Malaki 2

1 “Mi nunɔlawo, miɖo to ne miase sedede sia si tso Yehowa, gbɔ.

And now, O ye Priests, this commandement is for you.

2 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.’

If yee will not heare it, nor consider it in your heart, to giue glory vnto my Name, sayth the Lord of hostes, I will euen sende a curse vpon you, and will curse your blessings: yea, I haue cursed them alreadie, because yee doe not consider it in your heart.

3 “‘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.

Behold, I wil corrupt your seede, and cast dongue vpon your faces, euen the dongue of your solemne feastes, and you shall be like vnto it.

4 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.

And yee shall know, that I haue sent this commandement vnto you, that my couenant, which I made with Leui, might stand, sayeth the Lord of hostes.

5 “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.

My couenant was with him of life and peace, and I gaue him feare, and he feared mee, and was afraid before my Name.

6 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.

The lawe of trueth was in his mouth, and there was no iniquitie founde in his lippes: hee walked with me in peace and equitie, and did turne many away from iniquitie.

7 “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.

For the Priestes lippes shoulde preserue knowledge, and they shoulde seeke the Lawe at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hostes.

8 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.

But yee are gone out of the way: yee haue caused many to fall by the Lawe: yee haue broken the couenant of Leui, sayeth the Lord of hostes.

9 “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.”

Therefore haue I also made you to be despised, and vile before all the people, because yee kept not my wayes, but haue beene partiall in the Lawe.

10 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?

Haue we not all one father? hath not one God made vs? why doe we transgresse euery one against his brother, and breake the couenant of our fathers?

11 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.

Iudah hath transgressed, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Ierusalem: for Iudah hath defiled the holinesse of the Lord, which hee loued, and hath maried the daughter of a strange God.

12 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.

The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this: both the master and the seruaunt out of the Tabernacle of Iaacob, and him that offereth an offering vnto the Lord of hostes.

13 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.

And this haue ye done againe, and couered the altar of the Lord with teares, with weeping and with mourning: because the offering is no more regarded, neither receiued acceptably at your handes.

14 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.

Yet yee say, Wherein? Because the Lord hath beene witnesse betweene thee and the wife of thy youth, against whome thou hast transgressed: yet is shee thy companion, and the wife of thy couenant.

15 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.

And did not hee make one? yet had hee abundance of spirit: and wherefore one? because he sought a godly seede: therefore keepe your selues in your spirit, and let none trespasse against the wife of his youth.

16 “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.

If thou hatest her, put her away, sayeth the Lord God of Israel, yet he couereth the iniurie vnder his garment, saieth the Lord of hosts: therefore keepe your selues in your spirite, and transgresse not.

17 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?”

Yee haue wearied the Lord with your woordes: yet yee say, Wherein haue we wearied him? When ye say, Euery one that doeth euill, is good in the sight of the Lord, and he deliteth in them. Or where is the God of iudgement?