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.
Here I [am] about to send messenger my and he will make clear a way before me and suddenly he will come to temple his the lord - whom you [are] seeking and [the] messenger of the covenant whom you [are] delighting there! [he is] about to come he says Yahweh 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.
And who? [will] endure [the] day of coming he and who? [is] the [one who will] stand when appears he for he [is] like [the] fire of a refiner and like [the] soap of washers.
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 [one who] refines and [one who] purifies silver and he will purify [the] descendants of Levi and he will refine them like gold and like silver and they will be to Yahweh bringing near an offering in righteousness.
4 nígbà náà ni ọrẹ Juda àti ti Jerusalẹmu yóò jẹ́ ìtẹ́wọ́gbà fún Olúwa, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ti ọjọ́ àtijọ́, àti gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọdún ìgbàanì.
And it will be pleasing to Yahweh [the] offering of Judah and Jerusalem like [the] days of antiquity and like years former.
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.
And I will draw near to you for judgment and I will be - a witness hastening on the sorcerers and on the adulterers and on [those who] swear an oath to falsehood and on [those who] defraud [the] hire of a hired laborer a widow and a fatherless one and [those who] thrust aside a sojourner and not they fear me he says Yahweh of hosts.
6 “Èmi Olúwa kò yípadà. Nítorí náà ni a kò ṣe run ẹ̀yin ọmọ Jakọbu.
That I Yahweh not I change and you [the] descendants of Jacob not you have come to an end.
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 ancestors your you have turned aside from statutes my and not you have kept [them] return to me so let me return to you he says Yahweh of hosts and you say how? will we return.
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.
¿ Will he rob someone God for you [are] robbing me and you say how? have we robbed you the tithe and the contribution.
9 Ríré ni a ó fi yín ré: gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè yìí, nítorí ẹ̀yin ti jà mi lólè.
With curse you [are] cursed and me you [are] robbing the nation all of it.
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 all the tithe into [the] house of the store so it may be food in house my and test me please by this he says Yahweh of hosts if not I will open for you [the] windows of the heavens and I will pour out for you blessing until not sufficiency.
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.
And I will rebuke for you the devourer and not it will destroy of you [the] fruit of the ground and not it will prove barren of you the vine in the field he says Yahweh 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 they will call blessed you all the nations for you will be you a land of delight he says Yahweh 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?’
They have been strong on me words your he says Yahweh and you say what? have we spoken together on 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 [is] futility to serve God and what? [is the] profit that we have kept charge his and that we have walked mournfully from before Yahweh of hosts.
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.’”
And therefore we [are] calling blessed arrogant [people] both they have been built up [those who] do wickedness as well as they have tested God and they have escaped.
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.
Then they spoke together [those] fearing Yahweh each with neighbor his and he paid attention Yahweh and he listened and it was written a document of remembrance before him of [those] fearing Yahweh and of [those who] esteemed name his.
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.
And they will belong to me he says Yahweh of hosts to the day when I [will be] making a possession and I will have compassion on them just as he has compassion everyone on son his 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.
And you will return and you will see between a righteous [person] and a wicked [person] between [one who] serves God and [one] who not he serves him.
