Malaki 2
1 “Kale nno, mmwe bakabona, ekiragiro kino kyammwe.
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
2 Bwe mutaakyuse ku mpisa zammwe n’engeri zammwe, bwe mutaafeeyo kuwa linnya lyange kitiibwa,” bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, “kale ndibasindikira ekikolimo era emikisa gyammwe girifuuka ekikolimo. Ate ddala mmaze okubakolimira kubanga ebikulu gye ndi temubitaddeeko mwoyo.
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says Jehovah of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
3 “Kale laba, ndibonereza ezzadde lyammwe, mbasiige n’obusa mu maaso, obusa bwa ssaddaaka zammwe, era mbagobewo mu maaso gange.
Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts, and ye shall be taken away with it.
4 Olwo lwe mulimanya nga mbawadde ekiragiro kino, endagaano yange ne Leevi eryoke etuukirire,” bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye.
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi, says Jehovah of hosts.
5 “Endagaano eri mu mateeka ago yali egenderedde kuleeta bulamu na mirembe era n’embimuwa asobole okuntya, era n’antya n’ayimirira ng’atya erinnya lyange.
My covenant of life and peace was with him. And I gave them to him that he might fear, and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name.
6 Amateeka ag’amazima gali mu kamwa ke era nga tewali bulimba busangibwa mu kamwa ke. Yatambula nange mu mirembe ne mu butuukirivu era n’aggya bangi mu kibi.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
7 “Kubanga emimwa gy’abasumba gisaana okukuuma eby’amagezi ebya Katonda era abantu basaana okunoonya okutegeera okuva mu bo, kubanga be babaka ba Mukama ow’Eggye.
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth. For he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.
8 Naye mwakyama ne muva mu kkubo; mwesittaza bangi olw’ebyo bye muyigiriza; mwayonoona endagaano ya Leevi,” bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye.
But ye are turned aside out of the way. Ye have caused many to stumble in the law. Ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says Jehovah of hosts.
9 “Noolwekyo nabafuula ekinyoomebwa era ekisekererwa mu maaso g’abantu bonna olw’obutagoberera makubo gange era musala emisango nga musaliriza.”
Therefore I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.
10 Kale ffenna tetulina kitaffe omu? Si Katonda omu eyatutonda? Lwaki kale tetuli beesigwa eri bantu bannaffe, ne twonoona endagaano ya bakitaffe?
Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
11 Yuda takuumye bwesigwa n’eby’omuzizo ne bikolebwa mu Isirayiri ne mu Yerusaalemi. Kubanga Yuda yayonoona ekifo kya Mukama ekitukuvu, ky’ayagala ennyo, bwe yawasa omuwala wa lubaale.
Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
12 Buli muntu yenna akola kino, oba kabona oba muntu wa bulijjo, Mukama alimuggya mu kika kya Yakobo, newaakubadde ng’aleeta ebiweebwayo eri Mukama ow’Eggye!
Jehovah will cut off out of the tents of Jacob, the man who does this: him who wakes, and him who answers, and him who offers an offering to Jehovah of hosts.
13 Ekirala kye mukola kye kino: Ekyoto kya Mukama mukijjuzza amaziga, nga mukaaba nga mukuba ebiwoobe kubanga ebiweebwayo byammwe takyabifaako.
And this again ye do: Ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he does not regard the offering any more, nor receives it with good will at your hand.
14 Kale mubuuza nti, “Lwaki tabifaako?” Kubanga Mukama yali mujulirwa wakati wo ne mukazi wo ow’omu buvubuka bwo, naye ggwe tewali mwesigwa, ng’olimbalimba newaakubadde nga yali munno era mukazi wo gwe walagaana naye endagaano.
Yet ye say, Why? Because Jehovah has been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou have dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15 Katonda teyabafuula omu mu mwoyo? Era lwaki yabafuula omu? Kubanga yali anoonya ezzadde eriritya Katonda. Kale mwekuume nnyo waleme kubaawo agoba mukazi we, era alimbalimba mukazi we ow’omu buvubuka bwe.
And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 “Kubanga nkyawa abafumbo okwawukana,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri, “n’omusajja ajooga mukazi we,” bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye. Kale mwekuumenga mu mwoyo gwammwe mubeerenga beesigwa.
For I hate putting away, says Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him who covers his garment with violence, says Jehovah of hosts. Therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
17 Mukama mumukooyezza n’ebigambo byammwe. Naye mubuuza nti, “Tumukooyezza tutya?” Kubanga mwogera nti buli akola ekibi, mulungi mu maaso ga Mukama, era abasanyukira; oba nti, “Ali ludda wa Katonda ow’obwenkanya?”
Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, How have we wearied him? In that ye say, Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delights in them, or Where is the God of justice?
