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 me! sending my messenger, who will prepare a way before me, — and, suddenly, shall come to his temple The Lord whom ye are seeking, even the messenger of the covenant in whom ye are delighting, Lo! he cometh! saith Yahweh 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.
But who may endure the day of his coming? And who is he that can stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ alkali;
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;
Therefore will he sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and will purify the sons of Levi, and will smelt them, as gold and as silver; so shall they belong to Yahweh, offering a gift in righteousness.
4 akkuma bara darbee, akkuma waggoota duraa aarsaan Yihuudaatii fi Yerusaalem Waaqayyoon ni gammachiisa.
Then shall the gift of Judah and Jerusalem, be pleasant to Yahweh, —as in the days of age-past times, and as 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.
Therefore will I draw near unto you for judgment, and will become a swift witness against the mutterers of incantations, and against the adulterers, and against them that swear to a falsehood, —and against them who rob the hire of the hireling, the widow and the fatherless, and that drive away the sojourner, and do not revere me, saith Yahweh of hosts.
6 “Ani Waaqayyo hin geeddaramu. Kanaafuu yaa ilmaan Yaaqoob isin hin barbadoofne.
Because, I, Yahweh, have not changed, therefore, ye, the sons of Jacob, have not been utterly 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.
From the days of your fathers, have ye departed from my statutes, and not observed them, Return ye unto me, that I may return unto you, saith Yahweh of hosts. And yet ye say, 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.
Will, a son of earth, defraud, God? Nevertheless, ye, have been defrauding me, and yet ye say, Wherein have we defrauded thee? In the tithe and the offering.
9 Isin guutummaan saba keessanii sababii na saamtaniif abaarsa jala jirtu.
With a curse, have ye been cursing, and yet, me, have ye been defrauding, — the whole nation.
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 ye all the tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, Yea, I pray you, put me to the proof hereby, saith Yahweh of hosts, whether I will not open to you the sluices of the heavens, and pour out for you blessing, until there be no room.
11 “Ani akka daanaʼoon midhaan keessan hin balleessineef nan ifadha; mukni wayinii lafa qotiisa keessaniis ija hin harcaafatu” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu.
Then will I rebuke, for you, the devourer that he spoil not, for you, the fruit of the ground, — neither shall the vine in the field, be barren to you, saith Yahweh of hosts.
12 “Ergasii isin biyya gammaddu waan taataniif, saboonni hundinuu eebbifamtoota isiniin jedhu” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu.
So shall all the nations, pronounce you happy, —for, ye, shall become, a land of delight, saith Yahweh of hosts.
13 “Isin of tuulummaadhaan natti dubbattan” jedha Waaqayyo. “Taʼus, ‘Nu maal siin jenne?’ jettanii gaafattu.
Stout against me, have been your words, saith Yahweh, —and yet ye say, What have we spoken, one to another, against thee?
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?
Ye have said, Vain is it to serve God, —and, What profit when we have kept his charge, or when we have walked gloomily before Yahweh of hosts?
15 Amma garuu of tuultotaan eebbifamtoota jenna. Dhugumaan warri hamaa hojjetan ni eebbifamu; warri Waaqa qoranis ni miliqu.’”
Now, therefore, we are pronouncing happy—the proud, —and, the doers of lawlessness have, even been built up, and, they who have put God to the proof, have even been delivered.
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 who revered Yahweh, conversed, one with another, —and Yahweh hearkened, and heard, and there was written a book of remembrance before him, for them who revered Yahweh, and for such as thought of 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.
Therefore shall they be mine, saith Yahweh of hosts, in the day for which, I, am preparing treasure, —and I will deal tenderly with them, just as a man, dealeth tenderly, with his own son who is serving him.
18 Isin ammas garaa garummaa nama qajeelaatii fi nama hamaa, garaa garummaa warra Waaqa tajaajilaniitii fi warra hin tajaajillee ni argitu.
So shall ye return, and see the difference, between the righteous and the lawless, —between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.
