Malaki 2

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

“Now, you priests, this command 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 you will not hear, and if you do not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says the Lord of hosts, “Then I will lay a curse on you. I will turn your blessings into curses. Indeed I have already done so, because you pay no attention.

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.

I will punish your descendants! I will spread offal upon your faces, even the offal of your pilgrim feasts, you will be discarded.

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.

You will then know that I have sent this command to you, so that my covenant with Levi may be preserved,” says the Lord of hosts.

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 covenant with him was to give life and peace. I gave them to him so that he might revere me. He revered me, and stood in awe of 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 true instruction was in his mouth, and injustice was not found in his lips; He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

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 priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and people should seek the law from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

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 you have turned aside from that way. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of hosts.

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.”

“So I have I made you contemptible and degraded before all the people, because you have not kept my ways, and have had no respect for me in imparting the law.”

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?

Don’t we have all one father? Didn’t one God created us? Why do we deal faithlessly with one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?

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.

Judah is treacherous, and abominations are committed in Israel and in Jerusalem because Judah has profaned the holy things loved by the Lord, and has married the daughter of a foreign 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.

May the Lord banish from the community of Jacob anyone who does this, anyone awaking, testifying, and making an offering to the Lord of hosts.

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 you also do this: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears, because he doesn’t accept the offering any more, doesn’t accept it from your hand.

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 you ask, “Why?” Because the Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young. You have been unfaithful to her, even though she is your companion, and your legal wife.

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.

Did not the one God make everyone, so that all both flesh and spirit is his? And what does that one God seek but godly children? Therefore keep watch over your spirit, and let none of you deal faithlessly with the wife of your 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.

“A man who divorces or puts away his wife,” says Lord, the God of Israel, “overwhelms her with cruelty.” The Lord of hosts says: “Keep watch over your spirit, do not be unfaithful.”

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?”

You have wearied the Lord with your words. You ask, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or, “Where is the God of justice?”