Malaki 2
1 Sasa, ninyi makuhani, amri hii ni kwa ajili yenu.
Now this command is for you priests!
2 Kama hamtasikiliza, na kama hamtalichukua hili mioyoni mwenu na kunipa utukufu kwa jina langu, “asema Bwana wa Majeshi, Kisha nitatuma laana kwenu, na nitalaani baraka zenu. Kiukweli, nilishawalaani tayari, kwa sababu hujaweka sheria zangu moyoni.
If you will not listen and if you will not take it to heart to honor me, says the Lord Almighty, then I will place a curse on you and I will curse your blessings—in fact I have already cursed them because you haven't taken what I said to heart.
3 Tazama, nitakikemea kizazi chako, na nitapaka mavi juu ya uso wako, mavi ya dhabihu zenu, na mtachukuliwa pamoja nayo.
Watch out! I am going to penalize your descendants. I will spread manure on your faces from the animals you sacrifice, the manure from your religious festivals, and you will be thrown out with it.
4 Na mtajua kwamba nimetuma hii sheria kwenu, kwamba agano langu litakuwa ni juu yangu na Lawi,” asema Bwana wa Majeshi.
Then you will know that I sent you this command so that my agreement with Levi can continue, says the Lord Almighty.
5 Agano langu na yeye lilikuwa agano la uhai na amani, na nilimpa vitu hivi kama njia ya kuniheshimu. aliniheshima na alisimama akawa na hofu kwa jina langu.
My agreement with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him, and respect—he respected me. He stood in awe of me.
6 Mafundisho ya kweli yalikuwa kwenye kinywa chake, na uovu haukupatikana kinywani mwake. Alitembea na mimi kwa amani na unyoofu, na aliwarudisha wengi kutoka dhambini.
He taught the people the truth; nothing in his teaching was false. He walked with me in peace and did what was right, and he helped many to turn way from sin.
7 kwa sababu midomo ya makuhani huhifadhi maarifa, na watu watatafuta maagizo kutoka kwenye kichwa chake, kwa sababu ni mjumbe wa Bwana wa Majeshi.
A priest should explain the truth about God, they should go to him to be taught, for he is the Lord Almighty's messenger.
8 lakini umepita mbali na njia ya kweli. Umesababisha wengi kuwa na mashaka ya kutii sheria. umeliharifu agano la Lawi,” asema Bwana wa Majeshi.
But you have turned from my way. You have made many people to fall into sin. By your teaching you have broken the agreement with Levi, says the Lord Almighty.
9 Kwa hiyo nimewafanya ninyi nanyi kudharauliwa mbele ya watu, kwa sababu hamkutunza njia zangu, lakini badala yake mnapendelea katika maagizo yenu.
So I have destroyed any respect you had, and humiliated you before all the people. For you have not kept my ways, and have shown favoritism in what you teach.
10 Sisi sote hatuna baba mmoja? Siyo Mungu yule mmoja aliyetuumba sote? kwa nini tunafanyiana hila kila mtu na ndugu yake, mnariharibu agano la baba zetu?
Don't we all have one Father? Didn't one God create us? So why are we unfaithful to each other, violating the agreement made by our forefathers?
11 Yuda amefanya hila na ameona kinyaa kwa vitu vilivyowekwa katika Israeli na Yerusalem. Yuda amenajisi mahali patakatifu pa Bwana ambapo anapapenda, na ameoa binti wa miungu migeni.
The people of Judah have been unfaithful and have committed a disgusting sin in Israel and Jerusalem. For the men of Judah have defiled the Lord's Temple (which he loves) by marrying women who worship idols.
12 Mungu akukatilie mbali kutoka kwenye hema ya Yakobo na uzao wa mtu aliyefanya haya, hata yule anayeleta sadaka kwa Bwana wa Majeshi.
May the Lord expel the family of any man who does this from the nation of Israel! May there be no one left to bring an offering to the Lord Almighty!
13 Na wewe pia fanya hivyo. Unafunika madhabahu ya Bwana kwa machozi, kwa kilio na kuugua, kwa sababu hatakubali sadaka na kuzipokea kutoka mikononi mwako.
Something else you do is to pour out your tears on the Lord's altar weeping and moaning because he no longer pays attention to your offerings or doesn't want to accept them.
14 Lakini wasema, ni kwa sababu gani?” Kwa sababu Bwana amekuwa shahidi kati yako wewe na mke wako wa ujana wako, kinyume chake umekuwa si mwaminifu, ingawa yeye ni mwenzako na mke wa agano lako.
“Why not?” you ask. Because the Lord witnessed the vows you and your wife exchanged when you were young. You were unfaithful to her, your wife and partner joined to you by marriage contract.
15 Je yeye hakuwafanya kuwa mmoja, hata kwa sehemu ya roho yake? Sasa ni kwanini aliwafanya ninyi kuwa mmoja? Kwa sababu alikuwa anategemea kupata watoto wacha Mungu. Kwa hiyo jiepushe mwenyewe ndani ya moyo wako, na asiwepo mtu asiye mwaminifu kwa mke wa ujana wake.
Did he not make you one, and give some of his Spirit to you? And what does he want? Children of God. So watch what you do, and don't be unfaithful to the wife you married when you were young.
16 “Nakuchukia kuachana,” asema Bwana, Mungu wa Israel, “afunikizaye nguo yake kwa udhalimu,” asema Bwana wa Majeshi. “Kwa hiyo jilinde ewe mwenyewe ndani ya roho yako na usiwe mtu asiye mwaminifu.”
For I hate divorce, says the Lord God of Israel, for it's a violent attack on the wife, says the Lord Almighty. So watch what you do, and don't be unfaithful.
17 Mmechosha Bwana na maneno. Lakini mwasema, “Tumekuchoshaje?” Kwa kusema Kila mmoja aliyefanya uovu ni mzuri kwa upande wa Bwana, na anafuraha nao;” au “Yuko wapi Mungu wa Haki?”
You have worn the Lord out with your words. “How have we worn him out?” you ask. By saying everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord and he is happy with them, or by asking, where is the Lord's justice?
