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, And he shall prepare the way before me; And the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; And the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, Behold, he shall come, 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 abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he shall be like the fire of the refiner, And like the soap of the fuller.

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 shall purify the sons of Levi, And shall refine them as gold and silver, That, being holy to Jehovah, they may bring an offering 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 offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasing to 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 sorcerers, and against adulterers, and against false swearers, And against those who defraud the hireling of his hire, And oppress the widow and the fatherless, And 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 am Jehovah; I change not; Therefore, ye sons of Jacob, are ye 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?

From the days of your fathers have ye turned aside from my statutes, And have not kept them; Return to me, and I will return to 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.

Shall a man rob God, That ye have robbed me? But ye say, “Wherein have we robbed thee?” In tithes and offerings.

9 Voaozona amin’ ny ozona ianareo nefa Izaho no robainareo, dia izao ianareo rehetra iray firenena izao.

Ye are cursed with a curse, For ye have robbed me, 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 ye all the tithes into the storehouse, That there be food in my house; And try me now in this, Saith Jehovah of hosts, Whether I will not open to you the windows of heaven, And pour out upon you a blessing, until there is none left.

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 for you the devourer, And he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground, Nor shall your vine be barren 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 delightful 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 bold against me, saith Jehovah; Yet ye say, “What have we spoken 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 have said, “It is a vain thing to serve God”; And, “What profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, And that we have walked 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.

Therefore we call the proud happy; Yea, they that do wickedness are built up; Yea, they tempt God, and are delivered.”

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 spake to one another, And Jehovah gave ear 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 to me, saith Jehovah of hosts, In the day which I appoint, as my own possession; And I will spare them, As a father 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.

Then shall ye return and see What is the difference between the righteous and the wicked, Between him who serveth God And him who serveth him not.