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 will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, 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.

But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:

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 as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness.

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

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former 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 near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

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

For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye 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.

Even from the days of your fathers ye have gone away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, How 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 man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, How have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

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

Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this 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 tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

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 the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, 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 ye shall be a delightsome 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 stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much 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, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

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

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; even they that tempt God are 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 that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon 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 mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own 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.

Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.