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 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 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.

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

And the present of Judah and Jerusalem has been sweet to YHWH, As in 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 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 “Ta Siak ni Yahweh a saan nga agbalbaliw; isu a dakayo a tattao ni Jacob ket saankayo a naibus.

“For I, YHWH, have not changed, And you, the sons of Jacob, You have not been 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 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 Mabalin kadi a takawan ti tao ti Dios? Idinto a taktakawandak. Ngem kunayo, 'Kasano koma a tinakawandaka?' Kadagiti apagkapullo ken kadagiti daton.

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 Nailunodkayo, daytoy entero a nasionyo, ta tinakawandak.

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

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

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

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

“Your words have been hard against Me,” said YHWH, “And you have said, What have we spoken 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, 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 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 are declaring the proud blessed, Indeed, those doing wickedness have been built up, Indeed, they have tempted God, and escape.

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

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.”