Malakias 3

1 “Kitaem! dandanikon nga ibaon ti mensaherok, ket isaganananto ti dalanko sakbay kaniak. Ken ti Apo a birbirokenyo ket kellaatto nga umay iti templona; ken ti mensahero ti katulagan, a pakaay-aywanyo, kitaenyo, umay isuna,” kuna ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin amin.

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts.

2 Ngem siasinonto ti makaibtor iti aldaw ti iyaayna? Ken siasinonto ti makaanus inton agparang isuna? Ta maiyarig isuna iti apuy ti agguggugor, ken kasla sabon a panglaba.

But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:

3 Agtugawto isuna nga agturay a kasla iti mangguggugor ken mangdaldalus iti pirak, ket dalusanna dagiti annak ni Levi. Dalusannanto ida a kasla balitok ken pirak, ken mangiyegdanto kadagiti daton ti kinalinteg kenni Yahweh.

And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness.

4 Ket makaay-ayonto kenni Yahweh dagiti daton ti Juda ken Jerusalem, kas idi nagkauna nga al-aldaw, ken kas idi nagkauna a panawen.

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

5 Kalpasanna, umayakto kadakayo tapno mangukom. Siakto ti naalibtak a saksi maibusor kadagiti manggagamod, kadagiti mannakikamalala, kadagiti ulbod a saksi, kadagiti manggamgamgam iti tangdan dagiti mangmangged, kadagiti mananggundaway kadagiti balo, kadagiti awan amana, kadagiti mangal-allilaw iti ganggannaet manipud iti karbenganna, ken kadagiti saan nga agraem kaniak,” kuna ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin amin.

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, says the LORD of hosts.

6 “Ta Siak ni Yahweh a saan nga agbalbaliw; isu a dakayo a tattao ni Jacob ket saankayo a naibus.

For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed.

7 Sipud pay kadagiti panawen dagiti ammayo, simminakayon manipud kadagiti paglintegak ken saanyo a tinungpal dagitoy. Agsublikayo kaniak, ket agsubliak kadakayo,” kuna ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin amin, “Ngem kunayo, 'Kasanokami nga agsubli?'

Even from the days of your fathers you are gone away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you said, Wherein shall we return?

8 Mabalin kadi a takawan ti tao ti Dios? Idinto a taktakawandak. Ngem kunayo, 'Kasano koma a tinakawandaka?' Kadagiti apagkapullo ken kadagiti daton.

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

9 Nailunodkayo, daytoy entero a nasionyo, ta tinakawandak.

You are cursed with a curse: for you have robbed me, even this whole nation.

10 Iyegyo ti buo nga apagkapullo iti uneg ti balay a pagiduldulinan, tapno adda taraon iti balayko. Ket padasendak ita iti daytoy,” kuna ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin amin, “No saanko nga ilukat dagiti tawa ti langit ket ibukbokko kadakayo ti bendision, nga awan iti umdas a siled a pagidulinan iti daytoy.

Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and prove me now herewith, says the LORD 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 to receive it.

11 Lappedakto ti mangib-ibus para kadakayo, tapno saan a dadaelen daytoy ti apit iti dagayo; saan a madadael dagiti bunga iti mulayo nga ubas kadagiti kaubasan sakbay iti umno a tiempo,” kuna ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin amin.

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

12 “Panaganandakayonto dagiti amin a nasion iti nabendisionan; ta agbalinkayonto a naragsak a daga,” kuna ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin amin.

And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a delightsome land, says the LORD of hosts.

13 “Nadagsen dagiti sasaoyo maibusor kaniak,” kuna ni Yahweh. “Ngem kunayo, “Ania ti naibagami maibusor kenka?'

Your words have been stout against me, says the LORD. Yet you say, What have we spoken so much against you?

14 Kinunayo, 'Awan mamaayna ti panagserbi iti Dios. Ania ti gungguna daytoy kadatayo a nagtungpal kadagiti pagalagadanna wenno nagbiag a silaladingit iti imatang ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin amin?

You have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

15 Ket ita, aw-awagantayo a nagasat dagiti mapagpannakkel. Saan laeng a rumangrang-ay dagiti managdakdakes, ngem susuotenda pay ti Dios ket malusotanda.”'

And now we call the proud happy; yes, they that work wickedness are set up; yes, they that tempt God are even delivered.

16 Kalpasanna, nagsasarita dagiti nagbuteng kenni Yahweh; pinaliiw ken dimngeg ni Yahweh, ket iti imatangna, naisurat ti pakalaglagipan a libro para kadagiti nagbuteng kenni Yahweh ken nangraem iti naganna.

Then they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD listened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought on his name.

17 “Kukuakto ida,” kuna ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin amin, “ti napateg a sanikuak, iti aldaw nga agtignayak; ispalekto ida, kas iti panangispal iti maysa a tao iti anakna nga agserserbi kenkuana.

And they shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son that serves him.

18 Ket maminsan pay, mailasinyonto ti nalinteg ken nadangkes, dagiti agdaydayaw ken saan nga agdaydayaw iti Dios.

Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not.