Malachi 3
1 “Wò ó, Èmi yóò ran ìránṣẹ́ mi, yóò tún ọ̀nà ṣe ṣáájú mi. Nígbà náà ni Olúwa, tí ẹ̀yin ń wa, yóò dé ni òjijì sí tẹmpili rẹ̀; àní oníṣẹ́ májẹ̀mú náà, tí inú yín dùn sí, yóò dé,” ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí.
“I am about to send my messenger and he will clear a path before me: And the Lord, who you are seeking, will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant who you long for is already coming, says the Lord of hosts.
2 Ṣùgbọ́n ta ni o lè fi ara da ọjọ́ dídé rẹ̀? Ta ni yóò sì dúró nígbà tí ó bá fi ara hàn? Nítorí òun yóò dàbí iná ẹni tí ń da fàdákà àti bi ọṣẹ alágbàfọ̀.
But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand firm when he appears? He is like a refiner’s fire, and like a launderer’s soap,
3 Òun yóò sì jókòó bí ẹni tí n yọ́, tí ó sì ń da fàdákà; yóò wẹ àwọn ọmọ Lefi mọ́, yóò sì tún wọn dàbí wúrà àti fàdákà, kí wọn bá a lè mú ọrẹ òdodo wá fún Olúwa,
and he will sit as a refiner and purifier. He will purify the descendants of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, until they are fit to bring offerings to the Lord.
4 nígbà náà ni ọrẹ Juda àti ti Jerusalẹmu yóò jẹ́ ìtẹ́wọ́gbà fún Olúwa, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ti ọjọ́ àtijọ́, àti gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọdún ìgbàanì.
Then will the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
5 “Èmi ó sì súnmọ́ yin fún ìdájọ́. Èmi yóò sì yára ṣe ẹlẹ́rìí sí àwọn oṣó, sí àwọn panṣágà, sí àwọn abúra èké, àti àwọn tí ó fi ọ̀yà alágbàṣe pọn wọn lójú, àti àwọn tí ó ni àwọn opó àti àwọn aláìní baba lára, àti sí ẹni tí kò jẹ́ kí àjèjì rí ìdájọ́ òdodo gbà, tí wọn kò sì bẹ̀rù mi,” ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí.
“I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against the sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers, those who cheat workers, or widows, or orphans, deny justice to immigrants, and do not fear me,” says the Lord of hosts.
6 “Èmi Olúwa kò yípadà. Nítorí náà ni a kò ṣe run ẹ̀yin ọmọ Jakọbu.
“For I, the Lord, do not change; and you have not ceased to be descendants of Jacob.”
7 Láti ọjọ́ àwọn baba ńlá yín wá ni ẹ̀yin tilẹ̀ ti kọ ẹ̀yìn sí ìlànà mi, tí ẹ kò sì pa wọ́n mọ́. Ẹ padà wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ mi, Èmi yóò sì padà sí ọ̀dọ̀ yín,” ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí. “Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin béèrè pé, ‘Báwo ni àwa yóò ṣe padà?’
“From the days of your ancestors, you have turned aside from my statutes, and you have not kept them. Turn to me and I will turn to you,” says the Lord. “You say, ‘How should we turn?’
8 “Ènìyàn yóò ha ja Ọlọ́run ni olè bí? Síbẹ̀ ẹ̀yin ti jà mí ní olè. “Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin béèrè pé, ‘Báwo ni àwa ṣe jà ọ́ ní olè?’ “Nípa ìdámẹ́wàá àti ọrẹ.
Can a human rob God? Yet you robbed me. You ask, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and gifts!
9 Ríré ni a ó fi yín ré: gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè yìí, nítorí ẹ̀yin ti jà mi lólè.
You – your entire nation – are all cursed, because you rob me.
10 Ẹ mú gbogbo ìdámẹ́wàá wá sí ilé ìṣúra, kí oúnjẹ bá à lè wà ní ilé mi, ẹ fi èyí dán mi wò,” ní Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí, “kí ẹ sì wò bí èmi kò bá ní sí àwọn fèrèsé ọ̀run fún yin, kí èmi sì tú ìbùkún àkúnwọ́sílẹ̀ jáde fún yín, tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí kì yóò sì ààyè láti gbà á.
“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there is food in my house. Test me in this way. See if I will not open to you the windows of the sky, and pour you out a blessing, until there is more than enough.
11 Èmi yóò sì bá kòkòrò ajẹnirun wí nítorí yín, òun kò sì ni run èso ilẹ̀ yín, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àjàrà inú oko yín kò ní rẹ̀ dànù,” ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí.
I will rebuke for your sakes the devouring locust and he will not destroy your crops, nor will the vine fail to ripen its fruit in the field, says the Lord of hosts,
12 “Nígbà náà ni gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè yóò sì pè yín ni alábùkún fún, nítorí tiyín yóò jẹ́ ilẹ̀ tí ó wu ni,” ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí.
and all nations will call you happy, for you will be a delightful land,” says the Lord of hosts.
13 “Ẹ̀yin ti sọ ọ̀rọ̀ líle sí mi,” ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí. “Síbẹ̀ ẹ̀yin béèrè pé, ‘Ọ̀rọ̀ kín ni àwa sọ sí ọ?’
“You have said terrible things about me,” says the Lord. “You ask, ‘What have we said about you?’
14 “Ẹ̀yin ti wí pé, ‘Asán ni láti sin Ọlọ́run. Kí ni àwa jẹ ní èrè, nígbà tí àwa ti pa ìlànà rẹ mọ́, tí àwa sì ń rìn kiri bí ẹni tí ń ṣọ̀fọ̀ ní iwájú Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun?
You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God, and what do we gain from the Lord of hosts by keeping his commands, and walking mournfully in funeral garb before him?
15 Ṣùgbọ́n ní ìsinsin yìí àwa pé agbéraga ni alábùkún fún. Ní òtítọ́ ni àwọn ti ń ṣe búburú ń gbèrú sí i, kódà àwọn ti ó dán Ọlọ́run wò ni a dá sí.’”
So now we call the proud happy, evildoers thrive: they dare God and escape unharmed.’”
16 Nígbà náà ni àwọn tí ó bẹ̀rù Olúwa ń ba ara wọn sọ̀rọ̀, Olúwa sì tẹ́tí sí i, ó sì gbọ́. A sì kọ ìwé ìrántí kan níwájú rẹ̀, fún àwọn tí o bẹ̀rù Olúwa, tiwọn sì bọ̀wọ̀ fún orúkọ rẹ̀.
Such things those who revered the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice, and a record was written before him of those who revered the Lord and those who keep in mind his name.
17 “Wọn yóò sì jẹ́ tèmi,” ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí, “ni ọjọ́ náà, tí èmi ó dá; èmi yóò sì da wọ́n sí gẹ́gẹ́ bí ènìyàn tí máa ń dá ọmọ rẹ̀ tí yóò sìn ín sí.
“They will be mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “my special possession on that day that I am preparing. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
18 Nígbà náà ni ẹ̀yin yóò rí ìyàtọ̀, ìyàtọ̀ láàrín olódodo àti ẹni búburú, láàrín ẹni tí ń sìn Ọlọ́run, àti ẹni tí kò sìn ín.
Once again my people will see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between the person who serves God and the person who does not.”
