< मलाकी 3 >

1 “हेर, म आफ्नो समाचारवाहक पठाउँदै छु, र तिनले मेरो अगि बाटो तयार पार्नेछन् । अनि तिमीहरूले खोजेका प्रभु एक्‍कासी आफ्नो मन्दिरमा आउनेछन् । करारका समाचारवाहक जसमा तिमीहरू रमाहट गर्दछौ, हेर, तिनी आउनेछन्,” सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ ।
Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way for me. The Lord you are seeking will suddenly arrive at his Temple. The messenger of the agreement you say is so happy with you is coming, says the Lord Almighty.
2 तर उहाँको आगमनको दिन कसले सहन सक्छ र? उहाँ आउनुहुँदा को खडा हुन सक्छ र? किनभने उहाँ सुनारको आगो र धोबीको साबूनझैँ हुनुहुनेछ ।
Who can survive the day when he comes? Who can stand before him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing furnace that refines metal, or like the strong alkali that cleanses stains.
3 उहाँ चाँदी खार्ने र सफा गर्नेझैँ गरी बस्‍नुहुनेछ, र उहाँले लेवीका छोराहरूलाई शुद्ध पार्नुहुनेछ । उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई सुन र चाँदीलाई झैँ खार्नुहुनेछ, र तिनीहरूले धार्मिकताका भेटीहरू परमप्रभुकहाँ ल्याउनेछन् ।
He will sit down like a refiner who purifies silver; he will purify Levi's descendants and refine them like gold and silver so they can present pure offerings to the Lord.
4 त्यसपछि यहूदा र यरूशलेमको भेटी, पुराना दिनमा झैँ, र प्राचीन वर्षहरूमा झैँ परमप्रभुको निम्ति प्रसन्‍न तुल्याउने किसिमको हुनेछ ।
Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the Lord as they did in the old days, in the former years.
5 “अनि न्यायको निम्ति म तिमीहरूको नजिक आउनेछु । टुनामुना गर्नेहरू, व्यभिचारीहरू, झुटा साक्षी दिनेहरू, ज्यालादारीमा काम गर्ने श्रमिक, विधवा र टुहुरा-टुहुरीलाई दमन गर्नेहरू, परदेशीहरूलाई सहायता नगर्नेहरू, र मलाई आदर नगर्नेहरूका विरुद्ध म नै साक्षी हुनेछु,” सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ ।
I will come and put you on trial. I am ready to be a witness against those who: practice witchcraft commit adultery tell lies give false evidence cheat employees oppress widows and orphans abuse foreigners and do not respect me, says the Lord Almighty.
6 “किनभने म, परमप्रभु परिवर्तन भएको छैनँ, यसैकारण याकूबका सन्तान हो, तिमीहरू नष्‍ट भएका छैनौ ।
For I am the Lord, I don't change, and you haven't stopped being descendants of Jacob.
7 तिमीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाका समयदेखि नै तिमीहरू मेरा आज्ञाहरूबाट टाढा गएका छौ र ती पालना गरेका छैनौ । मकहाँ फर्क र म तिमीहरूकहाँ फर्कनेछु,” सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ । “तर तिमीहरू भन्छौ, ‘हामी कसरी फर्कने?’
From the time of your forefathers onward, you have turned away from my laws and not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord Almighty. But you ask, “How should we return?”
8 के कुनै मानिसले परमेश्‍वरलाई लुट्छ? तर तिमीहरूले मलाई लुटिरहेका छौ । तर तिमीहरू भन्छौ, ‘हामीले कसरी तपाईंलाई लुटेका छौँ?’ दशांश र भेटीमा ।
Should people defraud God? Yet you are defrauding me! But you ask, “How have we defrauded you?” In tithes and offerings.
9 तिमीहरू श्रापित भएका छौ, किनभने तिमीहरू सारा जातिले मलाई लुटिरहेका छौ ।
You are under a curse, for you and the whole nation are defrauding me.
10 भण्डारमा पूर्ण दशांश ल्याओ, ताकि मेरो भवनमा भोजन होस्, र मैले स्वर्गका ढोकाहरू खोलेर तिमीहरूकहाँ राख्‍ने ठाउँ नहुनेसम्‍म गरी तिमीहरूमाथि आशिष् खन्याउँछु, कि खन्याउँदिन, यसमा मलाई जाँचेर हेर,” सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ ।
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse so that there will be food in my Temple. Put me to the test in this, says the Lord Almighty, and I will open the windows of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you won't have enough room for it.
11 “तिमीहरूका बालीहरू नष्‍ट गर्नेहरूको विरुद्ध म बोल्नेछु, ताकि तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूका भूमिको जम्‍मै फसल नष्‍ट नगरून् । भूमिका तिमीहरूका दाखको बोटले आफ्ना फल गुमाउनेछैनन्,” सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ ।
I will prevent locusts from destroying your crops, and your vineyards will not fail to bear fruit, says the Lord Almighty.
12 “सारा जातिहरूले तिमीहरूलाई आशिषित् भन्‍नेछन्, किनभने तिमीहरू रमाहटको देश हुनेछौ,” सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ ।
All nations will call you blessed because you live in such a wonderful land, says the Lord Almighty.
13 “मेरो विरूद्ध तिमीहरूका वचन कडा भएका छन्,” परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ । “तर तिमीहरू भन्छौ, ‘हामीहरूले हाम्रो बिचमा तपाईंको विरुद्ध के भनेका छौँ?’
You have said hard things about me, says the Lord. But you say, “What have we said against you?”
14 तिमीहरूले भनेका छौ, ‘परमेश्‍वरको सेवा गर्नु व्यर्थ छ । हामीले उहाँले भनेअनुसार गरेर वा सेनाहरूहरूका परमप्रभुको अगि विलाप गर्दै हिँडेर हामीलाई के लाभ?
You have said, “What's the point of serving God? What benefit is there in keeping his commandments or going before the Lord Almighty with long faces?
15 यसैकारण अब हामी हठीहरूलाई नै आशिषित् भन्छौँ । दुष्‍ट काम गर्नेहरू सफल मात्र हुँदैनन्, तर तिनीहरूले परमेश्‍वरलाई जाँच गरेर उम्कन्छन् ।’”
From now on we'll say that the proud are blessed. Evil people do well, and nothing happens when they dare God to punish them.”
16 अनि परमप्रभुको भय मान्‍नेहरू एक-आपसमा बोले । परमप्रभुले ध्यान दिनुभयो र सुन्‍नुभयो, र परमप्रभुको भय मान्‍ने र उहाँको नाउँलाई आदर गर्नेहरूका विषयमा उहाँकै सामु सम्झनाको पुस्तक लेखियो ।
Then those who truly respected the Lord spoke to each other, and the Lord heard what they said. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence of those who respected the Lord and paid attention to him.
17 “मैले काम गर्ने दिनमा, तिनीहरू मेरा हुनेछन्, मेरो आफ्नै धन-सम्पत्ति हुनेछन्,” सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ । बुबाको सेवा गर्ने छोरोमाथि त्यो बुबाले दया देखाएझैँ, म तिनीहरूमाथि दया देखाउनेछु ।
They shall be mine, says the Lord Almighty, my prized possession on the day when I take action. I will treat them kindly, as a father treats an obedient son.
18 अनि फेरि एकपटक तिमीहरूले धर्मी र दुष्‍ट बिच भिन्‍नता गर्नेछौ, तिनीहरूबिच जसले परमेश्‍वरको आराधना गर्छन् र जसले उहाँको आराधना गर्दैनन् ।
Then you will once again be able to distinguish those who do right from those who do wrong, between those who serve him and those who don't.

< मलाकी 3 >