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.

"Look, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, look, he comes." says Jehovah 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.

But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is coming like a refiner's fire, and like launderer's soap.

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 will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Jehovah offerings in righteousness.

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

Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient 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.

I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and do not fear me," says Jehovah 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, Jehovah, do not change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not 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?’

From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says Jehovah of hosts. "But you say, 'How shall we return?'

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.

Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.

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

You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.

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 the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this," says Jehovah of hosts, "if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.

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.

I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field," says Jehovah of hosts.

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

"All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land," says Jehovah 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 stout against me," says Jehovah. "Yet you say, '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, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah 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.’”

Now we call the proud blessed; indeed, evildoers prosper. They even tempt 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 those who feared Jehovah spoke one with another; and Jehovah listened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for those who feared Jehovah, and who honored 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.”

They shall be mine," says Jehovah of hosts, "my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves 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.

Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn't serve him.