Malachi 3
1 BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Oniño t’ie hahitriko i ìrakoy, ie ty hañajary ty lalañe aoloko eo; le hitotsak’ amy zao an-kivoho’e ao i Talè paia’ areoy, toe ty ira’ i fañina mahafale anahareoy, hehe t’ie mb’eo aniany, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy.
2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
Fe ia ty hahafeake ty andro hitotsaha’e? ia ty hahafijohañe t’ie pok’eo? ie hoe afo fampitranahañe, hoe savonim-panasàñe.
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Ie hiambesatse hoe mpampitranake naho mpañalio volafoty, hañefetse o ana’ i Levio, hampitranake iereo hoe volamena naho volafoty, hibanabana’ iareo enga an-kavantañañe am’ Iehovà.
4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Ie amy zay ho no’ Iehovà o banabana’ Iehodà naho Ierosalaimeo, manahake tañ’andro taolo, naho tan-taoñe haehae.
5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
F’ie hafetsako am-pizakàñe heike; fa valolombeloñe mahimbañe iraho amo mpamorekeo, naho amo mpañarapilo, naho amo mpanao fanta vìlañeo; naho amo mpikatramo ty tambe’ i mpikaramay naho i vantotsey naho i bode-raeio; naho amo manitake ty ambahiny ami’ty zo’e; amy t’ie tsy mañeveñe amako, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy.
6 For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Izaho Iehovà tsy miova ro tsy mahamongotse anahareo ry ana’ Iakobeo.
7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
Sikal’ aman-droae’ areo ty niambohoa’ areo o fañèkoo, naho tsy niambena’ areo, mimpolia amako, le hitolihako, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy. Fe hoe nahareo, Aa vaho akore ty himpolia’ay?
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Hampikametse aman’ Añahare hao t’indaty? F’ie nikamera’areo. Aa hoe nahareo: Ami’ty aia ty nikamera’ay? Amo faha-foloo, naho amo engao.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
Silofem-pàtse nahareo, amy te fonga nikizo ahiko, Eka naho ty fifeheañe toy iaby.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Hene aseseo an-driha i fahafoloy, soa te ama’ mahakama ty an-kivohoko ao, le tsoho iraho ty amy zao, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy, hera hisokafako o lalan-dikerañeo hampidoandoañako fañanintsiñe tsy hierañañe.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
Le hendahako ty ama’ areo i mampibotsekey tsy hampianto ty vokan-tane’ areo; vaho tsy hañary o voa’e tsy matoeo o vahe’ areo an-tetek’ aoo, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.
Le hatao’ ze hene fifeheañe ty hoe: Haha nahareo; fa ho tane fanjàka, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy.
13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
Nanoa’areo saontsy maràñe, hoe t’Iehovà, mbore manao ty hoe: Akore ty nañinjea’ay azo?
14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?
Nanao ty hoe nahareo: Tsy vente’e ty mitoroñe an’Andrianañahare; ino ty tombo’e ho antika t’ie mitañe o fandilia’eo, naho mañavelo am-pirevendreveñañe am’ Iehovà’ i Màroy?
15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Ie amy zao, ataon-tika ho haha o mpiebotsebotseo, eka onjoneñe o mpikitro-draha ratio, ie mitsok’ an’Andrianañahare, vaho mipolititse.
16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Nifanaontsy amy zao o mpañeveñe am’ Iehovào; nañaoñe t’Iehovà naho nahajanjiñe, vaho sinokitse añ’atrefa’e eo ty bokem-paniahiañe, ho amo mpañeveñe am’ Iehovào, naho o miasy i tahina’eio.
17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Ho ahy iereo, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy, le harovako amy andro amoriako o varakooy; manahake ty fañarova’ ondaty i ana’e mitoroñe azey.
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Ie amy zay, ho oni’areo ty fiavaha’ ty vantañe ami’ty tsivokatse, ty mitoroñe an’Andrianañahare ami’ty tsy mitoroñe Aze.
