Malaki 3

1 Hwɛ! Mɛsoma me ɔbɔfoɔ a ɔbɛsiesie ɛkwan ama me. Na afei, mpofirim, Awurade a morehwehwɛ no no bɛba nʼasɔredan mu. Na apam no ho ɔbɔfoɔ a mopɛ no no bɛba, sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie.

Behold me! sending my messenger, who will prepare a way before me, — and, suddenly, shall come to his temple The Lord whom ye are seeking, even the messenger of the covenant in whom ye are delighting, Lo! he cometh! saith Yahweh of hosts.

2 Na hwan na ɔbɛtumi agyina ne da a ɔbɛba no ano? Sɛ opue a, hwan na ɔbɛtumi agyina? Ɔbɛyɛ sɛ ogya dɛreɛ a wɔde nane dadeɛ anaa ntoma sifoɔ samina.

But who may endure the day of his coming? And who is he that can stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ alkali;

3 Ɔbɛtena ase sɛ obi a ɔhoa dwetɛ ho. Ɔbɛte Lewifoɔ no ho na wɔayɛ sɛ sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ. Afei Awurade bɛnya mmarimma a wɔde ayɛyɛdeɛ bɛba wɔ kronkronyɛ mu,

Therefore will he sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and will purify the sons of Levi, and will smelt them, as gold and as silver; so shall they belong to Yahweh, offering a gift in righteousness.

4 na afɔrebɔdeɛ a ɛfiri Yuda ne Yerusalem bɛyɛ deɛ ɛsɔ Awurade ani sɛdeɛ na ɛteɛ wɔ mfeɛ a atwam no.

Then shall the gift of Judah and Jerusalem, be pleasant to Yahweh, —as in the days of age-past times, and as in the ancient years.

5 “Enti mɛtwe abɛn mo, abɛbu atɛn. Mɛyɛ ntɛm adi adanseɛ atia ntafowayifoɔ, awaresɛefoɔ ne atorofoɔ, wɔn a wɔsisi adwumayɛfoɔ wɔ wɔn akatua ho, wɔn a wɔhyɛ akunafoɔ ne nwisiaa so na wɔbu ntɛnkyea tia ahɔhoɔ na wɔnnsuro me,” sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie.

Therefore will I draw near unto you for judgment, and will become a swift witness against the mutterers of incantations, and against the adulterers, and against them that swear to a falsehood, —and against them who rob the hire of the hireling, the widow and the fatherless, and that drive away the sojourner, and do not revere me, saith Yahweh of hosts.

6 “Meyɛ Awurade a mennsakyera. Ɛno enti na mo Yakob asefoɔ, wɔnsɛee mo no.

Because, I, Yahweh, have not changed, therefore, ye, the sons of Jacob, have not been utterly consumed.

7 Ɛfiri mo nananom ɛberɛ so, moatwe mo ho afiri me mmara ho. Moanni so. Monsane mmra me nkyɛn, na me nso mɛba mo nkyɛn,” sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie. “Nanso mobisa sɛ, ‘Ɛkwan bɛn so na yɛmfa nsane mmra?’

From the days of your fathers, have ye departed from my statutes, and not observed them, Return ye unto me, that I may return unto you, saith Yahweh of hosts. And yet ye say, Wherein shall we return?

8 “Onipa bɛtumi abɔ Onyankopɔn korɔno anaa? Nanso, mobɔ me korɔno! Na mobɛbisa sɛ, ‘ɛkwan bɛn so na yɛfa bɔɔ wo korɔno?’ “Wɔ ntotosoɔ dudu ne afɔrebɔdeɛ mu.

Will, a son of earth, defraud, God? Nevertheless, ye, have been defrauding me, and yet ye say, Wherein have we defrauded thee? In the tithe and the offering.

9 Nnome aba mo so, ɔman mu no nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ, morebɔ me korɔno.

With a curse, have ye been cursing, and yet, me, have ye been defrauding, — the whole nation.

10 Momfa ntotosoɔ dudu no nyinaa mmra adekoradan no mu, na aduane mmra me fie. Monsɔ me nhwɛ saa ɛkwan yi so, na monhwɛ sɛ meremmue ɔsoro mpomma na merenhwie nhyira bebree ngu mo so a morennya baabi nkora ne nyinaa mpo.” Sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie.

Bring ye all the tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, Yea, I pray you, put me to the proof hereby, saith Yahweh of hosts, whether I will not open to you the sluices of the heavens, and pour out for you blessing, until there be no room.

11 “Meremma mmoa mmɛsɛe mo mfudeɛ na borɔdɔma aba rente ngu wɔ ɛberɛ a ɛmmereɛ,” sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie.

Then will I rebuke, for you, the devourer that he spoil not, for you, the fruit of the ground, — neither shall the vine in the field, be barren to you, saith Yahweh of hosts.

12 “Na aman no nyinaa bɛka sɛ wɔahyira mo, ɛfiri sɛ, mo asase so bɛyɛ anika,” sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie.

So shall all the nations, pronounce you happy, —for, ye, shall become, a land of delight, saith Yahweh of hosts.

13 “Moaka nsɛm a ɛmfata atia me, nanso mobisa sɛ, ‘Asɛm bɛn na yɛaka atia wo?’ Sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie.

Stout against me, have been your words, saith Yahweh, —and yet ye say, What have we spoken, one to another, against thee?

14 “Moaka sɛ, ‘Onyankopɔn som yɛ ɔbrɛguo, na yɛdii nʼahyɛdeɛ so na yɛkɔɔ Asafo Awurade anim te sɛ wɔn a wɔredi awerɛhoɔ no, mfasoɔ bɛn na yɛnyaeɛ?

Ye have said, Vain is it to serve God, —and, What profit when we have kept his charge, or when we have walked gloomily before Yahweh of hosts?

15 Afei, wɔfrɛ ɔhantanni no deɛ wɔahyira no. Nokorɛm, nnebɔneyɛfoɔ di yie, na mpo wɔn a wɔne Onyankopɔn di asie no, wɔfa wɔn ho di.’”

Now, therefore, we are pronouncing happy—the proud, —and, the doers of lawlessness have, even been built up, and, they who have put God to the proof, have even been delivered.

16 Ɛnna wɔn a wɔsuro Awurade no ne wɔn ho wɔn ho kasaeɛ, na Awurade tieeɛ na ɔgyee wɔn so. Wɔn a wɔsuro Awurade na wɔdi ne din ni no, wɔtwerɛɛ wɔn din wɔ nwoma mmobɔeɛ so wɔ nʼanim de yɛɛ nkaeɛ adeɛ.

Then, they who revered Yahweh, conversed, one with another, —and Yahweh hearkened, and heard, and there was written a book of remembrance before him, for them who revered Yahweh, and for such as thought of his Name.

17 “Wɔbɛyɛ me dea,” sɛdeɛ, Asafo Awurade seɛ nie. Ɛda a mɛkeka me ho no, wɔbɛyɛ mʼahodeɛ a ɛsom bo. Mede wɔn ho bɛkyɛ wɔn, sɛdeɛ agya nya ayamhyehyeɛ de ɔba a ɔyɛ ɔsetie ho kyɛ no no.

Therefore shall they be mine, saith Yahweh of hosts, in the day for which, I, am preparing treasure, —and I will deal tenderly with them, just as a man, dealeth tenderly, with his own son who is serving him.

18 Na mobɛhunu nsonsonoeɛ a ɛda ateneneefoɔ ne amumuyɛfoɔ ntam, ne wɔn a wɔsom Onyankopɔn ne wɔn a wɔnnsom Onyankopɔn no ntam.

So shall ye return, and see the difference, between the righteous and the lawless, —between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.