Malakia 1

1 Teny faminaniana avy tamin’ i Jehovah nampitondrainy an’ i Malakia ho amin’ ny Isiraely.

An oracle: the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.

2 Efa tia anareo Aho, hoy Jehovah; nefa hoy ianareo: Inona no nentinao nitia anay? Tsy rahalahin’ i Jakoba va Esao? hoy Jehovah; nefa Jakoba no tiako,

"I have loved you," says the LORD. Yet you say, "How have you loved us?" "Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says the LORD, "Yet I loved Jacob;

3 fa Esao no halako, ka nataoko tany lao ny tendrombohiny, ary ny lovany natolotro ho an’ ny amboadia any an-efitra.

but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness."

4 Na dia hoy aza Edoma: Torotoro izahay, nefa mbola hamboarinay indray ny efa rava dia izao no lazain’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro: Ireo dia hanamboatra, fa Izaho kosa handrava; ary dia hatao hoe tanin’ ny faharatsiana, dia firenena tezeran’ i Jehovah mandrakizay, ireo.

Whereas Edom says, "We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places;" thus says the LORD of hosts, "They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them 'The Wicked Land,' even the people against whom the LORD shows wrath forever."

5 Ary ny masonareo no hahita, ka dia hiteny ianareo hanao hoe: Jehovah dia lehibe any an-koatry ny tanin’ ny Isiraely.

Your eyes will see, and you will say, "The LORD is great—even beyond the border of Israel."

6 Ny zanaka manaja ny rainy, ary ny mpanompo ny tompony; koa raha Ray Aho, aiza ary izay hajako? ary raha Tompo Aho, aiza izay tahotra Ahy? hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, aminareo, ry mpisorona, izay manamavo ny anarako, nefa manao hoe: Amin’ inona no anamavoanay ny anaranao?

"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the LORD of hosts to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'

7 Amin’ ny fitondrana hanina voaloto ho eo amin’ ny alitarako. Nefa ianareo manao hoe: Amin’ inona no andotoanay Anao? Amin’ ny fanaovanareo hoe: Ny latabatr’ i Jehovah dia fanazimbazimba.

You offer defiled bread on my altar. You say, 'How have we defiled you?' In that you say, 'The LORD's table is despised, and its fruit, its food, is despised.'

8 Ary raha jamba no entinareo hovonoina hatao fanatitra, tsy ratsy hoe izany! Ary raha mandringa sy marary no entinareo, tsy ratsy hoe izany! Atero ho an’ ny governora manapaka anao ange izany, moa hahazo sitraka na fitia aminy va ianao? hoy Jehovah Tompon’ ny maro.

When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn't that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn't that evil? Present it now to your governor. Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?" says the LORD of hosts.

9 Koa masìna ianareo, andeha mifona amin’ Andriamanitra hamindrany fo amintsika fa ny tananareo no nahatonga izany, moa hankasitraka va Izy noho ny aminareo? hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro.

"Now, please entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?" says the LORD of hosts.

10 Enga anie ka hisy aminareo handrindrina ny varavarana ka tsy handrehitra afo foana eo ambonin’ ny alitarako! Tsy hankasitraka anareo Aho, na ta-handray fanatitra amin’ ny tananareo, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro.

"Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain. I have no pleasure in you," says the LORD of hosts, "neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

11 Fa hatramin’ ny fiposahan’ ny masoandro ka hatramin’ ny filentehany dia lehibe ny anarako any amin’ ny jentilisa, ary any amin’ ny tany rehetra no handoroana ditin-kazo manitra sy hanaterana fanatitra madio ho an’ ny anarako; fa lehibe any amin’ ny jentilisa ny anarako, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro.

For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations," says the LORD of hosts.

12 Fa ianareo kosa manamavo izany amin’ ny fanaovanareo hoe: Voaloto ny latabatr’ i Jehovah, ary ny haniny aterina eo dia tsinontsinona.

"But you profane it, in that you say, 'The LORD's table is defiled, and its fruit, its food, is despised.'

13 Hoy koa ianareo: Tsy mba hasasarana lahy! ary ikifonanareo izany, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro; entinareo ny nalaina an-keriny sy ny mandringa sy ny marary, ka dia aterinareo ho fanatitra; moa ta-handray izany amin’ ny tenanareo va Aho? hoy Jehovah.

You say also, 'Look, what a weariness it is.' and you sniff scornfully at it," says the LORD of hosts; "and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this from your hand?" says the LORD of hosts.

14 Fa voaozona ny mpamitaka, izay manana ondrilahy ao amin’ ny ondriny, ary mivoady, nefa mamono zavatra misy kilema hatao fanatitra ho an’ ny Tompo. Fa Mpanjaka lehibe Aho, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, ary ny anarako dia mahatahotra any amin’ ny jentilisa.

"But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the LORD a blemished thing; for I am a great King," says the LORD of hosts, "and my name is awesome among the nations."