Malashi 3
1 « Nakotinda ntoma na Ngai; ye nde akoya liboso mpo na kobongisela Ngai nzela. Boye Yawe oyo bozali kozela akoya na pwasa kati na Tempelo na Ye; ntoma ya boyokani oyo bolingi akoya, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
Here I [am] about to send messenger my and he will make clear a way before me and suddenly he will come to temple his the lord - whom you [are] seeking and [the] messenger of the covenant whom you [are] delighting there! [he is] about to come he says Yahweh of hosts.
2 Kasi nani akobika na mokolo oyo akoya? Nani akotelema na mokolo oyo akomonana? Pamba te azali lokola moto ya monyangwisi bibende na moto, lokola sabuni oyo etelisaka bilamba.
And who? [will] endure [the] day of coming he and who? [is] the [one who will] stand when appears he for he [is] like [the] fire of a refiner and like [the] soap of washers.
3 Akovanda lokola monyangwisi bibende mpe mopetoli palata na moto. Akopetola bana mibali ya Levi mpe akolekisa bango na moto ndenge bapetolaka wolo mpe palata, mpe bakokoma mpo na Yawe bato oyo bamemelaka Ye makabo kolanda ndenge esengeli kozala.
And he will sit [one who] refines and [one who] purifies silver and he will purify [the] descendants of Levi and he will refine them like gold and like silver and they will be to Yahweh bringing near an offering in righteousness.
4 Bongo makabo ya Yuda mpe ya Yelusalemi ekosepelisa Yawe, ndenge ezalaki na tango ya kala.
And it will be pleasing to Yahweh [the] offering of Judah and Jerusalem like [the] days of antiquity and like years former.
5 « Nakopusana pene na bino mpo na kosambisama, nakosala na lombangu mpo na kofunda bato ya maji, ya ekobo, bato oyo balapaka ndayi ya lokuta, bato oyo banyokolaka basali na bango, basi bakufisa mibali mpe bana bitike, oyo banyokolaka bapaya mpe batosaka Ngai te, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
And I will draw near to you for judgment and I will be - a witness hastening on the sorcerers and on the adulterers and on [those who] swear an oath to falsehood and on [those who] defraud [the] hire of a hired laborer a widow and a fatherless one and [those who] thrust aside a sojourner and not they fear me he says Yahweh of hosts.
6 « Ngai Yawe, nabongwanaka te. Mpo na yango, bino bana mibali ya Jakobi, bozali kaka.
That I Yahweh not I change and you [the] descendants of Jacob not you have come to an end.
7 Wuta na tango ya bakoko na bino, bozalaki kaka kobuka mibeko na Ngai mpe bozalaki kotosa Ngai te. Bozonga epai na Ngai, mpe Ngai nakozonga epai na bino, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga. « Kasi bozali komituna: ‹ Tokozonga ndenge nini? ›
From [the] days of ancestors your you have turned aside from statutes my and not you have kept [them] return to me so let me return to you he says Yahweh of hosts and you say how? will we return.
8 Boni, moto akoki solo kokosa Nzambe? Nzokande bino, bozali kokosa Ngai. Kasi bozali koloba: ‹ Tokosi Yo na likambo nini? › Bokosi Ngai na eteni na bino ya zomi mpe na makabo.
¿ Will he rob someone God for you [are] robbing me and you say how? have we robbed you the tithe and the contribution.
9 Bozali na se ya elakeli mabe, pamba te bino nyonso, ekolo oyo mobimba, bozali kokosa Ngai.
With curse you [are] cursed and me you [are] robbing the nation all of it.
10 Boye, bomema biteni na bino nyonso ya zomi, na mobimba na yango, na ebombelo bomengo ya Tempelo mpo ete bilei ezanga te kati na Ndako na Ngai. Na bongo, bomeka Ngai, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, « mpo na kotala soki nakofungolela bino te maninisa ya Lola mpe soki nakosopela bino te lipamboli na Ngai, na bofuluki oyo ezanga ndelo.
Bring all the tithe into [the] house of the store so it may be food in house my and test me please by this he says Yahweh of hosts if not I will open for you [the] windows of the heavens and I will pour out for you blessing until not sufficiency.
11 Nakopekisa banyama mike-mike kolia bambuma ya bilanga na bino, bongo bilanga na bino ya vino ekotikala kozanga bambuma te, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
And I will rebuke for you the devourer and not it will destroy of you [the] fruit of the ground and not it will prove barren of you the vine in the field he says Yahweh of hosts.
12 « Bato ya bikolo nyonso bakoloba ete bozali bato ya esengo, pamba te mokili na bino ekozala mokili ya malamu mpo na kovanda, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
And they will call blessed you all the nations for you will be you a land of delight he says Yahweh of hosts.
13 Yawe alobi: « Bozali koloba makambo mabe mpo na kotelemela Ngai. Kasi bozali kotuna: ‹ Maloba nini ya mabe tolobi mpo na kotelemela Yo? ›
They have been strong on me words your he says Yahweh and you say what? have we spoken together on you.
14 Bozali lisusu koloba: ‹ Kosalela Nzambe ezali na tina te. Litomba nini penza ezali na kotosa mibeko na Ye mpe na komiboya liboso ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga?
You have said [is] futility to serve God and what? [is the] profit that we have kept charge his and that we have walked mournfully from before Yahweh of hosts.
15 Tosengeli sik’oyo komona bato ya lofundu lokola bato ya esengo, bato mabe bazali kokende liboso. Atako bazali kobeta tembe na Nzambe, kasi bazali kaka kolonga. › »
And therefore we [are] calling blessed arrogant [people] both they have been built up [those who] do wickedness as well as they have tested God and they have escaped.
16 Ndenge wana nde bato oyo batosaka Yawe bazalaki kosolola bango na bango, kasi Yawe ayokaki masolo na bango. Boye buku moko ya ekaniseli ekomamaki liboso ya Yawe mpo na bato oyo batosaka Yawe mpe bapesaka Kombo na Ye lokumu.
Then they spoke together [those] fearing Yahweh each with neighbor his and he paid attention Yahweh and he listened and it was written a document of remembrance before him of [those] fearing Yahweh and of [those who] esteemed name his.
17 « Na mokolo oyo nakomonisa nguya na Ngai, bakokoma bato na Ngai, bomengo na Ngai ya talo. Nakobatela bango ndenge tata abatelaka mwana oyo asalelaka ye, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
And they will belong to me he says Yahweh of hosts to the day when I [will be] making a possession and I will have compassion on them just as he has compassion everyone on son his who serves him.
18 « Bongo bokomona lisusu bokeseni kati na moto ya sembo mpe moto mabe, kati na moto oyo asalelaka Nzambe mpe moto oyo asalelaka Ye te.
And you will return and you will see between a righteous [person] and a wicked [person] between [one who] serves God and [one] who not he serves him.
