Malachi 2
1 “Alò, koulye a, prèt yo, lòd sa a se pou nou.
And now, O all of you priests, this commandment is for 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 all of you will not hear, and if all of you will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because all of you do not lay 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 corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one 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 all of you shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, says 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 them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and 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 equity, and did turn 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 priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger 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 all of you are departed out of the way; all of you have caused many to stumble at the law; all of you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says 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 the people, according as all of you have not kept my ways, but have been partial 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? has not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning 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.
Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has 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 does this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offers an offering unto 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 have all of you done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regards not the offering any more, or receives it with good will at your hand.
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.
Yet all of you say, Wherefore? Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously: yet is she your companion, and the wife of your 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.
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his 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.
For the LORD, the God of Israel, says that he hates putting away: for one covers violence with his garment, says the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that all of you deal not treacherously.
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?’”
All of you have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet all of you say, Wherein have we wearied him? When all of you say, Every one that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
