Miilkiyaas 1
1 Raajii dubbii Waaqayyoo kan karaa Miilkiyaasiin gara Israaʼel dhufe.
The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of Malachias.
2 “Ani isin jaalladheera” jedha Waaqayyo. “Isin immoo, ‘Ati akkamitti nu jaallatte?’ jettanii gaafattu. “Esaawu obboleessa Yaaqoob hin turree?” jedha Waaqayyo. “Taʼus ani Yaaqoobin jaalladhee,
I have loved you, saith the Lord: and you have said: Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau brother to Jacob, saith the Lord, and I have loved Jacob,
3 Esaawun garuu jibbeera; ani tulluuwwan isaa lafa onaa godhee dhaala isaas waangoo gammoojjiitiif kenneera.”
But have hated Esau? and I have made his mountains a wilderness, and given his inheritance to the dragons of the desert.
4 Edoomiyaas, “Nu caccabnu iyyuu, diigama sana deebisnee ni ijaarra” jedha taʼa. Garuu Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Isaan ni ijaaru taʼa; ani garuu nan diiga. Isaan Biyya Hamaa, saba yeroo hunda dheekkamsa Waaqayyoo jala jiraatu jedhamanii ni waamamu.
But if Edom shall say: We are destroyed, but we will return and build up what hath been destroyed: thus saith the Lord of hosts: They shall build up, and I will throw down: and they shall be called the borders of wickedness, and the people with whom the Lord is angry for ever.
5 Isin waan kana ija keessaniin argitanii, ‘Daarii biyya Israaʼeliin gamatti iyyuu Waaqayyo Guddaa dha!’ jettu.
And your eyes shall see, and you shall say: The Lord be magnified upon the border of Israel.
6 “Ilmi abbaa isaa, garbichis gooftaa isaa ulfeessa. Egaa ergan abbaa taʼe, ulfinni naaf malu meerre ree? Ergan gooftaa taʼe, kabajni naaf malu meerree ree?” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu. “Yaa luboota; isintu maqaa koo tuffata. “Isin garuu, ‘Nu akkamiin maqaa kee tuffanne?’ jettanii gaafattu.
The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts.
7 “Isin nyaata xuraaʼaa iddoo aarsaa koo irratti dhiʼeessitu. “Isin garuu, ‘Nu akkamiin si xureessine’ jettanii gaafattu. “Maaddiin Waaqayyoo tuffatamaa dha jechuudhaan.
To you, O priests, that despise my name, and have said: Wherein have we despised thy name? You offer polluted bread upon my altar, and you say: Wherein have we polluted thee? In that you say: The table of the Lord is contemptible.
8 Isin yoo horii jaamaa aarsaadhaaf dhiʼeessitan, sun balleessaa mitii? Isin yoo horii naafa yookaan horii dhukkubsataa naaf qaltan, sun balleessaa mitii? Mee horii sana bulchaa keessaniif kennuu yaalaa! Inni isinitti ni gammadaa? Inni isin harkaa ni fudhataa?” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu.
If you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and the sick, is it not evil? offer it to thy prince, if he will be pleased with it, or if he will regard thy face, saith the Lord of hosts.
9 “Egaa mee akka inni garaa nuu laafuuf Waaqa nuuf kadhadhaa. Isin yoo aarsaa akkasii qabattanii dhiʼaattan inni isin harkaa ni fudhataa?” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda dandaʼu.
And now beseech ye the face of God, that he may have mercy on you, (for by your hand hath this been done, ) if by any means he will receive your faces, saith the Lord of hosts.
10 “Isin keessaa namni tokko akka isin ibidda faayidaa hin qabne iddoo aarsaa koo irratti hin bobeessineef utuu balbala mana qulqullummaa cufee jiraatee! Ani isinitti hin gammadu; aarsaa tokko iyyuu isin harkaa hin fudhu” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu.
Who is there among you, that will shut the doors, and will kindle the fire on my altar gratis? I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will not receive a gift of your hand.
11 “Maqaan koo baʼa aduutii kaasee hamma lixa aduutti saboota gidduutti guddaa ni taʼa. Iddoo hundatti ixaannii fi aarsaan qulqulluun ni kennama; maqaan koo saboota gidduutti guddaa ni taʼaatii” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu.
For from the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to my name a clean oblation: for my name is great among the Gentiles, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 “Isin garuu maaddiin Gooftaa ‘xuraaʼaa dha’ nyaanni isaas ‘tuffatamaa dha’ jechuudhaan maqaa koo xureessitu.
And you have profaned it in that you say: The table of the Lord is defiled: and that which is laid thereupon is contemptible with the fire that devoureth it.
13 ‘Kun dadhabbii dha!’ jettaniis tuffiidhaan itti cirriiqfattu” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu. “Isin yoo horii hatame, kan naafate yookaan kan dhukkuba qabu fiddanii aarsaa gootanii dhiʼeessitan, ani isin harkaa fudhachuutu narra jiraa?” jedha Waaqayyo.
And you have said: Behold of our labour, and you puffed it away, saith the Lord of hosts, and you brought in of rapine the lame, and the sick, and brought in an offering: shall I accept it at your hands, saith the Lord?
14 “Namni bushaayee isaa keessaa korbeessa jaallatamaa qabu kan korbeessa sana aarsaa dhiʼeessuuf wareega kennee garuu sobee horii hirʼina qabu Gooftaadhaaf dhiʼeessu abaaramaa haa taʼu. Ani mootii guddaadhaatii, maqaan koo saboota gidduutti sodaatamuu qaba” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu.
Cursed is the deceitful man that hath in his flock a male, and making a vow offereth in sacrifice that which is feeble to the Lord: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the Gentiles.
