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 send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord whom ye seek will suddenly come to his temple, and the Angel of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah 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 shall endure the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he will be like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' lye.
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 shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver; and he will purify the children of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah an oblation 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 shall the oblation of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
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.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hired servant in [his] wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
6 Fa Izaho Jehovah dia tsy miova, ary ianareo, ry taranak’ i Jakoba, dia tsy fongana.
For I Jehovah change not, and ye, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
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?
Since the days of your fathers have ye departed from my statutes, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall 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? But ye rob me. And ye say, Wherein do we rob thee? [In] tithes and heave-offerings.
9 Voaozona amin’ ny ozona ianareo nefa Izaho no robainareo, dia izao ianareo rehetra iray firenena izao.
Ye are cursed with a curse; and me ye rob, [even] this whole nation.
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 whole tithe into the treasure-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I open not to you the windows of the heavens, and pour you out a blessing, till there be no place for it.
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.
And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.
12 Ary ianareo hataon’ ny firenena rehetra hoe sambatra; fa ho tany mahafinaritra ianareo, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro.
And all nations shall call you blessed; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.
13 Ny teninareo dia mahery mamely Ahy hoy Jehovah. Nefa hoy ianareo: Inona no resakay nentinay namely Anao?
Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah; but ye say, What have we been speaking against thee?
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.
Ye say, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we keep his charge, and that we walk mournfully before Jehovah 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.
And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they 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.
Then they that feared Jehovah spoke often one to another; and Jehovah observed [it], and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon 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.
And they shall be unto me a peculiar treasure, saith Jehovah of hosts, in the day that I prepare; and I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth 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.
And ye shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
