< Malaki 4 >
1 “Ampa ara, ɛda no reba; ɛbɛdɛre te sɛ fononoo. Ahomasofoɔ ne nnebɔneyɛfoɔ nyinaa bɛyɛ wiradwaneɛ, na saa da a ɛreba no, wɔde ogya bɛto mu,” sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie. “Ɛrenka nhini anaa dubaa ɛmma wɔn.
“The day is coming that will burn like a furnace, and all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will burn them up,” says the Lord of hosts, “leaving neither root nor branch.
2 Nanso, mo a mode anidie ma me din no, tenenee awia bɛpue ama mo, na ɛde ayaresa bɛba. Na mobɛpue na moahurihuri te sɛ anantwie mma a wɔabue wɔn afiri wɔn buo mu.
But to you who revere my name there will arise the sun of righteousness with healing in its wings, and you will run free like calves let out from their stall.
3 Na mobɛtiatia atirimuɔdenfoɔ so; wɔbɛyɛ nsõ wɔ mo nan ase, da a mɛyɛ saa nneɛma yi.” Sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie.
In the day when I act you will tread down the wicked, they will be as ashes under the soles of your feet,” says the Lord of hosts.
4 “Monkae mʼakoa Mose mmara ne ahyɛdeɛ a mede maa no wɔ Horeb so sɛ ɔmfa mma Israelfoɔ nyinaa.
“Remember the law of Moses my servant, statutes and judgments which I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.
5 “Mɛsoma Odiyifoɔ Elia aba mo nkyɛn, ansa na Awurade da kɛseɛ a ɛyɛ hu no aba.
I am about to send to you Elijah the prophet, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
6 Ɔbɛdane agyanom akoma akɔ wɔn mma so, na wadane mma nso akoma akɔ agyanom so, anyɛ saa a, mede nnome bɛba abɛsɛe asase no.”
He will turn fathers’ hearts to their sons and sons’ hearts to their fathers, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgement.”