Malachi 3
1 “Behold, I am sending My messenger, And he has prepared a way before Me, And suddenly the Lord whom you are seeking comes into His temple, Even the Messenger of the Covenant, Whom you are desiring, Behold, He is coming,” said YHWH of Hosts.
Khenhaw! Ka cei nahane lamthung ka rakueng hane ka patoune ka patoun han. Nangmouh ni na tawng awh e Bawipa, na ngaihawi awh e lawkkam e laicei teh amae bawkim dawk tang a tho han. Khenhaw! Hote Bawipa teh a tho lahun ransahu BAWIPA ni a ti.
2 “And who is bearing the day of His coming? And who is standing in His appearing? For He [is] as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller.
A thonae hnin nah apinimaw a khang thai han. A kamnue toteh apimaw kangdout thai han. Bangkongtetpawiteh Bawipa teh ngun sôlêinae hmai hoi a kâvan teh hno pâsunae sapet hoi a kâvan.
3 And He has sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And He has purified the sons of Levi, And has refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been bringing a present near to YHWH in righteousness.
Ngun hah a sôlêi teh ka thoungsak e ni sui ngun a sôlêi e patetlah Levih miphun a thoungsak dawkvah, ahnimouh teh BAWIPA hanelah kalan e pasoum hno hah a thueng awh han.
4 And the present of Judah and Jerusalem has been sweet to YHWH, As in days of old, and as in former years.
Judah catounnaw hoi Jerusalem khocanaw e pasoum hno hah ayan e kumtha, hnin dawk e patetlah BAWIPA ni a ngai e lah ao han.
5 And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, and against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of a hired worker, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who do not fear Me,” said YHWH of Hosts.
Nangmouh na tanouk hanelah nangmouh koe ka tho han. Tami ka ân e, ka uicuk e, kamsoumhoehe lah thoe ka kâbo e, aphu poe laipalah ka rektap e, lahmai naranaw ka rektap e, imyinnaw kamsoumhoehe lah lawk ka ceng e, Kai na ka taket hoeh e taminaw e avanglah, kapanuekkhaikung lah tang ka o han telah ransahu BAWIPA ni a ti.
6 “For I, YHWH, have not changed, And you, the sons of Jacob, You have not been consumed.
Kai Jehovah teh, kâthungnae awm hoeh. Hatdawkvah Jakop catounnaw nangmouh teh na rawk awh mahoeh.
7 Even from the days of your fathers You have turned aside from My statutes, And you have not taken heed. Return to Me, and I return to you,” said YHWH of Hosts. “And you have said, In what do we turn back?
Mintoenaw koehoi kamtawng teh, nangmouh ni ka phung lawk na tarawi awh hoeh, na roun awh toe. Kai koe bout ban awh haw, kai hai nangmouh koe lah ka ban van han telah ransahu BAWIPA ni ati. Bangtelah hoi maw bout ka ban han na ti awh.
8 Does man deceive God? But you are deceiving Me, And you have said, In what have we deceived You? The tithe and the raised-offering!
Tami ni Cathut e hno lawp kawi namaw. Hatei, nangmouh ni teh kaie hno na lawp awh toe. Bangtelamaw na lawp awh vaw na tet awh pawiteh, pung hra pung touh thoseh, pasoum hnonaw hai thoseh na lawp awh toe.
9 You are cursed with a curse! And you are deceiving Me—this nation—all of it.
Nangmouh teh thoebo e lah na o awh toe. Bangkongtetpawiteh, khocanaw pueng ni ka hno na lawp awh toe.
10 Bring in all the tithe to the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When you have tried Me, now, with this,” said YHWH of Hosts, “Do I not open the windows of the heavens to you? Indeed, I have emptied on you a blessing until there is no space.
Hra touh dawk buet touh pueng teh hno pâkhuengnae im dawk hmouk awh. Kaie im dawk ca kawi ao nahanelah sak awh. Kalvan tho ka paawng hoi paawng hoeh e, yawhawinae na rabawk sin hoi rabawk sin hoeh e, hottelah hoi na tanouk awh haw telah ransahu BAWIPA ni a ti.
11 And I have pushed against the consumer for you, And He does not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor does the vine in the field miscarry to you,” said YHWH of Hosts.
Na talai dawk e a pawhiknaw hah ahriainaw koe ka raphoe sak mahoeh. Nangmae misurkung teh a paw paw laipalah awm mahoeh telah ransahu BAWIPA ni a ti.
12 “And all the nations have declared you blessed, For you are a delightful land,” said YHWH of Hosts.
Miphun pueng ni nangmouh teh a yaw kahawi e tami telah na kaw awh han. Na ram hai ngai kaawm e ram lah ao han telah ransahu BAWIPA ni a ti.
13 “Your words have been hard against Me,” said YHWH, “And you have said, What have we spoken against You?
BAWIPA koe lawk kahram lahoi na dei awh nahlangva vah, nangmouh ni bangtelamaw ka dei payon awh vaw, khuet na ti awh vaw.
14 You have said, A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of YHWH of Hosts?
Cathut e thaw ka tawk nakunghai ahawinae awm hoeh. Cangkhai e naw ka tarawi awh teh, ransahu BAWIPA hmalah rawca ka hai awh nakunghai bangmaw ahawinae kaawm.
15 And now, we are declaring the proud blessed, Indeed, those doing wickedness have been built up, Indeed, they have tempted God, and escape.
Ka kâoup e taminaw hah a yaw kahawi e taminaw telah kaimouh ni ka ti awh. Atangcalah, yonnae ka saknaw law teh a tawnta awh. Cathut a tanouk nakunghai a hlout awh telah na ti awh.
16 Then have those fearing YHWH spoken to one another, And YHWH attends and hears, And a scroll of memorial is written before Him Of those fearing YHWH, And of those esteeming His Name.
Hatnavah BAWIPA kabarinaw teh buet touh hoi buet touh a kâpato awh. BAWIPA ni hai a hnâpakeng teh a thai pouh. BAWIPA ka taket ni teh a min alawkpui lah ka tat e taminaw teh, a hmalah cayin a pakhum pouh.
17 And they have been to Me,” said YHWH of Hosts, “In the day that I am appointing—a peculiar treasure, And I have had pity on them, As one has pity on his son who is serving him.
Ahnimanaw teh lawk ka ceng hnin vah ka coe e hno lah ao awh han. A na pa e thaw ka tawk e capa hah na pa ni pasai e patetlah ahnimanaw hah ka pasai han telah ransahu BAWIPA ni a ti.
18 And you have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.”
Hahoi, nangmouh teh, na lung a kâthung awh teh kalan e tami, kalan hoeh e tami, Cathut e thaw ka tawk e tami, ka tawk hoeh e taminaw hah na panue awh han.
