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.

“See, I am about to send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, see, he will come,” 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.

But who will be able to endure the day of his coming? Who will be able to stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire and like laundry 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,

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi. He will refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings of righteousness to Yahweh.

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 the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to Yahweh, as in the days of old, and as in ancient 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.

“Then I will approach you for judgment. I will quickly become a witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers, the false witnesses, and against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, against those who turn away the foreigner, and against those who do not honor me,” says Yahweh of hosts.

6 “Èmi Olúwa kò yípadà. Nítorí náà ni a kò ṣe run ẹ̀yin ọmọ Jakọbu.

“For I, Yahweh, have not changed; therefore you, sons of Jacob, have not 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 your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of hosts. “But 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.

Would a person rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.

9 Ríré ni a ó fi yín ré: gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè yìí, nítorí ẹ̀yin ti jà mi lólè.

You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation.

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 full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of hosts, “if I do not open to you the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing on you, until there is no more room for it all.

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 speak against those who destroy your crops, so that they do not destroy the harvest of your land. Your vines in the fields will not lose their fruit,” 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.

“All the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” 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?’

“Your words against me have been strong,” says Yahweh. “But you say, 'What have we said among ourselves against 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. What profit is it that we have kept his requirements or walked mournfully 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.’”

So now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper, but they even test God and escape.'”

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 those who feared Yahweh spoke with one another. Yahweh paid attention and listened, and a book of remembrance was written before him about those who feared Yahweh and honored 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 Yahweh of hosts, “my own treasured possession, on the day that I act. I will pity them, as a man pities his own 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.

Then once again you will distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who worships God and one who does not worship him.