Malaki 2
1 “Kale nno, mmwe bakabona, ekiragiro kino kyammwe.
Now, therefore, for you, is this charge, O ye priests: —
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, saith Yahweh of hosts, then will I send among you the curse, and will curse your blessings, —and indeed I have cursed them, because ye are not at all laying it to heart.
3 “Kale laba, ndibonereza ezzadde lyammwe, mbasiige n’obusa mu maaso, obusa bwa ssaddaaka zammwe, era mbagobewo mu maaso gange.
Behold me! threatening, on your account, the seed, and I will scatter refuse upon your faces, the refuse of your festivals, —and one shall carry you away unto it;
4 Olwo lwe mulimanya nga mbawadde ekiragiro kino, endagaano yange ne Leevi eryoke etuukirire,” bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye.
So shall ye know that I sent unto you this charge, —as being my covenant with Levi, saith Yahweh 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, was with him, Life and Well-being, so I gave them to him—[I] as One to be revered— and he did revere me, — and, before my Name, dismayed, was he.
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 deliverance of truth, was in his mouth, and, perverseness, was not found in his lips, — In well-doing and in uprightness, walked he with me, and, multitudes, did he turn 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 lips of a priest, should keep knowledge, and, a deliverance, should men seek at his mouth, — for, the messenger of Yahweh of hosts, he is.
8 Naye mwakyama ne muva mu kkubo; mwesittaza bangi olw’ebyo bye muyigiriza; mwayonoona endagaano ya Leevi,” bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye.
But, ye, have departed out of the way, ye have caused multitudes to stumble at the deliverance, — ye have violated the covenant of Levi, saith Yahweh 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, will suffer you to be despised and of no account unto all the people, —in proportion as none of you have been keeping my ways, but have had respect to persons, in giving your deliverance.
10 Kale ffenna tetulina kitaffe omu? Si Katonda omu eyatutonda? Lwaki kale tetuli beesigwa eri bantu bannaffe, ne twonoona endagaano ya bakitaffe?
Is there not, one Father, to us all? Did not, one GOD, create us? Wherefore should we deal treacherously one with another, 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, hath dealt treacherously, and, an abomination, hath been wrought in Israel, and in Jerusalem, — for Judah, had profaned, the holy place of Yahweh, which he had loved, and hath taken to himself 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!
May Yahweh, cut off, from the man that doeth it—him that crieth out and him that answereth, out of the tents of Jacob, — him also that bringeth near a present to Yahweh of hosts.
13 Ekirala kye mukola kye kino: Ekyoto kya Mukama mukijjuzza amaziga, nga mukaaba nga mukuba ebiwoobe kubanga ebiweebwayo byammwe takyabifaako.
And, this, a second time, will ye do, covering with tears, the altar of Yahweh, weeping and making outcry, —because he will not again turn unto the gift, and receive [it] with acceptance, at your hands?
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, For what cause? Because, Yahweh, hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, with whom, thou, hast dealt treacherously, though, she, was thy consort, and thy covenant wife.
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.
Now was it not, One, [who] made [you] who had, the residue of the spirit? What, then, of that One? He was seeking a godly seed. Therefore should ye take heed to your spirit, and, with the wife of thy youth, do not thou deal treacherously.
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 he hateth divorce, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, him also who covereth with violence his own clothing, saith Yahweh of hosts, —therefore should ye take heed to your spirit, and not deal 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 Yahweh with your words, and yet ye say, Wherein have we been wearisome? When ye have said, Everyone who doeth wrong, is right in the eyes of Yahweh, and, in them, he hath taken delight, or, Where is the God of justice?
