Malachi 3

1 Seyè a pale, li di konsa: -Men m'ap voye mesaje mwen devan pou l' pare yon chemen pou mwen. N'ap rete konsa, n'ap wè Seyè n'ap plede chache a ap vini nan tanp li a. Mesaje nou te anvi wè a, men l'ap vini pou l' fè tout moun konnen kontra a.

‘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 Men, ki moun ki ka sipòte jou l'ap vini an? Ki moun ki va rete kanpe devan l' lè la parèt la? L'ap tankou dife yo sèvi pou fonn fè. L'ap tankou gwo savon yo sèvi pou blanchi rad.

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 La vini tankou moun k'ap fonn fè pou wete kras ki ladan l'. L'ap netwaye pitit pitit Levi yo, l'ap wete tou sa ki pa bon nan yo tankou yo netwaye lò ak ajan, pou yo ka nan kondisyon ankò pou yo prezante ofrann bay Bondye jan yo dwe fè l' la.

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 Lè sa a, ofrann moun peyi Jida yo ak ofrann moun lavil Jerizalèm yo va fè Seyè a plezi, jan sa te konn ye nan tan lontan, depi nan konmansman.

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 Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di ankò: -m'a vin jwenn nou pou rann jistis. Parèt mwen parèt, m'ap denonse moun k'ap fè maji, moun k'ap fè adiltè, moun k'ap fè sèman pou twonpe moun, moun k'ap kenbe nan lajan moun k'ap travay pou yo, moun k'ap peze fanm ki pèdi mari yo ak timoun ki pèdi papa yo, moun k'ap pwofite sou moun lòt nasyon, moun ki pa genyen m' krentif.

‘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 Mwen se Seyè a, mwen p'ap chanje. Se poutèt sa nou menm, pitit pitit Jakòb yo, nou pa disparèt nèt.

‘For I, the Lord, do not change; and you have not ceased to be descendants of Jacob.’

7 Depi sou tan zansèt nou yo nou pa okipe sa m' te ban nou lòd fè. Nou pa swiv yo. Tounen vin jwenn mwen. Mwen menm, m'a tounen vin jwenn nou tou. Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a menm ki di sa. N'ap mande m' sa pou nou fè pou nou tounen vin jwenn mwen?

‘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 Mwen menm m'ap mande nou: Eske yon moun ka twonpe Bondye? Non. Men, se twonpe n'ap twonpe m'. N'ap mande ki jan n'ap twonpe m' lan. M'ap reponn nou: Nan keksyon ladim ak lòt bagay nou fèt pou nou ofri m' yo.

Can a human rob God? Yet you robbed me. You ask, “How have we robbed you?” In tithes and gifts!

9 Gen yon madichon ki gen pou tonbe sou nou tout, paske tout moun nan peyi a ap twonpe m'.

You – your entire nation – are all cursed, because you rob me.

10 Pote tout ladim lan nèt nan tanp lan, san wete anyen ladan l', pou ka gen manje nan tanp lan. Se pou nou fè sa pou nou wè si mwen p'ap kenbe pawòl mwen vre. n'a wè si mwen p'ap louvri syèl la fè lapli tonbe, si mwen p'ap vide benediksyon sou nou an kantite.

‘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 Mwen p'ap kite chini vini pou detwi rekòt jaden nou ankò, ni pou anpeche pye rezen nou yo donnen. Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a menm ki di sa.

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 Lè sa a, moun toupatou sou latè va rekonèt jan Bondye beni nou, paske sa pral bon nèt pou moun k'ap viv nan peyi nou an. Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a ki di sa.

and all nations will call you happy, for you will be a delightful land,’ says the Lord of hosts.

13 Seyè a di ankò: -Nou te pale m' mal. Men nou reponn: Kisa nou di sou ou konsa?

‘You have said terrible things about me,’ says the Lord. ‘You ask, “What have we said about you?”

14 Nou te di: Sa pa sèvi anyen pou yon moun sèvi Bondye. Sa sa ap rapòte yon moun pou li fè sa Seyè a mande, pou li fè Seyè a wè li gen lapenn pou sa li fè ki mal?

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 Koulye a, nou tou wè se awogan yo k'ap viv ak kè kontan. Moun k'ap fè mal yo, se yo ki wè zafè yo ap mache. Yo sonde Bondye pou wè kote li ye ak yo epi anyen pa rive yo.

So now we call the proud happy, evildoers thrive: they dare God and escape unharmed.”’

16 Men koze ki te nan bouch moun ki gen krentif pou Bondye yo. Tansèlman, Seyè a t'ap swiv yo, li tande tou sa yo t'ap di. Li pran yon liv, li fè ekri non tout moun ki gen krentif pou li epi ki respekte l'.

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 Seyè a di konsa: Y'ap yon pèp apa pou mwen. Jou m'a deside pou m' aji a, se moun pa m' nèt y'ap ye. m'a gen pitye pou yo, menm jan yon papa gen pitye pou pitit gason l' k'ap sèvi l'.

‘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 Lè sa a ankò, n'a wè diferans ant moun k'ap mache dwat ak moun k'ap fè sa ki mal, ant moun k'ap sèvi Bondye ak moun ki p'ap sèvi l'.

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.’