Malachi 2
1 And now, to you [is] this charge, O priests,
“Mi nunɔlawo, miɖo to ne miase sedede sia si tso Yehowa, gbɔ.
2 If ye hearken not, and if ye lay [it] not to heart, To give honour to My name, said Jehovah of Hosts, I have sent against you the curse, And I have cursed your blessings, Yea, I have also cursed it, Because ye are not laying [it] to heart.
Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la be, ‘Ne mietrɔ tso miaƒe mɔ vɔ̃wo dzi hede bubu ŋunye o la, maƒo fi ade mi, eye mana be miaƒe yayrawo nazu fiƒode. Le nyateƒe me la, meƒo ƒi de mi xoxo elabena mieɖo ta me be yewoade bubu ŋunye o.’
3 Lo, I am pushing away before you the seed, And have scattered dung before your faces, Dung of your festivals, And it hath taken you away with it.
“‘Kpɔ ɖa, le miawo ta la, maka ŋkume na miaƒe dzidzimeviwo, eye matsɔ lã siwo mietsɔ vɛ nam la ƒe afɔdzi ahlẽ ɖe mo na mi, eye matsɔ mi aƒu gbe ɖe aɖukpo dzi.
4 And ye have known that I have sent unto you this charge, For My covenant being with Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
Ekema mlɔeba la, mianyae be nyee xlɔ̃ nu mi be miatrɔ ɖe nubabla si mewɔ kple mia fofo, Levi la ŋuti.’” Yehowa Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.
5 My covenant hath been with him of life and of peace, And I make them to him a fear, and he doth fear Me, And because of My name he hath been affrighted.
“Nye nubabla sia ƒe taɖodzinue nye be wòanye agbe kple ŋutifafa nɛ eye metsɔ vɔvɔ̃ de asi nɛ, evɔ̃m eye nye ŋkɔ do ŋɔdzi nɛ.
6 The law of truth hath been in his mouth, And perverseness hath not been found in his lips, In peace and in uprightness he walked with Me, And many he brought back from iniquity.
Nyateƒe ƒe se le nu me nɛ, eye alakpa aɖeke mele eƒe nuyiwo nu o. Ezɔ kplim le ŋutifafa kple dzɔdzɔenyenye me, eye wòna ame geɖewo trɔ tso woƒe nu vɔ̃wo me.
7 For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge, And law they do seek from his mouth, For a messenger of Jehovah of Hosts he [is].
“Ele be Mawu ƒe nya kple nunya nado go tso nunɔla nu ɣe sia ɣi ale be amewo nasrɔ̃ Yehowa ƒe sewo tso egbɔ, elabena nunɔlae nye Yehowa Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ƒe dɔla, eye wòle be amewo nava egbɔ hena nuxɔxlɔ̃ kple afɔɖoƒefiafia wo.
8 And ye, ye have turned from the way, Ye have caused many to stumble in the law, Ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
Ke esia mele mia gbɔ o elabena miawo mietra tso Yehowa ƒe mɔ dzi. Miekplɔ amewo to mɔtatra dzi, to miaƒe nufiafia me eye wodze nu vɔ̃ me. Mietɔtɔ Levi ƒe nubabla la, hewɔe wòzu nu tsɛ aɖe ko.” Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.
9 And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people, Because ye are not keeping My ways, And are accepting persons in the law.
“Esia ta nye hã meɖi gbɔ̃ mi le amewo ƒe ŋkume elabena mieɖo tom o eye miekpɔ ame ŋkume le seawo ŋu dɔ wɔwɔ me.”
10 Have we not all one father? Hath not our God prepared us? Wherefore do we deal treacherously, Each against his brother, To pollute the covenant of our fathers?
Ɖe menye fofo ɖeka ƒe viwoe míenye oa? Eye ɖe menye Mawu ɖekae wɔ mí katã oa? Ekema nu ka ta míewɔa nu tovowo ɖe mía nɔewo ŋuti, eye míetua mía fofowo ƒe nubabla la?
11 Dealt treacherously hath Judah, And abomination hath been done in Israel, and in Jerusalem, For polluted hath Judah the holy thing of Jehovah, That He hath loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Ŋunyɔnuwɔwɔ xɔ aƒe ɖe Yuda, Israel kple Yerusalem eye Yuda ŋutsuwo do gu Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ kɔkɔe si gbɔ melɔ̃a nu le o la elabena woɖe nyɔnu siwo subɔa mawu bubuwo.
12 Cut off doth Jehovah the man who doth it, Tempter and tempted — from the tents of Jacob, Even he who is bringing nigh a present to Jehovah of Hosts.
Yehowa netsrɔ̃ ame sia ame si awɔ nu sia la ɖa tso Yakob ƒe ƒomea me, eɖanye nunɔla loo alo hamevi, togbɔ be wòtsɔa vɔsa dona ɖe Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ƒe ŋkume gɔ̃ hã.
13 And this a second time ye do, Covering with tears the altar of Jehovah, With weeping and groaning, Because there is no more turning unto the present, Or receiving of a pleasing thing from your hand.
Nu bubu si miegawɔe nye be, mietsɔ aɖatsi, avifafa kple hũɖeɖe tsɔ tsyɔ Yehowa ƒe vɔsamlekpui dzi elabena megatsɔa ɖeke le miaƒe vɔsasa me o, eye megayraa mi hã o.
14 And ye have said, 'Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife.
Miefa avi bia Yehowa be: “Mawu, nu ka tae nègblẽ mí ɖi?” Magblɔ nu si ta wògble mi ɖi la na mi; Yehowa kpɔ ale si miewɔ tamesesẽ hegbe miaƒe ɖekakpuimesrɔ̃ siwo nɔ anyi kpli mi le nyateƒetoto me ƒe geɖe lae. Evɔ mieɖe adzɔgbe be miakpɔ wo dzi, eye miagblẽ wo ɖi ɣe aɖeke ɣi akpɔ o.
15 And He did not make one [only], And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what [is] the one [alone]! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.
Yehowae bla mi kple mia srɔ̃wo ɖekae, le Mawu ƒe nunya ƒe ɖoɖo nu, esi mieɖe mia nɔewo la, mi ame eve la miezu ŋutilã ɖeka le eƒe ŋkume eye nu ka wòdi tso mia si be miawɔ? Mawu di vi ɖotowo tso miaƒe srɔ̃ɖeɖe la me eya ta milé be na mia ɖokui, miaɖu miaƒe fieŋufieŋuwo dzi! Miku ɖe miaƒe ɖekakpuimesrɔ̃ siwo mieɖe la ŋu eye miato nyateƒe na wo.
16 For [I] hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He [who] hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.
“Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔ be yetsri srɔ̃gbegbe kple ŋutsu ŋutasẽla vɔ̃ɖiwo. Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.” Eya ta miɖu mia ɖokuiwo dzi ne miadzudzɔ srɔ̃gbegbe.
17 Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: 'In what have we wearied Him?' In your saying: 'Every evil-doer [is] good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,' Or, 'Where [is] the God of judgment?'
Mietsɔ miaƒe nya kukluiwo do dziku na Yehowa. Gake miebua biae be, “Aleke míedo dziku na wòe?” Miedo dziku nɛ elabena miegblɔ be, “Nuvɔ̃wɔla ɖe sia ɖe nye ame nyui le Yehowa ŋkume eye woawo gɔ̃ hã ƒe nue nyoa eŋu” Miebia be, “Afi ka Mawu, ʋɔnudrɔ̃la la le?”
