Malakia 2
1 Ary ankehitriny, ry mpisorona, dia ho aminareo izao didy izao:
“Now, you priests, this command is for you.
2 Raha tsy hihaino na handatsaka am-po ka hanome voninahitra ny anarako ianareo, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, dia halefako hamely anareo ny ozona, ka hozoniko ny tso-drano ataonareo; eny, efa voaozoko sahady izany, satria tsy nandatsaka am-po ianareo.
If you will not hear, and if you do not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says the Lord of hosts, “Then I will lay a curse on you. I will turn your blessings into curses. Indeed I have already done so, because you pay no attention.
3 Indro, hasiako teny mafy ny voa afafinareo, ary hofafazako tain-droroha ny tavanareo, dia ny tain-droroha avy amin’ ny andro firavoravoanareo; ary hailika miaraka aminy ianareo.
I will punish your descendants! I will spread offal upon your faces, even the offal of your pilgrim feasts, you will be discarded.
4 Dia ho fantatrareo fa nampitondra izany didy izany ho aminareo Aho, mba haharetan’ ny fanekeko amin’ i Levy, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro.
You will then know that I have sent this command to you, so that my covenant with Levi may be preserved,” says the Lord of hosts.
5 Ny fanekeko taminy dia fiainana sy fiadanana; ary nomeko azy ho fahatahorana izany, ka dia natahotra Ahy sy nangovitra teo anatrehan’ ny anarako izy.
“My covenant with him was to give life and peace. I gave them to him so that he might revere me. He revered me, and stood in awe of my name.
6 Ny lalàn’ ny fahamarinana no teo am-bavany, ary tsy mba nisy tsi-fahamarinana teo amin’ ny molony; tamin’ ny fiadanana sy ny fahitsiana no niarahany nandeha tamiko, ary maro no nampialainy tamin’ ny heloka.
The true instruction was in his mouth, and injustice was not found in his lips; He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
7 Fa ny molotry ny mpisorona tokony hitahiry fahalalana, ary ny lalàna hotadiavina eo am-bavany, satria irak’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, izy.
For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and people should seek the law from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
8 Fa ianareo kosa dia efa nivily lalana sady nampahatafintohina olona maro ny amin’ ny lalàna ary namadika ny fanekena amin’ i Levy, hoy Jehovah; Tompon’ ny maro.
“But you have turned aside from that way. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of hosts.
9 Ary Izaho kosa dia efa nanolotra anareo ho fanazimbazimba sy ho fanao tsinontsinona eo anatrehan’ ny vahoaka rehetra, noho ny tsy nitandremanareo ny lalako sy ny nizahanareo tavan’ olona ny amin’ ny lalàna.
“So I have I made you contemptible and degraded before all the people, because you have not kept my ways, and have had no respect for me in imparting the law.”
10 Tsy mpiombon-dray va isika rehetra? Tsy Andriamanitra iray ihany va no nahary antsika? Koa nahoana no samy mivadika amin’ ny rahalahintsika avy isika ka mamadika ny fanekena tamin’ ny razantsika?
Don’t we have all one father? Didn’t one God created us? Why do we deal faithlessly with one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?
11 Ny Joda efa namitaka, ary misy fahavetavetana atao ao amin’ ny Isiraely sy ao Jerosalema; fa ny Joda efa nandoto ny fitoera-masin’ i Jehovah, izay tiany, sady efa nanambady ny zanaka-vavin’ ny andriamani-kafa.
Judah is treacherous, and abominations are committed in Israel and in Jerusalem because Judah has profaned the holy things loved by the Lord, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
12 Enga anie ka hofongoran’ i Jehovah hiala amin’ ny lain’ i Jakoba ny lehilahy izay manao izany, na iza na iza, sy izay manatitra fanatitra ho an’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro.
May the Lord banish from the community of Jacob anyone who does this, anyone awaking, testifying, and making an offering to the Lord of hosts.
13 Ary faharoan’ izany, dia izao koa no ataonareo: Saronanareo ranomaso sy fitomaniana ary fisentoana ny alitaran’ i Jehovah, ka tsy mba jereny intsony ny fanatitra, ary tsy handray fankasitrahana avy amin’ ny tananareo Izy.
And you also do this: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears, because he doesn’t accept the offering any more, doesn’t accept it from your hand.
14 Nefa hoy ianareo: Nahoana? Satria Jehovah no vavolombelona ny aminao sy ny vadin’ ny fahatanoranao izay nofitahinao, na dia namanao sady vady efa vita fanekena taminao aza izy.
Yet you ask, “Why?” Because the Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young. You have been unfaithful to her, even though she is your companion, and your legal wife.
15 Moa tsy nisy anankiray nanao izany va, nefa mbola nanam-panahy ihany? Fa inona andrefa no notadiavin’ ilay anankiray? Taranaka araka an’ Andriamanitra. Koa dia tandremo ny fanahinareo, ary aoka tsy hisy hamitaka ny vadin’ ny fahatanorany.
Did not the one God make everyone, so that all both flesh and spirit is his? And what does that one God seek but godly children? Therefore keep watch over your spirit, and let none of you deal faithlessly with the wife of your youth.
16 Fa halako ny fisaoram-bady, hoy Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, sy ny fanosenana fampahoriana amin’ ny fitafiany, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro; koa tandremo ny fanahinareo, ary aza mamitaka ianareo.
“A man who divorces or puts away his wife,” says Lord, the God of Israel, “overwhelms her with cruelty.” The Lord of hosts says: “Keep watch over your spirit, do not be unfaithful.”
17 Efa manasatra an’ i Jehovah amin’ ny teninareo ianareo. Nefa hoy ianareo: Amin’ inona moa no anasaranay Azy? Amin’ ny fanaovanareo hoe: Izay rehetra manao ratsy dia tsara eo imason’ i Jehovah ka ankasitrahany, na amin’ ny hoe: Aiza Andriamanitry ny fitsarana?
You have wearied the Lord with your words. You ask, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or, “Where is the God of justice?”
