Malachi 3
1 Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts.
« Nakotinda ntoma na Ngai; ye nde akoya liboso mpo na kobongisela Ngai nzela. Boye Yawe oyo bozali kozela akoya na pwasa kati na Tempelo na Ye; ntoma ya boyokani oyo bolingi akoya, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
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.
Kasi nani akobika na mokolo oyo akoya? Nani akotelema na mokolo oyo akomonana? Pamba te azali lokola moto ya monyangwisi bibende na moto, lokola sabuni oyo etelisaka bilamba.
3 And he hath sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And he hath purified the sons of Levi, And hath refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been to Jehovah bringing nigh a present in righteousness.
Akovanda lokola monyangwisi bibende mpe mopetoli palata na moto. Akopetola bana mibali ya Levi mpe akolekisa bango na moto ndenge bapetolaka wolo mpe palata, mpe bakokoma mpo na Yawe bato oyo bamemelaka Ye makabo kolanda ndenge esengeli kozala.
4 And sweet to Jehovah hath been the present of Judah and Jerusalem, As in days of old, and as in former years.
Bongo makabo ya Yuda mpe ya Yelusalemi ekosepelisa Yawe, ndenge ezalaki na tango ya kala.
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 an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.
« Nakopusana pene na bino mpo na kosambisama, nakosala na lombangu mpo na kofunda bato ya maji, ya ekobo, bato oyo balapaka ndayi ya lokuta, bato oyo banyokolaka basali na bango, basi bakufisa mibali mpe bana bitike, oyo banyokolaka bapaya mpe batosaka Ngai te, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
6 For I [am] Jehovah, I have not changed, And ye, the sons of Jacob, Ye have not been consumed.
« Ngai Yawe, nabongwanaka te. Mpo na yango, bino bana mibali ya Jakobi, bozali kaka.
7 Even from the days of your fathers Ye have turned aside from My statutes, And ye have not taken heed. Turn back unto Me, and I turn back to you, Said Jehovah of Hosts. And ye have said, 'In what do we turn back?'
Wuta na tango ya bakoko na bino, bozalaki kaka kobuka mibeko na Ngai mpe bozalaki kotosa Ngai te. Bozonga epai na Ngai, mpe Ngai nakozonga epai na bino, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga. « Kasi bozali komituna: ‹ Tokozonga ndenge nini? ›
8 Doth man deceive God? but ye are deceiving Me, And ye have said: 'In what have we deceived Thee?' The tithe and the heave-offering!
Boni, moto akoki solo kokosa Nzambe? Nzokande bino, bozali kokosa Ngai. Kasi bozali koloba: ‹ Tokosi Yo na likambo nini? › Bokosi Ngai na eteni na bino ya zomi mpe na makabo.
9 With a curse ye are cursed! And Me ye are deceiving — this nation — all of it.
Bozali na se ya elakeli mabe, pamba te bino nyonso, ekolo oyo mobimba, bozali kokosa Ngai.
10 Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.
Boye, bomema biteni na bino nyonso ya zomi, na mobimba na yango, na ebombelo bomengo ya Tempelo mpo ete bilei ezanga te kati na Ndako na Ngai. Na bongo, bomeka Ngai, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, « mpo na kotala soki nakofungolela bino te maninisa ya Lola mpe soki nakosopela bino te lipamboli na Ngai, na bofuluki oyo ezanga ndelo.
11 And I have pushed for you against the consumer, And He doth not destroy to you the fruit of the ground, Nor miscarry to you doth the vine in the field, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
Nakopekisa banyama mike-mike kolia bambuma ya bilanga na bino, bongo bilanga na bino ya vino ekotikala kozanga bambuma te, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
12 And declared you happy have all the nations, For ye are a delightful land, said Jehovah of Hosts.
« Bato ya bikolo nyonso bakoloba ete bozali bato ya esengo, pamba te mokili na bino ekozala mokili ya malamu mpo na kovanda, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
13 Hard against Me have been your words, Said Jehovah, and ye have said: 'What have we spoken against Thee?'
Yawe alobi: « Bozali koloba makambo mabe mpo na kotelemela Ngai. Kasi bozali kotuna: ‹ Maloba nini ya mabe tolobi mpo na kotelemela Yo? ›
14 Ye 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 Jehovah of Hosts?
Bozali lisusu koloba: ‹ Kosalela Nzambe ezali na tina te. Litomba nini penza ezali na kotosa mibeko na Ye mpe na komiboya liboso ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga?
15 And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.'
Tosengeli sik’oyo komona bato ya lofundu lokola bato ya esengo, bato mabe bazali kokende liboso. Atako bazali kobeta tembe na Nzambe, kasi bazali kaka kolonga. › »
16 Then have those fearing Jehovah spoken one to another, And Jehovah doth attend and hear, And written is a book of memorial before Him Of those fearing Jehovah, And of those esteeming His name.
Ndenge wana nde bato oyo batosaka Yawe bazalaki kosolola bango na bango, kasi Yawe ayokaki masolo na bango. Boye buku moko ya ekaniseli ekomamaki liboso ya Yawe mpo na bato oyo batosaka Yawe mpe bapesaka Kombo na Ye lokumu.
17 And they have been to Me, said Jehovah of Hosts, In the day that I am appointing — a peculiar treasure, And I have had pity on them, As one hath pity on his son who is serving him.
« Na mokolo oyo nakomonisa nguya na Ngai, bakokoma bato na Ngai, bomengo na Ngai ya talo. Nakobatela bango ndenge tata abatelaka mwana oyo asalelaka ye, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
18 And ye have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.
« Bongo bokomona lisusu bokeseni kati na moto ya sembo mpe moto mabe, kati na moto oyo asalelaka Nzambe mpe moto oyo asalelaka Ye te.
