Malakia 3
1 Oniño t’ie hahitriko i ìrakoy, ie ty hañajary ty lalañe aoloko eo; le hitotsak’ amy zao an-kivoho’e ao i Talè paia’ areoy, toe ty ira’ i fañina mahafale anahareoy, hehe t’ie mb’eo aniany, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy.
Behold, I send my agent, and he shall prepare the way before me. And the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple. And the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he comes, says Jehovah of hosts.
2 Fe ia ty hahafeake ty andro hitotsaha’e? ia ty hahafijohañe t’ie pok’eo? ie hoe afo fampitranahañe, hoe savonim-panasàñe.
But who can abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap.
3 Ie hiambesatse hoe mpampitranake naho mpañalio volafoty, hañefetse o ana’ i Levio, hampitranake iereo hoe volamena naho volafoty, hibanabana’ iareo enga an-kavantañañe am’ Iehovà.
And he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver. And they shall offer to Jehovah offerings in righteousness.
4 Ie amy zay ho no’ Iehovà o banabana’ Iehodà naho Ierosalaimeo, manahake tañ’andro taolo, naho tan-taoñe haehae.
Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem shall be pleasant to Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.
5 F’ie hafetsako am-pizakàñe heike; fa valolombeloñe mahimbañe iraho amo mpamorekeo, naho amo mpañarapilo, naho amo mpanao fanta vìlañeo; naho amo mpikatramo ty tambe’ i mpikaramay naho i vantotsey naho i bode-raeio; naho amo manitake ty ambahiny ami’ty zo’e; amy t’ie tsy mañeveñe amako, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy.
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 who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says Jehovah of hosts.
6 Izaho Iehovà tsy miova ro tsy mahamongotse anahareo ry ana’ Iakobeo.
For I, Jehovah, do not change. Therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
7 Sikal’ aman-droae’ areo ty niambohoa’ areo o fañèkoo, naho tsy niambena’ areo, mimpolia amako, le hitolihako, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy. Fe hoe nahareo, Aa vaho akore ty himpolia’ay?
From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, How shall we return?
8 Hampikametse aman’ Añahare hao t’indaty? F’ie nikamera’areo. Aa hoe nahareo: Ami’ty aia ty nikamera’ay? Amo faha-foloo, naho amo engao.
Will a man rob God? Yet ye rob me. But ye say, How have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Silofem-pàtse nahareo, amy te fonga nikizo ahiko, Eka naho ty fifeheañe toy iaby.
Ye are cursed with the curse, for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
10 Hene aseseo an-driha i fahafoloy, soa te ama’ mahakama ty an-kivohoko ao, le tsoho iraho ty amy zao, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy, hera hisokafako o lalan-dikerañeo hampidoandoañako fañanintsiñe tsy hierañañe.
Bring ye the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now with this, says Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open to you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for it.
11 Le hendahako ty ama’ areo i mampibotsekey tsy hampianto ty vokan-tane’ areo; vaho tsy hañary o voa’e tsy matoeo o vahe’ areo an-tetek’ aoo, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy.
And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground, nor shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, says Jehovah of hosts.
12 Le hatao’ ze hene fifeheañe ty hoe: Haha nahareo; fa ho tane fanjàka, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy.
And all nations shall call you blessed, for ye shall be a delightful land, says Jehovah of hosts.
13 Nanoa’areo saontsy maràñe, hoe t’Iehovà, mbore manao ty hoe: Akore ty nañinjea’ay azo?
Your words have been stout against me, says Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?
14 Nanao ty hoe nahareo: Tsy vente’e ty mitoroñe an’Andrianañahare; ino ty tombo’e ho antika t’ie mitañe o fandilia’eo, naho mañavelo am-pirevendreveñañe am’ Iehovà’ i Màroy?
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God, and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
15 Ie amy zao, ataon-tika ho haha o mpiebotsebotseo, eka onjoneñe o mpikitro-draha ratio, ie mitsok’ an’Andrianañahare, vaho mipolititse.
And now we call the proud happy. Yea, those who work wickedness are built up. Yea, they challenge God, and escape.
16 Nifanaontsy amy zao o mpañeveñe am’ Iehovào; nañaoñe t’Iehovà naho nahajanjiñe, vaho sinokitse añ’atrefa’e eo ty bokem-paniahiañe, ho amo mpañeveñe am’ Iehovào, naho o miasy i tahina’eio.
Then those who feared Jehovah spoke one with another, and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for those who feared Jehovah, and who thought upon his name.
17 Ho ahy iereo, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy, le harovako amy andro amoriako o varakooy; manahake ty fañarova’ ondaty i ana’e mitoroñe azey.
And they shall be mine, says Jehovah of hosts, my own possession, in the day that I make. And I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
18 Ie amy zay, ho oni’areo ty fiavaha’ ty vantañe ami’ty tsivokatse, ty mitoroñe an’Andrianañahare ami’ty tsy mitoroñe Aze.
Then ye shall return and discern between the righteous man and the wicked man, between him who serves God and him who does not serve him.
