Malakia 3
1 Indro, haniraka ny irako Aho, ary izy hanamboatra lalana eo alohako; ary ny Tompo Izay tadiavinareo dia ho avy tampoka ho eo an-tempoliny; ary ny Anjelin’ ny fanekena Izay irinareo, dia, indro, tamy Izy, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro.
“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
2 Nefa iza no mahatanty ny andro hihaviany? Ary iza no mahajanona, raha miseho Izy? Fa Izy dia tahaka ny afon’ ny mpandrendrika sy ny savonin’ ny mpanasa lamba.
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
3 Ary hipetraka handrendrika sy hanadio volafotsy Izy; eny, hanadio ny taranak’ i Levy Izy sy handrendrika azy toy ny fandrendrika volamena sy volafotsy, ka dia ho an’ i Jehovah ireny ho mpanatitra fanatitra amim-pahamarinana.
And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
4 Dia ho mamin’ i Jehovah ny fanatitry ny Joda sy Jerosalema toy ny tamin’ ny andro fahiny sy toy ny tamin’ ny taona taloha.
Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.
5 Ary hanatona anareo ho fitsarana Aho ka ho vavolombelona faingana hanameloka ny mpanana ody sy ny mpijangajanga sy ny mpianian-tsy tò sy ny mpampahory ny mpikarama amin’ ny karamany mbamin’ ny mpitondratena sy ny kamboty ary izay mampahory ny vahiny; fa tsy matahotra Ahy izy, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
6 Fa Izaho Jehovah dia tsy miova, ary ianareo, ry taranak’ i Jakoba, dia tsy fongana.
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
7 Hatramin’ ny andron’ ny razanareo dia efa niala tamin’ ny didiko ianareo ka tsy nitandrina azy. Miverena amiko, dia mba hiverina ho aminareo kosa Aho, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro. Nefa hoy ianareo: Ahoana ary no ho fiverinay?
Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
8 Handroba an’ Andriamanitra va ny olona, no mandroba Ahy ianareo? Nefa hoy ianareo: Amin’ inona moa no androbanay Anao? Amin’ ny fahafolon-karena sy ny fanatitra.
Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
9 Voaozona amin’ ny ozona ianareo nefa Izaho no robainareo, dia izao ianareo rehetra iray firenena izao.
You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
10 Entonareo ny fahafolon-karena rehetra ho ao amin’ ny trano firaketako, mba hasian-kanina ao an-tranoko, ary izahao toetra amin’ izany Aho, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, raha tsy hovohako ny varavaran’ ny lanitra ho anareo ka hampidinako fitahiana manana amby ampy ho anareo.
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
11 Ary hasiako teny mafy ny valala noho ny aminareo, ka tsy hanimba ny vokatry ny tany intsony ireny, ka dia hahavanom-boa ny voalobokareo any an-tsaha, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro.
I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.
12 Ary ianareo hataon’ ny firenena rehetra hoe sambatra; fa ho tany mahafinaritra ianareo, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro.
“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
13 Ny teninareo dia mahery mamely Ahy hoy Jehovah. Nefa hoy ianareo: Inona no resakay nentinay namely Anao?
“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
14 Tamin’ ny nanaovanareo hoe: zava-poana ny manompo an’ Andriamanitra; ary inona moa no soa efa azo tamin’ ny fitandremantsika izay nasainy notandremana sy tamin’ ny nandehanantsika nitafy lamba fisaonana teo anatrehan’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro.
You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
15 Ary ankehitriny isika dia midera ny mpirehareha hoe sambatra; eny, voaorina tsara izay nanao ratsy, sady efa naka fanahy an’ Andriamanitra izy, nefa afa-nandositra ihany.
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
16 Ary tamin’ izany izay natahotra an’ i Jehovah dia samy niresaka tamin’ ny namany avy; ary Jehovah nihaino ka nandre izany; ary nisy boky nosoratana teo anatrehany ho fahatsiarovana izay matahotra an’ i Jehovah sy mihevitra ny anarany.
At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
17 Ary ho rakitra soa ho Ahy ireny amin’ ny andro izay hotendreko, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, ary ho antra azy Aho toy ny olona antra ny zananilahy izay manompo azy.
“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
18 Ka dia ho hitanareo indray ny tsi-fitovian’ ny marina sy ny meloka, dia ny manompo an’ Andriamanitra sy ny tsy manompo Azy.
So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
