Malakai 2

1 “Pea ko eni, ʻakimoutolu ʻae kau taulaʻeiki, ko e fekau eni maʻamoutolu.

‘Now, you priests, this command is for you.

2 Kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou fanongo, pea kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou fakatokangaʻi homou loto, koeʻuhi ke fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻa hoku huafa,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, “Te u fekau atu moʻoni ha fakamalaʻia kiate kimoutolu, pea te u fakamalaʻia ʻa homou ngaahi tāpuaki: ʻio, kuo u fai ni ʻa hono fakamalaʻia, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke tokanga ki ai homou loto.

If you will not hear, and if you do not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘Then I will lay a curse on you. I will turn your blessings into curses. Indeed I have already done so, because you pay no attention.

3 Vakai, te u maumauʻi homou ʻinasi, pea te u lī ʻae kinohaʻa ʻi homou mata, ʻio, ʻae meʻa kovi mei hoʻomou ngaahi kātoanga mamalu; pea ʻe fetuku ʻakimoutolu fakataha mo ia.

I will punish your descendants! I will spread offal upon your faces, even the offal of your pilgrim feasts, you will be discarded.

4 Pea te mou ʻilo kuo u ʻatu ʻae fekau ni kiate kimoutolu, koeʻuhi ke ʻia Livai ʻa ʻeku fuakava,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.

You will then know that I have sent this command to you, so that my covenant with Levi may be preserved,’ says the Lord of hosts.

5 “Naʻe fai ʻeku fuakava mo ia, ko e meʻa ki he moʻui mo e melino; pea naʻaku ʻatu ia ki ai, koeʻuhi ko ʻene manavahē, ʻaia naʻa ne manavahē ai kiate au, pea manavahē ki hoku huafa.

‘My covenant with him was to give life and peace. I gave them to him so that he might revere me. He revered me, and stood in awe of my name.

6 Naʻe ʻi hono ngutu ʻae fono ʻoe moʻoni, pea naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ha meʻa hala ʻi hono loungutu; naʻa ma ʻaʻeva mo au ʻi he melino mo e fai totonu, pea naʻa ne fakatafoki ʻae tokolahi mei he angahala.

The true instruction was in his mouth, and injustice was not found in his lips; He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

7 He ʻoku totonu ke ʻi he loungutu ʻoe taulaʻeiki ʻae poto, pea totonu ke nau kumi ʻae fono mei hono ngutu: he ko e talafekau ia meia Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and people should seek the law from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

8 Ka kuo mou he mei he hala; kuo mou fakahumu ʻae tokolahi ʻi he fono; kuo mou fakalieliaʻi ʻae fuakava ʻa Livai,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.

‘But you have turned aside from that way. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,’ says the Lord of hosts.

9 “Ko ia kuo u ngaohi ai ʻakimoutolu ke mou fakalielia mo fākatua ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai kotoa pē, ʻo tatau mo hoʻomou taʻefai ki hoku ngaahi hala, ka kuo mou fai filifilimānako ʻi he fono.”

‘So I have I made you contemptible and degraded before all the people, because you have not kept my ways, and have had no respect for me in imparting the law.’

10 ʻIkai ʻoku tau tamai taha pe? ʻIkai ko e ʻOtua pe taha kuo ne ngaohi ʻakitautolu? Pea ko e hā ʻoku tau femalakiʻaki taki taha ʻae tangata ki hono tokoua, ʻi he maumauʻi ʻae fuakava ʻo ʻetau ngaahi tamai?

Don’t we have all one father? Didn’t one God created us? Why do we deal faithlessly with one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?

11 Kuo fai kākā ʻa Siuta, pea ʻoku ʻai ʻae fakalielia ʻoku fai ʻi ʻIsileli, pea mo Selūsalema; he kuo fakalieliaʻi ʻe Siuta ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻa Sihova, ʻaia ʻoku totonu ʻene ʻofa ki ai, pea kuo ne mali mo e ʻofefine ʻoe ʻotua loi.

Judah is treacherous, and abominations are committed in Israel and in Jerusalem because Judah has profaned the holy things loved by the Lord, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

12 ‌ʻE motuhi ʻe Sihova ʻae tangata ʻoku ne fai eni, ʻae akonaki, pea mo ia ʻoku akoʻi, mei he ngaahi fale fehikitaki ʻo Sēkope, pea mo ia ʻoku ʻatu ʻae feilaulau kia Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.

May the Lord banish from the community of Jacob anyone who does this, anyone awaking, testifying, and making an offering to the Lord of hosts.

13 Pea kuo mou toe fai eni, ʻo ʻufiʻufi ʻaki ʻae loʻimata ʻae feilaulauʻanga ʻo Sihova, ʻi he tangi mo e kalanga: ko ia ia ʻoku ʻikai te ne kei tokanga ki he feilaulau, pe te ne maʻu lelei ia mei homou nima.

And you also do this: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears, because he doesn’t accept the offering any more, doesn’t accept it from your hand.

14 Ka naʻa mo ia, ʻoku mou pehē, ‘Ko e meʻa ʻi he hā?’ Koeʻuhi ko e fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova kiate koe, pea mo e uaifi ʻo hoʻo kei talavou, ʻaia kuo ke fai kākā ki ai: ka ko e moʻoni ko hoʻo kaumeʻa ia, pea ko e ʻunoho ne ke fuakava ki ai.

Yet you ask, ‘Why?’ Because the Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young. You have been unfaithful to her, even though she is your companion, and your legal wife.

15 Pea ʻikai naʻe ngaohi ia ʻe ia ke taha pe? Ka naʻe ʻiate ia pe hono toe ʻoe laumālie. Pea ko e hā ʻoku taha ai? Koeʻuhi ke ai ha hako māʻoniʻoni. Ko ia ke mou tokanga ki hoʻomou anga, pea ʻoua naʻa fai kākā ʻe ha taha ki he uaifi ʻo ʻene kei talavou.”

Did not the one God make everyone, so that all both flesh and spirit is his? And what does that one God seek but godly children? Therefore keep watch over your spirit, and let none of you deal faithlessly with the wife of your youth.

16 He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, “ʻOku ne fehiʻa ki he tukuange: he ʻoku ai ha taha ʻoku ʻufiʻufi ʻaki hono kofu ʻa ʻene fakamālohi,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau: “ko ia, tokanga ki hoʻomou anga, ke ʻoua naʻa mou fai kākā.

‘A man who divorces or puts away his wife,’ says Lord, the God of Israel, ‘overwhelms her with cruelty.’ The Lord of hosts says: ‘Keep watch over your spirit, do not be unfaithful.’

17 Kuo mou fakafiuʻi ʻa Sihova ʻaki hoʻomou ngaahi lea. Ka ʻoku mou pehē, ‘Kuo mau fakafiuʻi ia ʻi he hā?’ ʻOka mou ka pehē, ‘Ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku fai kovi ʻoku lelei ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova,’ pea ‘ʻOku ne fiemālie kiate kinautolu: pe, ‘Ko e fē ʻae ʻOtua ʻoku fakamaau?’

You have wearied the Lord with your words. You ask, ‘How have we wearied him?’ By saying, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.’ Or, ‘Where is the God of justice?’