A priest should explain the truth about God, they should go to him to be taught, for he is the Lord Almighty's messenger.
“Sababii inni ergamaa Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼuu taʼeef, hidhiin luba tokkoo beekumsa kuufata; namoonnis afaan isaa irraa gorsa barbaadu.
8 But you have turned from my way. You have made many people to fall into sin. By your teaching you have broken the agreement with Levi, says the Lord Almighty.
Isin garuu karaa irraa jalʼattaniirtu; barsiisa keessaniinis namoota baayʼee gufachiiftaniirtu; kakuu Lewwiis cabsitaniirtu” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu.
9 So I have destroyed any respect you had, and humiliated you before all the people. For you have not kept my ways, and have shown favoritism in what you teach.
“Kanaafuu ani akka isin saboota hunda duratti tuffatamtanii fi salphattan nan godha; isin waaʼee seeraa keessatti loogii hojjettan malee karaa koo duukaa hin buuneetii.”
10 Don't we all have one Father? Didn't one God create us? So why are we unfaithful to each other, violating the agreement made by our forefathers?
Nu hundi Abbaa tokko qabna mitii? Waaquma tokkotu nu uume mitii? Yoos nu maaliif waliif amanamuu diduudhaan kakuu abbootii keenyaa xureessina ree?
11 The people of Judah have been unfaithful and have committed a disgusting sin in Israel and Jerusalem. For the men of Judah have defiled the Lord's Temple (which he loves) by marrying women who worship idols.
Yihuudaan hin amanamne. Israaʼelii fi Yerusaalem keessatti wanni jibbisiisaan tokko raawwatameera; Yihuudaan dubartoota waaqa ormaa waaqeffatan fuudhuudhaan iddoo qulqulluu Waaqayyo jaallatu xureesseera.
12 May the Lord expel the family of any man who does this from the nation of Israel! May there be no one left to bring an offering to the Lord Almighty!
Nama waan kana hojjetu abbaa fedhe illee yoo taʼe, Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼuuf aarsaa fidu iyyuu dunkaana Yaaqoob keessaa Waaqayyo isa haa balleessu.
13 Something else you do is to pour out your tears on the Lord's altar weeping and moaning because he no longer pays attention to your offerings or doesn't want to accept them.
Wanni isin hojjettan kan biraas kanaa dha: iddoo aarsaa Waaqayyoo irra imimmaan lolaaftu. Sababii inni siʼachi aarsaa keessaniif xiyyeeffannoo hin kennineef yookaan aarsaa keessan gammachuudhaan isin harkaa hin fudhanneef ni boossu; ni wawwaattus.
14 “Why not?” you ask. Because the Lord witnessed the vows you and your wife exchanged when you were young. You were unfaithful to her, your wife and partner joined to you by marriage contract.
Isinis, “Kun maaliif taʼe?” jettanii gaafattu. Kun sababii ati utuma isheen hidhata kee, niitii kee kan kakuu taatee jirtuu amanamummaa isheef dhabdeef Waaqayyo siʼii fi niitii qeerrummaa kee gidduutti ragaa taʼeefii dha.
15 Did he not make you one, and give some of his Spirit to you? And what does he want? Children of God. So watch what you do, and don't be unfaithful to the wife you married when you were young.
Waaqayyo tokko isaan hin goonee? Isaan fooniinis hafuuraanis kanuma isaa ti. Inni maaliif tokko isaan godhe? Sababii inni sanyii Waaqa sodaatu barbaadaa tureef. Kanaafuu of eeggadhaa; eenyu iyyuu amanamummaa niitii qeerrummaa isaatiif qabu hin cabsin.
16 For I hate divorce, says the Lord God of Israel, for it's a violent attack on the wife, says the Lord Almighty. So watch what you do, and don't be unfaithful.
“Ani wal hiikuu dhirsaa fi niitii nan jibba” jedha Waaqayyo Waaqni Israaʼel; “Ani nama wayyaa isaatiin jalʼina haguugu nan jibba” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu. Kanaafuu of eeggadhaa; amanamummaas hin dhabinaa.
17 You have worn the Lord out with your words. “How have we worn him out?” you ask. By saying everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord and he is happy with them, or by asking, where is the Lord's justice?
Isin dubbii keessaniin Waaqayyoon dadhabsiiftaniirtu. “Nu akkamiin isa dadhabsiifne?” jettaniis gaafattu. “Warri waan hamaa hojjetan hundinuu fuula Waaqayyoo duratti gaarii dha; innis isaanitti gammada” yookaan “Waaqni murtii qajeelaa meerre?” jechuudhaan.
