Malaki 3
1 A IA hoi, e hoouna auanei au i ko'u elele, Nana e hoomakaukau i ke alanui imua o'u: A e hiki wawe mai auauei ka Haku, a oukou e imi nei, iloko o kona luakini, Oia ke elele o ka berita, o ka mea a oukou e makemake nei: Ea, e hele mai ana ia, wahi a Iehova o na kaua.
“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
2 Aka, owai ke hoomanawanui i ka la o kona hiki ana mai? Owai hoi ke ku paa i kona ikeia ana? No ka mea, e like auanei ia me ke ahi o ka mea hoohehee, A me ke sopa o ka mea hoomaemae:
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
3 A noho ia he mea hoohehee a me ka hoomaemae i ke kala; A e huikala ia i na keiki a Levi, A e hoomaemae oia ia lakou e like me ke gula a me ke kala, I mohai aku ai lakou i ka mohai pono na Iehova.
And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
4 Alaila, e maliuia mai ai o Iehova i ka mohai ana a ka Iuda a me ko Ierusalema, E like me ia i na la kahiko, a i na makahiki mamua.
Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.
5 Ke hookokoke aku nei au io oukou la e hooko i ke kanawai; E wikiwiki au i ka hoike ku e i na kahuna anaana, Me na moe kolohe, a i na mea hoohiki wahahee, Me ka poe hoonele i na mea hoolimalima i ka lakou uku, A i ka poe hoonele i ka wahinekauemake, a me ke keiki makua ole, A i ka poe hoohuli ae i ko ka malihini, aole hoi i makau ia'u, wahi a Iehova o na kaua.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
6 No ka mea, owau no Iehova, aole au e lauwili, Nolaila, aole oukou i hoopauia, e na mamo o Iakoba.
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
7 Mai na la mai o ko oukou poe makua, Ua haalele oukou i ko'u mau kanawai, me ka malama ole. E hoi hou mai oukou ia'u nei, a e hoi hou aku au io oukou la, Wahi a Iehova o na kaua. Aka, ke ninau mai nei oukou, Ma ke aha ka makou e hoi hou aku ai?
Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
8 E pono anei i ke kanaka ke hao i ka ke Akua? Aka, ua hao oukou i ka'u: a ke ninau mai nei oukou, Ma ke aha ka makou i hao ai i kau? I na hapaumi o ka waiwai, a me na mohai.
Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
9 Ua hoahewaia oukou i ka poino; No ka mea, ua hao oukou i ka'u, o keia lahuikanaka a pau.
You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
10 E lawe mai i na waiwai hapaumi a pau iloko o ka hale ahu waiwai, I ai maloko o ko'u hale; A e hoao mai oukou ia'u ma ia mea, wahi a Iehova o na kaua, I wehe ai paha au i na puka wai o ka Iani, A e ninini iho i ka pomaikai maluna o oukou, a lawa a hu.
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
11 A no oukou wau e papa aku ai i ka mea hokai, I hoopau ole ai ia i ka hua o ko oukou aina, Aole hoi ia e hoolilo no oukou i ke kumuwaina o ke kula i mea hua ole, Wahi a Iehova o na kaua.
I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.
12 A e kapa mai auanei na lahuikanaka a pau ia oukou, he pomaikai; No ka mea, e lilo oukou i poe mea aina i makemakeia, Wahi a Iehova o na kaua.
“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
13 Ua oolea ka oukou mau olelo ku e mai ia'u, wahi a Iehova; A ke ninau mai nei oukou, Heaha ka makou i olelo ku e ai ia oe?
“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
14 Ua olelo oukou, He mea ole ka malama i ka Akua: Heaha hoi ka pomaikai ke malama kakou i ka mea ana i kauoha mai ai, A ke hele hoi me ke kapa eleele imua o Iehova o na kaua?
You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
15 Nolaila, ke kapa nei kakou i ka poe hookiekie he pomaikai; He oiaio, ua kukuluia'e iluna ka poe hana ino; Ina hoi e hoao lakou i ke Akua, ua pakele no lakou.
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
16 Alaila, o ka poe makau ia Iehova, Kamailio pu iho lakou i kekahi i kekahi; A haliu mai la o Iehova, a hoolohe mai la, A ua kakauia ka buke hoomanao imua ona no lakou, No ka poe makau ia Iehova, a me ka poe hoomanao i koua inoa.
At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
17 No'u no lakou, wahi a Iehova o na kaua, I ka la a'u e ahu iho ai i kuu waiwai; A e lokomaikai au ia lakou, E like me ka lokomaikai ana o ka makua i kana keiki nana ia I malama.
“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
18 Alaila, e huli mai auanei oukou, A e nana maopopo iwaena o ka poe pono a o ka poe hewa, Iwaena hoi o ka mea malama i ke Akua, a me ka mea malama ole.
So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
