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.
“Gade byen, Mwen va voye mesaje Mwen an, e li va netwaye chemen an devan Mwen. Konsa, Senyè a, ke n ap chache a, va vini sibitman nan tanp Li an. Gade byen, mesaje akò a, nan sila nou pran plezi a, L ap vini,” pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo.
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:
“Men se kilès k ap ka sipòte jou vini Li an? Oswa, se kilès k ap ka kanpe lè Li parèt la? Paske se va tankou dife nan founo a, e se va tankou savon lesiv.
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.
Li va chita tankou yon bòs metal k ap pirifye ajan. Li va pirifye fis a Levi yo, e rafine yo tankou lò ak ajan, pou yo ka ofri bay SENYÈ a ofrann ladwati.
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.
Konsa, ofrann Juda ak Jérusalem yo va yon plezi pou SENYÈ a, tankou nan jou ansyen ak jou lontan yo.
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.
“Konsa, Mwen va vin kote nou pou jijman. Mwen va fè temwen byen rapid kont wangatè yo, kont moun adiltè yo, ak kont sila k ap fè fo temwayaj yo; kont sila k ap oprime ouvriye yo nan salè yo, vèv yo, òfelen yo, sila ki refize bay soutyen yo a etranje yo, ak sila ki pa gen lakrent Mwen yo,” pale SENYÈ, dèzame yo.
6 For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
“Paske Mwen menm SENYÈ a, Mwen pa chanje. Se pou sa, nou menm, O fis a Jacob yo, nou pa t fin detwi nèt.
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?
Depi nan jou a papa zansèt nou yo, nou te vire kite règleman Mwen yo, e nou pa t kenbe yo. Retounen vin jwenn Mwen, e Mwen va retounen vin jwenn nou,” pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo. “Men nou di: ‘Nan kisa nou va retounen vin jwenn Ou an?’
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
“Èske yon nonm va vòlè Bondye? Men nou ap vòlè M! Men nou di: ‘Nan kisa nou te vòlè Ou a?’ Nan dim ak ofrann yo.
9 Ye [are] cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, [even] this whole nation.
Nou vin modi avèk malediksyon an; Paske nou ap vòlè Mwen; tout nasyon an nèt!
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].
Mennen fè antre tout dim yo nan depo kay la, pou ka gen manje nan kay Mwen an, e pase Mwen a leprèv nan sa”, pale SENYÈ a: “Pou nou wè si Mwen p ap louvri pou nou tout fenèt syèl yo, e vide sou nou yon benediksyon jiskaske nou pa gen ase kote ankò pou nou resevwa li.
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.
Nan lè sa a, Mwen va repwoche, pou nou menm, sila k ap devore nou, pou li pa ankò detwi fwi latè yo. Konsa, pye rezen an p ap ankò jete fwi li avan lè nan chan an”, pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
“Tout nasyon yo va rele nou beni, paske nou va yon peyi byen bèl”, pale SENYÈ dèzame yo.
13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken [so much] against thee?
“Pawòl nou yo te di kont mwen.” Pale SENYÈ a. “Malgre sa, nou di: ‘Kisa nou te pale kont Ou yo?’
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?
“Nou te di: ‘Se an ven yo sèvi Bondye’; epi ‘Ki avantaj sa gen pou nou kenbe règleman Li yo, e pou nou mache lamante devan SENYÈ Dèzame yo?
15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered.
Koulye a, nou vin rele moun ògeye yo, ‘beni’. Non sèlman malfektè yo vin leve wo, men yo menm tante Bondye, e yo chape.’”
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.
Answit, sila ki te gen lakrent SENYÈ yo te pale a youn lòt; konsa, SENYÈ a te prete zòrèy Li. Li te tande yo, e yon liv souvni te ekri devan Li pou sila ki te gen lakrent SENYÈ yo, e ki te bay gwo respè a non Li yo.
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.
“Konsa, yo va vin pou Mwen”, pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo, “nan jou sa a ke M prepare posesyon Mwen an. Epi Mwen va fè yo gras menm jan yon nonm ta fè gras a pwòp fis k ap sèvi li a.”
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Konsa, nou va retounen pou nou byen konprann diferans la antre ladwati ak mal, antre sila k ap sèvi Bondye, ak sila ki p ap sèvi Li.
