Malachi 2
1 “Alò, koulye a, prèt yo, lòd sa a se pou nou.
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is to you.
2 Si nou pa koute e si nou pa pran sa a kè pou bay lonè a non Mwen”, pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, “alò, Mwen va voye malediksyon sou nou, e Mwen va fè benediksyon nou yo vin tounen malediksyon. Anverite, Mwen fin modi yo deja, akoz nou pa pran sa a kè.
If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the Lord of hosts: I will send poverty upon you, and will curse your blessings, yea I will curse them, because you have not laid it to heart.
3 Gade byen, Mwen va fè repwòch nou rive jis sou desandan nou yo, e Mwen va gaye poupou sou figi nou, menm poupou a festen nou yo; epi nou va vin disparèt ansanm avè l.
Behold, I will cast the shoulder to you, and I will scatter upon your face the dung of your solemnities, and it shall take you away with it.
4 Konsa, nou va konnen ke Mwen te voye lòd sa a bannou, pou akò Mwen an kapab kontinye ak Lévi”, pale SENYÈ dèzame yo.
And you shall know that I sent you this commandment, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
5 “Akò Mwen an avèk li se te akò pou lavi ak lapè. Mwen te bay li yo pou li ta kab vin gen lakrent anvè M; epi konsa, li te krent Mwen e te vin gen gwo lakrent pou non Mwen.
My covenant was with him of life and peace: and I gave him fear: and he feared me, and he was afraid before my name.
6 Lalwa verite a te nan bouch li, e inikite pa t janm sou lèv li. Li te mache avè M nan lapè ak ladwati, e li te detounen anpil moun soti nan inikite.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace, and in equity, and turned many away from iniquity.
7 Paske lèv a yon prèt dwe gade konesans, e moun ta dwe chache lalwa soti nan bouch li. Paske li se mesaje a SENYÈ dèzame yo.
For the lips of the priest shall keep knowledge, and they shall seek the law at his mouth: because he is the angel of the Lord of hosts.
8 Men pou nou menm, nou te detounen kite chemen an. Nou te koze anpil moun chite nan lalwa a. Nou te dezonore akò Lévi a,” pale SENYÈ dèzame yo.
But you have departed out of the way, and have caused many to stumble at the law: you have made void the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
9 “Akoz sa Mwen te fè nou vin meprizab tou, e vin imilye devan tout pèp la, akoz nou pa t gade chemen Mwen yo, men nou te nan patipri nan lalwa a.
Therefore have I also made you contemptible, and base before all people, as you have not kept my ways, and have accepted persons in the law.
10 Èske se pa yon sèl papa nou genyen? Èske se pa yon sèl Bondye a ki te kreye nou? Poukisa nou chak ap trayi pwòp frè nou, nan pwofane akò a papa zansèt nou yo?
Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why then doth every one of us despise his brother, violating the covenant of our fathers?
11 Juda te aji nan enfidelite, e yon abominasyon te fèt an Israël ak Jérusalem; paske Juda te pwofane sanktyè a SENYÈ a, ke li renmen, e te vin marye ak fi a yon dye etranje.
Juda hath transgressed, and abomination hath been committed in Israel, and in Jerusalem: for Juda hath profaned the holiness of the Lord, which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange God.
12 SENYÈ a va koupe retire nonm nan ki fè sa a, sila ki leve e sila ki reponn nan, soti nan tant a Jacob yo, oswa sila ki prezante ofrann a SENYÈ Dèzame yo.
The Lord will cut off the man that hath done this, both the master, and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering to the Lord of hosts.
13 “Men yon lòt bagay nou fè: nou kouvri lotèl SENYÈ a ak dlo k ap sòti nan zye nou, nan kriye ak plenyen, akoz Li pa konsidere ofrann yo ankò, ni aksepte yo ak favè ki soti nan men nou.
And this again have you done, you have covered the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and bellowing, so that I have no more a regard to sacrifice, neither do I accept any atonement at your hands.
14 Malgre sa, nou di: ‘Pou ki rezon?’ Paske SENYÈ a te yon temwen antre nou menm ak madanm jenès nou an, kont sila nou te aji an trèt la, malgre li se konpanyen e madanm nou selon akò nou an.
And you have said: For what cause? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee, and the wife of thy youth, whom thou hast despised: yet she was thy partner, and the wife of thy covenant.
15 Éske Li pa t fè nou youn sèl? Malgre, se te li ki te gen retay Lespri a. Pouki sa youn sèl? Li t ap chache desandan ladwati a. Alò, veye lespri nou byen ke pèsòn pa aji an trèt kont madanm jenès li a.
Did not one make her, and she is the residue of his spirit? And what doth one seek, but the seed of God? Keep then your spirit, and despise not the wife of thy youth.
16 Youn ki rayi epidivòse”, pale SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la, “kouvri vètman li ak vyolans lan,” pale SENYÈ a. “Pou sa, veye lespri nou byen, ke nou pa enfidèl.
When thou shalt hate her put her away, saith the Lord the God of Israel: but iniquity shall cover his garment, saith the Lord of hosts, keep your spirit, and despise not.
17 “Nou te fatige SENYÈ a ak pawòl nou yo. Malgre sa, nou di: ‘Nan kisa nou te fatige Li a?’ Paske n ap di: ‘Tout moun k ap fè mal, bon nan zye SENYÈ a, e Li pran plezi nan yo;’ oswa ‘Kote Bondye jistis la ye?’”
You have wearied the Lord with your words, and you said: Wherein have we wearied him? In that you say: Every one that doth evil, is good in the sight of the Lord, and such please him: or surely where is the God of judgment?
