Malachi 3
1 ‘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.
A IA hoi, e hoouna auanei au i ko'u elele, Nana e hoomakaukau i ke alanui imua o'u: A e hiki wawe mai auauei ka Haku, a oukou e imi nei, iloko o kona luakini, Oia ke elele o ka berita, o ka mea a oukou e makemake nei: Ea, e hele mai ana ia, wahi a Iehova o na kaua.
2 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,
Aka, owai ke hoomanawanui i ka la o kona hiki ana mai? Owai hoi ke ku paa i kona ikeia ana? No ka mea, e like auanei ia me ke ahi o ka mea hoohehee, A me ke sopa o ka mea hoomaemae:
3 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.
A noho ia he mea hoohehee a me ka hoomaemae i ke kala; A e huikala ia i na keiki a Levi, A e hoomaemae oia ia lakou e like me ke gula a me ke kala, I mohai aku ai lakou i ka mohai pono na Iehova.
4 Then will the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Alaila, e maliuia mai ai o Iehova i ka mohai ana a ka Iuda a me ko Ierusalema, E like me ia i na la kahiko, a i na makahiki mamua.
5 ‘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.
Ke hookokoke aku nei au io oukou la e hooko i ke kanawai; E wikiwiki au i ka hoike ku e i na kahuna anaana, Me na moe kolohe, a i na mea hoohiki wahahee, Me ka poe hoonele i na mea hoolimalima i ka lakou uku, A i ka poe hoonele i ka wahinekauemake, a me ke keiki makua ole, A i ka poe hoohuli ae i ko ka malihini, aole hoi i makau ia'u, wahi a Iehova o na kaua.
6 ‘For I, the Lord, do not change; and you have not ceased to be descendants of Jacob.’
No ka mea, owau no Iehova, aole au e lauwili, Nolaila, aole oukou i hoopauia, e na mamo o Iakoba.
7 ‘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?”
Mai na la mai o ko oukou poe makua, Ua haalele oukou i ko'u mau kanawai, me ka malama ole. E hoi hou mai oukou ia'u nei, a e hoi hou aku au io oukou la, Wahi a Iehova o na kaua. Aka, ke ninau mai nei oukou, Ma ke aha ka makou e hoi hou aku ai?
8 Can a human rob God? Yet you robbed me. You ask, “How have we robbed you?” In tithes and gifts!
E pono anei i ke kanaka ke hao i ka ke Akua? Aka, ua hao oukou i ka'u: a ke ninau mai nei oukou, Ma ke aha ka makou i hao ai i kau? I na hapaumi o ka waiwai, a me na mohai.
9 You – your entire nation – are all cursed, because you rob me.
Ua hoahewaia oukou i ka poino; No ka mea, ua hao oukou i ka'u, o keia lahuikanaka a pau.
10 ‘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.
E lawe mai i na waiwai hapaumi a pau iloko o ka hale ahu waiwai, I ai maloko o ko'u hale; A e hoao mai oukou ia'u ma ia mea, wahi a Iehova o na kaua, I wehe ai paha au i na puka wai o ka Iani, A e ninini iho i ka pomaikai maluna o oukou, a lawa a hu.
11 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,
A no oukou wau e papa aku ai i ka mea hokai, I hoopau ole ai ia i ka hua o ko oukou aina, Aole hoi ia e hoolilo no oukou i ke kumuwaina o ke kula i mea hua ole, Wahi a Iehova o na kaua.
12 and all nations will call you happy, for you will be a delightful land,’ says the Lord of hosts.
A e kapa mai auanei na lahuikanaka a pau ia oukou, he pomaikai; No ka mea, e lilo oukou i poe mea aina i makemakeia, Wahi a Iehova o na kaua.
13 ‘You have said terrible things about me,’ says the Lord. ‘You ask, “What have we said about you?”
Ua oolea ka oukou mau olelo ku e mai ia'u, wahi a Iehova; A ke ninau mai nei oukou, Heaha ka makou i olelo ku e ai ia oe?
14 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?
Ua olelo oukou, He mea ole ka malama i ka Akua: Heaha hoi ka pomaikai ke malama kakou i ka mea ana i kauoha mai ai, A ke hele hoi me ke kapa eleele imua o Iehova o na kaua?
15 So now we call the proud happy, evildoers thrive: they dare God and escape unharmed.”’
Nolaila, ke kapa nei kakou i ka poe hookiekie he pomaikai; He oiaio, ua kukuluia'e iluna ka poe hana ino; Ina hoi e hoao lakou i ke Akua, ua pakele no lakou.
16 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.
Alaila, o ka poe makau ia Iehova, Kamailio pu iho lakou i kekahi i kekahi; A haliu mai la o Iehova, a hoolohe mai la, A ua kakauia ka buke hoomanao imua ona no lakou, No ka poe makau ia Iehova, a me ka poe hoomanao i koua inoa.
17 ‘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.
No'u no lakou, wahi a Iehova o na kaua, I ka la a'u e ahu iho ai i kuu waiwai; A e lokomaikai au ia lakou, E like me ka lokomaikai ana o ka makua i kana keiki nana ia I malama.
18 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.’
Alaila, e huli mai auanei oukou, A e nana maopopo iwaena o ka poe pono a o ka poe hewa, Iwaena hoi o ka mea malama i ke Akua, a me ka mea malama ole.
