Malachi 2
1 “Alò, koulye a, prèt yo, lòd sa a se pou nou.
Now, therefore, for you, is this charge, O ye priests: —
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 ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my Name, saith Yahweh of hosts, then will I send among you the curse, and will curse your blessings, —and indeed I have cursed them, because ye are not at all laying 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 me! threatening, on your account, the seed, and I will scatter refuse upon your faces, the refuse of your festivals, —and one shall carry you away unto 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.
So shall ye know that I sent unto you this charge, —as being my covenant with Levi, saith Yahweh 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, Life and Well-being, so I gave them to him—[I] as One to be revered— and he did revere me, — and, before my Name, dismayed, was he.
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 deliverance of truth, was in his mouth, and, perverseness, was not found in his lips, — In well-doing and in uprightness, walked he with me, and, multitudes, did he turn 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 a priest, should keep knowledge, and, a deliverance, should men seek at his mouth, — for, the messenger of Yahweh of hosts, he is.
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, ye, have departed out of the way, ye have caused multitudes to stumble at the deliverance, — ye have violated the covenant of Levi, saith Yahweh 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, I also, will suffer you to be despised and of no account unto all the people, —in proportion as none of you have been keeping my ways, but have had respect to persons, in giving your deliverance.
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?
Is there not, one Father, to us all? Did not, one GOD, create us? Wherefore should we deal treacherously one with another, 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, hath dealt treacherously, and, an abomination, hath been wrought in Israel, and in Jerusalem, — for Judah, had profaned, the holy place of Yahweh, which he had loved, and hath taken to himself the daughter of a foreign 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.
May Yahweh, cut off, from the man that doeth it—him that crieth out and him that answereth, out of the tents of Jacob, — him also that bringeth near a present to Yahweh 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, a second time, will ye do, covering with tears, the altar of Yahweh, weeping and making outcry, —because he will not again turn unto the gift, and receive [it] with acceptance, 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.
Yet ye say, For what cause? Because, Yahweh, hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, with whom, thou, hast dealt treacherously, though, she, was thy consort, and thy covenant wife.
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.
Now was it not, One, [who] made [you] who had, the residue of the spirit? What, then, of that One? He was seeking a godly seed. Therefore should ye take heed to your spirit, and, with the wife of thy youth, do not thou deal treacherously.
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 he hateth divorce, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, him also who covereth with violence his own clothing, saith Yahweh of hosts, —therefore should ye take heed to your spirit, and not deal 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?’”
Ye have wearied Yahweh with your words, and yet ye say, Wherein have we been wearisome? When ye have said, Everyone who doeth wrong, is right in the eyes of Yahweh, and, in them, he hath taken delight, or, Where is the God of justice?
