Malakai 2

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

“Now, you priests, this commandment 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 listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.

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.

Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.

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 know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” 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 was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward 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 law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness 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 they should seek the law at his mouth; for 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 away from the path. 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.”

“Therefore I have also made you contemptible and wicked before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in 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 all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

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 has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loves, 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.

The LORD will cut off the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob and him who offers 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.

“This again you do: you cover the LORD’s altar with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn’t regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at 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 say, ‘Why?’ Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.

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 he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his 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.

One who hates and divorces”, says the LORD, the God of Israel, “covers his garment with violence!” says the LORD of Hosts. “Therefore pay attention to your spirit, that you don’t 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. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in the LORD’s sight, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’