Miilkiyaas 3

1 “Kunoo ani ergamaa koo isa fuula koo duraan karaa naaf qopheessu nan erga. Ergasii Gooftaan isin eeggattan akkuma tasaa gara mana qulqullummaa isaa ni dhufa; ergamaan kakuu kan isin hawwitan sun ni dhufa” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu.

Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts.

2 Garuu eenyutu guyyaa dhufaatii isaa sana obsuu dandaʼa? Yeroo inni mulʼatuttis eenyutu isa dura dhaabachuu dandaʼa? Inni akka ibidda nama sibiila baqsee qulqulleessuu yookaan akka saamunaa nama wayyaa miicuu ti.

And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller’s herb:

3 Inni akkuma nama meetii baqsee qulqulleessuu ni taʼa; Lewwotas calalee akka warqeettii fi meetiitti qulqulleessa. Ergasiis Waaqayyo namoota qajeelummaadhaan aarsaa isaaf fidan ni qabaata;

And he shall sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall refine them as gold, and as silver, and they shall offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.

4 akkuma bara darbee, akkuma waggoota duraa aarsaan Yihuudaatii fi Yerusaalem Waaqayyoon ni gammachiisa.

And the sacrifice of Juda and of Jerusalem shall please the Lord, as in the days of old, and in the ancient years.

5 “Kanaafuu ani murtiif gara keessan nan dhufa. Ani falfaltootatti, sagaagaltootatti, warra sobaan kakatanitti, warra mindaa hojjettootaa dhowwatanitti, warra haadhota hiyyeessaa fi ijoollee abbaa hin qabne hacuucanitti, warra alagoota murtii qajeelaa dhowwatanii fi na hin sodaannetti dhugaa baʼuuf nan ariifadha” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu.

And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages; the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.

6 “Ani Waaqayyo hin geeddaramu. Kanaafuu yaa ilmaan Yaaqoob isin hin barbadoofne.

For I am the Lord, and I change not: and you the sons of Jacob are not consumed.

7 Isin bara abbootii keessaniitii jalqabdanii sirna koo irraa jalʼattaniirtu; hin eegnes. Gara kootti deebiʼaa; anis gara keessanitti nan deebiʼaa” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu. “Isin garuu, ‘Nu akkamiin deebina?’ jettanii gaafattu.

For from the days of your fathers you have departed from my ordinances, and have not kept them: Return to me, and I will return to you, saith the Lord of hosts. And you have said: Wherein shall we return?

8 “Namni Waaqa ni saamaa?” Taʼus isin na saamtan. “Isin garuu, ‘Nu akkamiin si saamne?’ jettanii gaafattu. “Kudhan keessaa tokkoo fi aarsaadhaan.

Shall a man afflict God? for you afflict me. And you have said: Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits.

9 Isin guutummaan saba keessanii sababii na saamtaniif abaarsa jala jirtu.

And you are cursed with want, and you afflict me, even the whole nation of you.

10 Akka mana koo keessa nyaanni jiraatuuf, kudhan keessa tokko guutummaatti gombisaatti galchaa. Kanaan na qoraatii akka ani karra burqaa samii banee hamma isin iddoo itti kuufattan dhabdanitti eebba guddaa isiniif hin roobsine ilaalaa” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu.

Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and try me in this, saith the Lord: if I open not unto you the flood-gates of heaven, and pour you out a blessing even to abundance.

11 “Ani akka daanaʼoon midhaan keessan hin balleessineef nan ifadha; mukni wayinii lafa qotiisa keessaniis ija hin harcaafatu” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu.

And I will rebuke for your sakes the devourer, and he shall not spoil the fruit of your land: neither shall the vine in the field be barren, saith the Lord of hosts.

12 “Ergasii isin biyya gammaddu waan taataniif, saboonni hundinuu eebbifamtoota isiniin jedhu” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu.

And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a delightful land, saith the Lord of hosts.

13 “Isin of tuulummaadhaan natti dubbattan” jedha Waaqayyo. “Taʼus, ‘Nu maal siin jenne?’ jettanii gaafattu.

Your words have been unsufferable to me, saith the Lord.

14 “Isin akkana dubbattan; ‘Waaqa tajaajiluun faayidaa hin qabu. Nu fedhii isaa duukaa buunee akkuma nama booʼuu, fuula Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼuu dura jooruudhaan maal arganne?

And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God, and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before the Lord of hosts?

15 Amma garuu of tuultotaan eebbifamtoota jenna. Dhugumaan warri hamaa hojjetan ni eebbifamu; warri Waaqa qoranis ni miliqu.’”

Wherefore now we call the proud people happy, for they that work wickedness are built up, and they have tempted God and are preserved.

16 Warri Waaqayyoon sodaatan walitti dubbatan; Waaqayyos isaan dhaggeeffate; ni dhagaʼes. Warra Waaqayyoon sodaatanii fi maqaa isaa kabajaniifis kitaabni maramaan yaadannoodhaaf fuula isaa duratti barreeffame.

Then they that feared the Lord spoke every one with his neighbour: and the Lord gave ear, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that fear the Lord, and think on his name.

17 Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha; “Guyyaa ani hojjedhutti isaan handhuuraa koo addaa ni taʼu. Akkuma namni tokko ilma isaa kan isa tajaajilu baraaru sana ani isa nan baraara.

And they shall be my special possession, saith the Lord of hosts, in the day that I do judgment: and I will spare them, as a man spareth his son that serveth him.

18 Isin ammas garaa garummaa nama qajeelaatii fi nama hamaa, garaa garummaa warra Waaqa tajaajilaniitii fi warra hin tajaajillee ni argitu.

And you shall return, and shall see the difference between the just and the wicked: and between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.