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.
‘I am about to send my messenger and he will clear a path before me: And the Lord, who you are seeking, will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant who you long for is already coming, says the Lord 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 firm when he appears? He is like a refiner’s fire, and like a 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. He will purify the descendants of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, until they are fit to bring offerings to the Lord.
4 Konsa, ofrann Juda ak Jérusalem yo va yon plezi pou SENYÈ a, tankou nan jou ansyen ak jou lontan yo.
Then will the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the Lord, as in the 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.
‘I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against the sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers, those who cheat workers, or widows, or orphans, deny justice to immigrants, and do not fear me,’ says the Lord 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, the Lord, do not change; and you have not ceased to be descendants of Jacob.’
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 ancestors, you have turned aside from my statutes, and you have not kept them. Turn to me and I will turn to you,’ says the Lord. ‘You say, “How should we turn?”
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.
Can a human rob God? Yet you robbed me. You ask, “How have we robbed you?” In tithes and gifts!
9 Nou vin modi avèk malediksyon an; Paske nou ap vòlè Mwen; tout nasyon an nèt!
You – your entire nation – are all cursed, because you rob me.
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, so that there is food in my house. Test me in this way. See if I will not open to you the windows of the sky, and pour you out a blessing, until there is more than enough.
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 for your sakes the devouring locust and he will not destroy your crops, nor will the vine fail to ripen its fruit in the field, says the Lord of hosts,
12 “Tout nasyon yo va rele nou beni, paske nou va yon peyi byen bèl”, pale SENYÈ dèzame yo.
and all nations will call you happy, for you will be a delightful land,’ says the Lord of hosts.
13 “Pawòl nou yo te di kont mwen.” Pale SENYÈ a. “Malgre sa, nou di: ‘Kisa nou te pale kont Ou yo?’
‘You have said terrible things about me,’ says the Lord. ‘You ask, “What have we said about 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 useless to serve God, and what do we gain from the Lord of hosts by keeping his commands, and walking mournfully in funeral garb before him?
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.’”
So now we call the proud happy, evildoers thrive: they dare God and escape unharmed.”’
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.
Such things those who revered the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice, and a record was written before him of those who revered the Lord and those who keep in mind 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 will be mine,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘my special possession on that day that I am preparing. I will spare them as a man spares his 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.
Once again my people will see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between the person who serves God and the person who does not.’
