Malaki 1
1 Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri nditũ ĩrĩa Jehova aarĩirie andũ a Isiraeli na kanua ka mũnabii Malaki.
The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of Malachi.
2 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Niĩ nĩndĩmwendete. “No inyuĩ mũũragia atĩrĩ, ‘Ũtwendete atĩa?’” Nake Jehova akamũũria atĩrĩ, “Githĩ Esaũ ndaarĩ mũrũ wa nyina na Jakubu? No niĩ ndendire Jakubu,
I have loved you, says the Lord, and you have said, “In what way have you loved us?” Was not Esau brother to Jacob, says the Lord? And have I not loved Jacob,
3 ngĩrega Esaũ, bũrũri wake wa irĩma ngĩwananga ũgĩtuĩka tũhũ, narĩo igai rĩake ngĩrĩtua werũ wa gũikaragwo nĩ mbwe.”
but held hatred for Esau? And I have set his mountains in solitude, and his inheritance with the serpents of the desert.
4 Andũ a Edomu no moige atĩrĩ, “O na gũtuĩka tũrĩ ahehenje-rĩ, no tũgaaka kũrĩa kwanangĩku rĩngĩ.” No Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga atĩrĩ, “No maake rĩngĩ, no nĩngakũmomora. Mageetagwo Bũrũri Mwaganu, andũ matũũraga marakarĩirwo nĩ Jehova hĩndĩ ciothe.
But if Idumea will say, “We have been destroyed, but when we return, we will build up what has been destroyed,” thus says the Lord of hosts: They will build up, and I will destroy. And they will be called “The limits of impiety,” and, “The people with whom the Lord has been angry, even to eternity.”
5 Nĩmũkeyonera ũhoro ũcio, muuge atĩrĩ, ‘Jehova nĩwe mũnene, o na akaneneha na kũu mbere ya mĩhaka ya Isiraeli!’”
And your eyes will see. And you will say, “May the Lord be magnified beyond the limits of Israel.”
6 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekũũria atĩrĩ, “Mwanake atĩĩaga ithe, nayo ndungata ĩgatĩĩa mũmĩathi. Angĩkorwo ndĩ mũciari-rĩ, gĩtĩĩo kĩrĩa kĩnjagĩrĩire gĩkĩrĩ ha? Angĩkorwo ndĩ mwathani-rĩ, gwĩtigĩrwo kũrĩa kũnjagĩrĩire gũkĩrĩ ha? Inyuĩ, athĩnjĩri-Ngai, nĩinyuĩ mũmenagĩrĩria rĩĩtwa rĩakwa. “No mũũragia atĩrĩ, ‘Tũmenagĩrĩria rĩĩtwa rĩaku atĩa?’
The son honors the father, and the servant his master. If, therefore, I am Father, where is my honor? And if I am Master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And you have said, “In what way, have we despised your name?”
7 “Mũigagĩrĩra irio irĩ na thaahu kĩgongona-inĩ gĩakwa. “No mũũragia atĩrĩ, ‘Tũgũthaahĩtie atĩa?’ “Nĩ kuuga muugaga atĩ metha ya Jehova nĩ ya kũmeneka.
You offer polluted bread upon my altar, and you say, “In what way, have we polluted you?” In that you say, “The table of the Lord has been despised.”
8 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekũũria atĩrĩ, ‘Rĩrĩa mũkũrehe nyamũ ndumumu cia igongona-rĩ, gwĩka ũguo ti ũũru? Rĩrĩa mũkũruta igongona rĩa nyamũ nyonju kana ndwaru-rĩ, gwĩka ũguo ti ũũru? Ta geriai gũcirutĩra mwathi wanyu! No akenio nĩinyuĩ? No amwĩtĩkĩre?’
If you offer the blind for sacrifice, is this not evil? And if you offer the lame and the sick, is this not evil? Offer it to your leader, if he will be pleased with it, or if he will accept your face, says the Lord of hosts.
9 “Na rĩrĩ, ta thaithai Ngai nĩguo atũtuge. Rĩrĩa mũkũrehe maruta ta macio-rĩ, no amwĩtĩkĩre?” Ũguo nĩguo Jehova Mwene Hinya Wothe ekũũria.
And now, beseech the face of God, so that he may have mercy on you (for by your hand has this been done) if, in any way, he might accept your faces, says the Lord of hosts.
10 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Naarĩ korwo ũmwe wanyu aahinga mĩrango ya hekarũ nĩguo mũtikanaakie mĩaki ya tũhũ kĩgongona-inĩ gĩakwa! Ndikenetio nĩ inyuĩ na ndingĩĩtĩkĩra iruta o na rĩrĩkũ kuuma kũrĩ inyuĩ.
Who is there among you that would close the doors and enflame my altar without pay? I have no favor in you, says the Lord of hosts. And I will not accept a gift from your hand.
11 Rĩĩtwa rĩakwa nĩrĩgatũũgĩrio ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ, kuuma riũa rĩkĩratha o nginya riũa rĩgĩthũa. Kũndũ guothe ũbumba nĩũgacinagwo na maruta matheru marutagĩrwo rĩĩtwa rĩakwa, tondũ rĩĩtwa rĩakwa nĩrĩgatũũgĩrio ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga.
For, from the rising of the sun even to its setting, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place, a clean oblation is being sacrificed and offered to my name. For my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of hosts.
12 “No inyuĩ mũrĩthaahagia na kwaria ũhoro wa metha ya Mwathani mũkoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩĩthaahie,’ na ha ũhoro wa irio ciayo mũkoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ cia kũmeneka.’”
And you have polluted it, in that you say, “The table of the Lord has been contaminated; and that which is placed upon it is contemptible, compared with the fire that devours it.”
13 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Muugaga atĩrĩ, ‘Kaĩ ũhoro ũcio nĩ mũritũ-ĩ!’ Na mũgatembania iromo.” Jehova ekũũria atĩrĩ, “Rĩrĩa mũkũrehe nyamũ iria ndiihangie, na iria iigũthua, kana iria ndwaru mũgaaciruta irĩ magongona-rĩ, no ndĩgĩciĩtĩkĩre kuuma harĩ inyuĩ?”
And you have said, “Behold our labor,” and you have exhaled it away, says the Lord of hosts. And you brought in by plunder the lame, and the sick, and brought it in as a gift. How can I receive this from your hand, says the Lord?
14 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Kũgwatwo nĩ kĩrumi nĩ mũheenania ũrĩa wĩranĩire kũruta nyamũ ya njamba ĩngĩĩtĩkĩrĩka kuuma rũũru-inĩ rwake rwa mbũri, no agacooka akarutĩra Mwathani igongona rĩa nyamũ ĩrĩ na ũũgũ. Nĩgũkorwo ndĩ Mũthamaki mũnene, narĩo rĩĩtwa rĩakwa nĩ rĩa gwĩtigĩrwo ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ.
Cursed is the deceitful, who holds in his flock a male, and, when making a vow, offers in sacrifice that which is feeble to the Lord. For I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the Gentiles.
