Malachi 2
1 Koulye a, men lòd mwen bay prèt yo:
"Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
2 Si nou pa koute sa m'ap di nou la a, si nou pa soti pou nou sèvi yon lwanj pou mwen, m'ap voye madichon sou nou. Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a k'ap pale konsa wi. M'ap madichonnen tout bon bagay k'ap vin pou nou yo. Wi, mwen madichonnen yo deja, paske nou pa soti pou nou sèvi yon lwanj pou mwen.
If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name," says YHWH of hosts, "then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.
3 Mwen pral touye pitit nou yo. Mwen pral voye salte, tripay bèt nou ofri yo nan figi nou. Lèfini, m'ap voye nou jete ansanm ak yo.
Look, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
4 Lè sa a, n'a konnen se mwen menm ki te ban nou lòd sa a, pou kontra mwen te pase ak fanmi Levi a ka toujou la. Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a ki di sa.
You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi," says YHWH of hosts.
5 Nan kontra mwen te pase ak yo a, mwen te pwomèt mwen t'ap ba yo lavi ak kè poze. E mwen te ba yo l'. Yo menm, se pou yo te gen krentif pou mwen. Yo te gen krentif pou mwen vre, yo te respekte m'.
"My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
6 Se verite ase ki te soti nan bouch yo. Yo pa t' janm chache twonpe m'. Yo toujou mache avè m' ak kè poze. Yo t'ap fè sa ki dwat. Yo te fè anpil moun sispann fè sa ki mal.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
7 Se devwa prèt yo pou yo moutre moun sa Bondye ye. Moun al kote yo pou yo ka konnen sa Bondye mande yo fè. Paske se mesaje Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a yo ye.
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of YHWH of hosts.
8 Men, nou menm prèt yo, nou kite chemen Bondye a. Nou lakòz anpil moun pa kenbe kòmandman mwen bay yo. Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a ki di sa. Nou pa kenbe kontra mwen te fè ak moun fanmi Levi yo.
But you have turned aside out of the way. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says YHWH of hosts.
9 Se poutèt sa m'ap fè tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo derespekte nou. Y'ap pran nou pou vakabon, paske nou pa fè sa mwen mande nou fè. Nou gade sou figi moun lè pou n' di yo sa lalwa a mande.
"Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
10 Eske se pa yon sèl papa a nou tout nou genyen? Eske se pa yon sèl Bondye ki fè nou tou? Poukisa atò nou pa kenbe pwomès nou yonn ak lòt? Poukisa nou meprize kontra Bondye te fè ak zansèt nou yo?
Do we not all have one father? Hasn't one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
11 Moun Jida yo trayi Bondye. Yo fè yon move bagay ki lèd anpil nan peyi Izrayèl la ak nan lavil Jerizalèm. Yo derespekte kay Bondye renmen anpil la. Mesye yo marye ak fanm k'ap sèvi lòt bondye.
Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of YHWH which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
12 Tout moun ki fè bagay sa a, se pou Seyè a pa kite yo jwenn yon moun nan fanmi Jakòb la pou kanpe pou yo osinon pou fè ofrann bay Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a pou yo.
YHWH will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to YHWH of hosts.
13 Men yon lòt bagay nou fè ankò: N'ap benyen lotèl Seyè a ak dlo ki sot nan je nou. N'ap kriye, n'ap plenyen paske Seyè a pa menm gade ofrann nou fè l' yo, li derefize asepte anyen nan men nou.
This again you do: you cover the altar of YHWH with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn't regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.
14 Epi n'ap mande poukisa? Se paske Seyè a wè sa ou fè madanm ou te marye lè ou te jenn lan. Ou pa kenbe pwomès ou te fè l' la. Ou te pase kontra avè l', ou te pwomèt Bondye ou t'ap kenbe l' pou madanm ou pou tout tan.
Yet you say, 'Why?' Because YHWH has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.
15 Eske Bondye pa t' fè nou tounen yon sèl kò ak yon sèl nanm? Poukisa li te fè sa? Se pou nou te ka fè pitit ki pou sèvi l'. Konsa, fè respè tèt nou! Respekte pwomès nou te fè madanm nou te marye lè nou te jenn lan.
Did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 Mwen rayi wè lè mouche separe ak madanm. Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, ki di sa. Mwen rayi wè moun k'ap aji mal konsa ak madanm yo. Se poutèt sa, fè respè tèt nou! Kenbe pwomès nou te fè madanm nou.
For I hate divorce," says YHWH, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with violence." says YHWH of hosts. "Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.
17 N'ap fatige tèt Seyè a ak yon bann pawòl. Epi n'ap di: Ki jan n'ap fatige l' la? Se lè n'ap plede di: Tout moun ki fè sa ki mal yo bon nan je Seyè a. Li kontan ak yo. Ou ankò lè n'ap mande: Kote Bondye k'ap rann jistis la?
You have wearied YHWH with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that you say, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of YHWH, and he delights in them;' or 'Where is the God of justice?'
