Malachi 2
1 And now, this commandment is for you, O ye priests.
« Sik’oyo, bino Banganga-Nzambe, likebisi oyo epesami epai na bino:
2 If ye will not hearken, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto My name, saith the LORD of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I curse them, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Soki boyoki te, soki boboyi kozwa mokano ya kopesa Kombo na Ngai lokumu, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, « nakotindela bino elakeli mabe mpe nakolakela lipamboli na bino mabe. Solo, nasili kolakela yango mabe, pamba te bozwaki mokano te ya kopesa Kombo na Ngai lokumu.
3 Behold, I will rebuke the seed for your hurt, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your sacrifices; and ye shall be taken away unto it.
Likolo na bino, nakopamela bakitani na bino, nakobwakela bino basalite ya banyama na bino na bilongi, salite ya banyama oyo bobonzaka na mikolo ya bafeti na bino, mpe bakomema bino nzela moko na basalite yango.
4 Know then that I have sent this commandment unto you, that My covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
Bokoyeba solo ete napesi bino likebisi oyo mpo ete boyokani na Ngai elongo na Levi esuka te, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
5 My covenant was with him of life and peace, and I gave them to him, and of fear, and he feared Me, and was afraid of My name.
« Boyokani na Ngai elongo na ye ezali boyokani ya bomoi mpe ya kimia, mpe nakopesa ye yango mpo ete atosa Ngai. Atosaki Ngai solo mpe azalaki kolenga liboso ya Kombo na Ngai.
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 did turn many away from iniquity.
Monoko na ye ezalaki kobimisa malakisi ya solo; lokuta etikalaki komonana na bibebu na ye te. Azalaki kotambola elongo na Ngai na kimia mpe na alima. Na nzela na ye, bato ebele batikaki kotambola na nzela ya masumu.
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 of hosts.
Pamba te bibebu ya Nganga-Nzambe esengeli kobatela boyebi, mpe bato basengeli kozwa boyebi na monoko na ye mpo ete azali ntoma ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
8 But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
Kasi bino, bopengwi na nzela mpe bobetisi bato ebele mabaku na malakisi na bino; bobebisi boyokani elongo na Balevi, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept My ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.
« Boye, nasalaki ete botiolama mpe bosambwa liboso ya bato nyonso, pamba te bolandaki banzela na Ngai te, kasi bozalaki kopona bilongi na makambo oyo etali mibeko. »
10 Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Boni, biso nyonso tozali bana ya tata moko te? Boni, tokelama na Nzambe moko te? Bongo mpo na nini tozali kobebisa boyokani ya batata na biso na ndenge tozali kosalana mabe biso na biso?
11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which He loveth, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Bato ya Yuda batamboli na boyengebene te, bakotisi likambo ya nkele kati na Isalaele mpe na Yelusalemi, pamba te bato ya Yuda babebisi bosantu ya Esika ya bule ya Yawe, Esika ya bule oyo Yawe alingaka makasi: babali basi oyo basambelaka nzambe mopaya.
12 May the LORD cut off to the man that doeth this, him that calleth and him that answereth out of the tents of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.
Mpo na mobali nyonso oyo akosala bongo, azala nani, tika ete Yawe alongola ye na bandako ya kapo ya Jakobi, ata amemi makabo epai na Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
13 And this further ye do: ye cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that He regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand.
Tala makambo mosusu oyo bosalaka: bozali kotondisa etumbelo ya Yawe na mayi ya miso, bozali kolelalela mpo ete Yawe azali kotala lisusu makabo na bino te mpe aboyi koyamba yango na maboko na bino.
14 Yet ye say: 'Wherefore?' Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Bozali kotuna: « Mpo na nini boye? » Ezali mpo ete Yawe azali Motatoli kati na yo mpe mwasi na yo ya bolenge, kasi yo okosaki ye. Nzokande, azali mwasi oyo okangani na ye na nzela ya boyokani.
15 And not one hath done so who had exuberance of spirit! For what seeketh the one? a seed given of God. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Boni, Yawe akomisaki bango te moto moko? Bazali ya Yawe na mosuni mpe na molimo. Moto yango alukaka nini? Alukaka bana kowuta epai na Nzambe. Boye, bosala keba mpo na bomoi na bino. Tika ete moto moko te akosa mwasi na ye ya bolenge!
16 For I hate putting away, saith the LORD, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith the LORD of hosts; therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Pamba te Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: « Nayinaka likambo ya koboma libala; ekokani na moto oyo elamba na ye ezwi makila tango abomi moto, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga. Yango wana, bosala keba mpo na bomoi na bino mpe botikala sembo.
17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say: 'Wherein have we wearied Him?' In that ye say: 'Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and He delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?'
Bolembisi Yawe na maloba na bino mpe bozali lisusu kotuna: « Tolembisi Yo na likambo nini? » Ezali tango bozali koloba: « Moto oyo asalaka mabe azali malamu na miso ya Yawe, mpe Yawe asepelaka na ye » to mpe « Wapi Nzambe ya bosembo? »
