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 ।
The Commander of the armies of angels says [this]: “Listen! I [am about to] send my messenger who will prepare [the people to receive me] when I come. [You claim that] [IRO] you are wanting to see me, and I will suddenly come to my temple. The messenger [who will tell you about a new] agreement, the one whom you are eagerly [SAR] awaiting, is certainly going to come [to you].”
2 तर उहाँको आगमनको दिन कसले सहन सक्छ र? उहाँ आउनुहुँदा को खडा हुन सक्छ र? किनभने उहाँ सुनारको आगो र धोबीको साबूनझैँ हुनुहुनेछ ।
But will anyone [RHQ] be able to survive when he comes? Will anyone [RHQ] be able to [remain] standing in front of him? [Certainly not, ] because he will be like [SIM] a blazing fire that refines/purifies [metal/gold]. He will be like [SIM] a very strong soap [that bleaches clothes].
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 be like a worker who] sits [in front of his work] to cause silver to become pure by burning all the impurities. Like [a worker refines] silver and gold, he will cause the (descendants of Levi/priests) to become pure, [in order that they will again become acceptable to] offer sacrifices that will be acceptable to him.
4 त्यसपछि यहूदा र यरूशलेमको भेटी, पुराना दिनमा झैँ, र प्राचीन वर्षहरूमा झैँ परमप्रभुको निम्ति प्रसन्न तुल्याउने किसिमको हुनेछ ।
When that happens, Yahweh will [again] accept the offerings brought to him by [the people of] Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah, as [he did] previously.
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 ।
[This is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says: “At that time, I will come to you to judge you. I will quickly testify against [all] those who practice sorcery/witchcraft, [all] who have committed adultery, and [all] liars. [I will testify] against those who have not given their workers the pay/wages that they promised, those who (oppress/treat cruelly) widows and orphans, and those who do not allow foreigners who live among you to be treated fairly. [I will testify that all] the people who do those things do not revere me.”
6 “किनभने म, परमप्रभु परिवर्तन भएको छैनँ, यसैकारण याकूबका सन्तान हो, तिमीहरू नष्ट भएका छैनौ ।
“I am Yahweh, and I never change. And although you [deceive people like] your ancestor Jacob did, I have not [yet] gotten rid of you.
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?’
You and your ancestors have ignored my commands and you have not obeyed them. [Now] return to me; and when that happens, I will (return/do good) to you. [That is what I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, say.” But you ask, “[We have never gone away from you, so] how can we return [to you]?”
8 के कुनै मानिसले परमेश्वरलाई लुट्छ? तर तिमीहरूले मलाई लुटिरहेका छौ । तर तिमीहरू भन्छौ, ‘हामीले कसरी तपाईंलाई लुटेका छौँ?’ दशांश र भेटीमा ।
[I reply, ] “People should certainly not [RHQ] cheat God; but you people have cheated me!” You ask, “In what way did we cheat you?” [I reply, ] “[You have cheated me by not bringing to me each year] (the tithes/one tenth of [all] your crops and animals) and [other] offerings [that you are required to give to me].
9 तिमीहरू श्रापित भएका छौ, किनभने तिमीहरू सारा जातिले मलाई लुटिरहेका छौ ।
All that you do is cursed, because all you people in this country have been cheating 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 ।
[Now] bring all the tithes to the storage rooms [in the temple], in order that there will be [enough] food [for the people who serve me] there. If you do that, I, the Commander of the armies of angels, promise that I will open the windows of heaven, and pour out [from them] blessings on you. [If you bring your tithes to the temple, the blessings will be] very great, with the result that you will not have enough space to store all of them. So test me [to see if I am telling the truth].
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 ।
You will have abundant crops [to harvest], because I will protect them in order that they will not be harmed by locusts/insects. Your grapes will not fall from the vines [before they are ripe].
12 “सारा जातिहरूले तिमीहरूलाई आशिषित् भन्नेछन्, किनभने तिमीहरू रमाहटको देश हुनेछौ,” सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ ।
When that happens, [the people of] all nations will say that [I] have blessed you, because your country will be delightful. [That is what I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, say.
13 “मेरो विरूद्ध तिमीहरूका वचन कडा भएका छन्,” परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ । “तर तिमीहरू भन्छौ, ‘हामीहरूले हाम्रो बिचमा तपाईंको विरुद्ध के भनेका छौँ?’
[I, ] Yahweh, [have something else] to say [to you]. You have said terrible things about me.” But you reply, “What terrible things have we said about you?”
14 तिमीहरूले भनेका छौ, ‘परमेश्वरको सेवा गर्नु व्यर्थ छ । हामीले उहाँले भनेअनुसार गरेर वा सेनाहरूहरूका परमप्रभुको अगि विलाप गर्दै हिँडेर हामीलाई के लाभ?
[I reply], “You have said, ‘It is useless [for us] to serve God. We have gained nothing [RHQ] by obeying the commands that he gave [to us] and by trying to show the Commander of the armies of angels that we are sorry [for the sins that we have committed].
15 यसैकारण अब हामी हठीहरूलाई नै आशिषित् भन्छौँ । दुष्ट काम गर्नेहरू सफल मात्र हुँदैनन्, तर तिनीहरूले परमेश्वरलाई जाँच गरेर उम्कन्छन् ।’”
From now on, we will say/consider that those who are proud are [the ones whom God has] blessed. [We will say that because it seems that it is] those who do evil who become rich, and [that it is] those who try to find out how many evil things they can do without God punishing them who are not punished.’”
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 ।
After [the people heard my message], those who revered Yahweh discussed [those things] with each other, and Yahweh listened to what they said. While Yahweh was watching, they wrote on a scroll the things that would remind them [about what they promised], and they wrote on that scroll the names of those who revered Yahweh and who [said that they] always wanted to honor him [MTY].
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 ।
The Commander of the armies of angels says this [about those people]: “They will be my people. At the time that I judge people, [they will be like] [MET] a special treasure to me. I will be kind to them, like [SIM] fathers are kind to their sons who obey them.
18 अनि फेरि एकपटक तिमीहरूले धर्मी र दुष्ट बिच भिन्नता गर्नेछौ, तिनीहरूबिच जसले परमेश्वरको आराधना गर्छन् र जसले उहाँको आराधना गर्दैनन् ।
When that happens, you will again see that [the manner in which I treat] righteous people is different from [the manner in which I treat] wicked people. [You will see that the manner in which I act toward] those who serve me is different from [the manner in which I act toward] those who do not.”
