Malachi 3

1 “Gade byen, Mwen va voye mesaje Mwen an, e li va netwaye chemen an devan Mwen. Konsa, Senyè a, ke n ap chache a, va vini sibitman nan tanp Li an. Gade byen, mesaje akò a, nan sila nou pran plezi a, L ap vini,” pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo.

“Behold, I am sending My messenger, And he has prepared a way before Me, And suddenly the Lord whom you are seeking comes into His temple, Even the Messenger of the Covenant, Whom you are desiring, Behold, He is coming,” said YHWH of Hosts.

2 “Men se kilès k ap ka sipòte jou vini Li an? Oswa, se kilès k ap ka kanpe lè Li parèt la? Paske se va tankou dife nan founo a, e se va tankou savon lesiv.

“And who is bearing the day of His coming? And who is standing in His appearing? For He [is] as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller.

3 Li va chita tankou yon bòs metal k ap pirifye ajan. Li va pirifye fis a Levi yo, e rafine yo tankou lò ak ajan, pou yo ka ofri bay SENYÈ a ofrann ladwati.

And He has sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And He has purified the sons of Levi, And has refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been bringing a present near to YHWH in righteousness.

4 Konsa, ofrann Juda ak Jérusalem yo va yon plezi pou SENYÈ a, tankou nan jou ansyen ak jou lontan yo.

And the present of Judah and Jerusalem has been sweet to YHWH, As in days of old, and as in former years.

5 “Konsa, Mwen va vin kote nou pou jijman. Mwen va fè temwen byen rapid kont wangatè yo, kont moun adiltè yo, ak kont sila k ap fè fo temwayaj yo; kont sila k ap oprime ouvriye yo nan salè yo, vèv yo, òfelen yo, sila ki refize bay soutyen yo a etranje yo, ak sila ki pa gen lakrent Mwen yo,” pale SENYÈ, dèzame yo.

And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, and against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of a hired worker, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who do not fear Me,” said YHWH of Hosts.

6 “Paske Mwen menm SENYÈ a, Mwen pa chanje. Se pou sa, nou menm, O fis a Jacob yo, nou pa t fin detwi nèt.

“For I, YHWH, have not changed, And you, the sons of Jacob, You have not been consumed.

7 Depi nan jou a papa zansèt nou yo, nou te vire kite règleman Mwen yo, e nou pa t kenbe yo. Retounen vin jwenn Mwen, e Mwen va retounen vin jwenn nou,” pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo. “Men nou di: ‘Nan kisa nou va retounen vin jwenn Ou an?’

Even from the days of your fathers You have turned aside from My statutes, And you have not taken heed. Return to Me, and I return to you,” said YHWH of Hosts. “And you have said, In what do we turn back?

8 “Èske yon nonm va vòlè Bondye? Men nou ap vòlè M! Men nou di: ‘Nan kisa nou te vòlè Ou a?’ Nan dim ak ofrann yo.

Does man deceive God? But you are deceiving Me, And you have said, In what have we deceived You? The tithe and the raised-offering!

9 Nou vin modi avèk malediksyon an; Paske nou ap vòlè Mwen; tout nasyon an nèt!

You are cursed with a curse! And you are deceiving Me—this nation—all of it.

10 Mennen fè antre tout dim yo nan depo kay la, pou ka gen manje nan kay Mwen an, e pase Mwen a leprèv nan sa”, pale SENYÈ a: “Pou nou wè si Mwen p ap louvri pou nou tout fenèt syèl yo, e vide sou nou yon benediksyon jiskaske nou pa gen ase kote ankò pou nou resevwa li.

Bring in all the tithe to the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When you have tried Me, now, with this,” said YHWH of Hosts, “Do I not open the windows of the heavens to you? Indeed, I have emptied on you a blessing until there is no space.

11 Nan lè sa a, Mwen va repwoche, pou nou menm, sila k ap devore nou, pou li pa ankò detwi fwi latè yo. Konsa, pye rezen an p ap ankò jete fwi li avan lè nan chan an”, pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo.

And I have pushed against the consumer for you, And He does not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor does the vine in the field miscarry to you,” said YHWH of Hosts.

12 “Tout nasyon yo va rele nou beni, paske nou va yon peyi byen bèl”, pale SENYÈ dèzame yo.

“And all the nations have declared you blessed, For you are a delightful land,” said YHWH of Hosts.

13 “Pawòl nou yo te di kont mwen.” Pale SENYÈ a. “Malgre sa, nou di: ‘Kisa nou te pale kont Ou yo?’

“Your words have been hard against Me,” said YHWH, “And you have said, What have we spoken against You?

14 “Nou te di: ‘Se an ven yo sèvi Bondye’; epi ‘Ki avantaj sa gen pou nou kenbe règleman Li yo, e pou nou mache lamante devan SENYÈ Dèzame yo?

You have said, A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of YHWH of Hosts?

15 Koulye a, nou vin rele moun ògeye yo, ‘beni’. Non sèlman malfektè yo vin leve wo, men yo menm tante Bondye, e yo chape.’”

And now, we are declaring the proud blessed, Indeed, those doing wickedness have been built up, Indeed, they have tempted God, and escape.

16 Answit, sila ki te gen lakrent SENYÈ yo te pale a youn lòt; konsa, SENYÈ a te prete zòrèy Li. Li te tande yo, e yon liv souvni te ekri devan Li pou sila ki te gen lakrent SENYÈ yo, e ki te bay gwo respè a non Li yo.

Then have those fearing YHWH spoken to one another, And YHWH attends and hears, And a scroll of memorial is written before Him Of those fearing YHWH, And of those esteeming His Name.

17 “Konsa, yo va vin pou Mwen”, pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo, “nan jou sa a ke M prepare posesyon Mwen an. Epi Mwen va fè yo gras menm jan yon nonm ta fè gras a pwòp fis k ap sèvi li a.”

And they have been to Me,” said YHWH of Hosts, “In the day that I am appointing—a peculiar treasure, And I have had pity on them, As one has pity on his son who is serving him.

18 Konsa, nou va retounen pou nou byen konprann diferans la antre ladwati ak mal, antre sila k ap sèvi Bondye, ak sila ki p ap sèvi Li.

And you have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.”