Malachi 3
1 Behold, I send my angel, and he will prepare the way before my face. And presently the Sovereign, whom you seek, and the angel of testimony, whom you desire, will arrive at his temple. Behold, he approaches, says the Lord of hosts.
“Kpɔ ɖa, madɔ nye dɔla ɖo ɖa be wòata mɔ le ŋgɔnye eye Aƒetɔ si miele mɔ kpɔm na la ado ɖe eƒe gbedoxɔ me zi ɖeka kpoyi. Dɔla si ŋugbe wodo le nubabla la me, si dim miele la ava.” Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.
2 And who will be able to consider the day of his advent, and who will stand firm in order to see him? For he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller’s herb.
“Ame ka ado dzi anɔ anyi ne eva do? Ame ka anɔ te ɖe eƒe vava nu? Elabena ele abe dzo si wotsɔna loloa ga ene eye wòle abe adzalẽ si wotsɔna nyaa avɔ wòɖina keŋkeŋ la ene!
3 And he will sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he will purge the sons of Levi, and he will gather them like gold and like silver, and they will offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.
Anɔ anyi abe sika kple klosalo klɔla ene eye wòaklɔ Levi ƒe dzidzimeviwo ŋuti woadza abe sika alo klosalo ene, ale be woate ŋu asa vɔ na Yehowa le dzɔdzɔenyenye me.
4 And the sacrifice of Judah and of Jerusalem will please the Lord, just as in the days of past generations, and as in the ancient years.
Ekema Yehowa agaxɔ Yuda kple Yerusalemtɔwo ƒe vɔsa abe tsã ene.
5 And I will approach you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against evil-doers, and adulterers, and perjurers, and those who cheat the hired hand in his wages, the widows and the orphans, and who oppress the traveler, and who have not feared me, says the Lord of hosts.
“Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, nye ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ kple tohehe atsɔ ŋutɔ. Manye ɖasefo zazɛ̃ aɖe ɖe nukalawo, ahasiwɔlawo, atam dzodzro kalawo, ame siwo baa woƒe dɔwɔviwo, ame siwo tea ahosiwo kple tsyɔ̃eviwo ɖe to, ame siwo baa amedzrowo kple ame siwo mevɔ̃am o la ŋu.” Yehowa Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.
6 For I am the Lord, and I do not change. And you, the sons of Jacob, have not been consumed.
“Nyee nye Yehowa, nyemetrɔna gbeɖe o, eya tae mi Yakob ƒe dzidzimeviwo mietsrɔ̃ haɖe o, elabena nye nublanuikpɔkpɔ li ɖaa.
7 For, from the days of your fathers, you have withdrawn from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. And you have said, “In what way, shall we return?”
“Tso keke mia tɔgbuitɔgbuiwo ŋɔli ke la, miegbea nu le nye seawo gbɔ eye miewɔa wo dzi o. Mitrɔ ɖe ŋunye eye nye hã matrɔ ɖe mia ŋu.” Yehowa Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe. “Ke miebia be, ‘Aleke míawɔ atrɔ ɖe ŋutiwòe?’
8 If a man will afflict God, then you greatly afflict me. And you have said, “In what way, do we afflict you?” In tithes and in first-fruits.
“Ɖe amegbetɔ ate ŋu ada adzo Mawu hafi miawo ya mieda adzom mahã? “Ke míebia be, ‘Aleke míeda adzo wòe?’ “Mieda adzo nye nu ewolia kple nunana siwo nye tɔnye la eye mietsɔa wo nam o.
9 And you have been cursed with privation, and you greatly afflict me, even your entire people.
“Mawu ƒe fiƒode dziŋɔ le mia dzi elabena dukɔ blibo lae le bayem.
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, and let there be food in my house. And test me about this, says the Lord, as to whether I will not open to you the floodgates of heaven, and pour out to you a blessing, all the way to abundance.
Mitsɔ miaƒe nu ewoliawo katã va nudzraɖoƒe lae ale be nuɖuɖu nasɔ gbɔ ɖe nye gbedoxɔ me. Mitsɔ esia dom kpɔ be nyemaʋu dziƒo nu akɔ yayra ɖe mia dzi fũu ale gbegbe be miaƒe nuɖuɖudzraɖoƒe ayɔ agbagba o mahã? Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.
11 And I will rebuke for your sakes the devourer, and he will not corrupt the fruit of your land. Neither will the vine in the field be barren, says the Lord of hosts.
Made se na nu siwo gblẽa agblemenukuwo la be womagblẽ míaƒe agblemenukuwo o, eye miaƒe wain tsetsewo magblẽ adudu hafi woƒe ɖiɖiɣi naɖo o.” Yehowa Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.
12 And all nations will call you blessed. For you will be a desirable land, says the Lord of hosts.
“Ale dukɔwo katã ayɔ mi be yayramewo elabena dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ deto axɔ aƒe ɖe mia me.” Esiawoe Yehowa Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔ.
13 Your words have gathered strength over me, says the Lord.
“Yehowa be, ‘Miegblɔ nya vlowo ɖe ŋutinye’, “Gake miebiam be, ‘Nya kae míegblɔ ɖe ŋutiwò si mele be míagblɔ o?’
14 And you have said, “What have we spoken against you?” You have said, “He labors in vain who serves God,” and, “What advantage is it that we have kept his precepts, and that we have walked sorrowfully in the sight of the Lord of hosts?”
“Miegblɔ be, ‘Enye nu dzodzro be woasubɔ Mawu. Viɖe ka míekpɔ to eƒe sewo dzi wɔwɔ me eye míezɔ le Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ƒe ŋkume abe konyifalawo ene?’
15 Now, therefore, we call the arrogant blessed, as if those who work impiety have been built up, and as if they have tempted God and been saved.
Gake azɔ la, míegblɔna be, ‘Woyraa dadalawo. Nu dzea edzi na nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo, gawu la, ne wote Mawu kpɔ la, tohehe mevaa wo dzi o.’
16 Then those who fear the Lord spoke, each one with his neighbor. And the Lord paid attention and heeded. And a book of remembrance was written in his sight, for those who fear the Lord and for those who consider his name.
“Ke ame siwo vɔ̃ Yehowa, eye wolɔ̃e la ƒo nu nyui tso eŋuti na wo nɔewo eye Mawu ɖo to eye wòsee. Ena woŋlɔ ame siwo vɔ̃e, eye wolɔ̃e la ƒe ŋkɔwo ɖe ŋkuɖodzigbalẽ gã aɖe me da ɖi.”
17 And they will be my special possession, says the Lord of hosts, on the day that I act. And I will spare them, just as a man spares his son who serves him.
Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔ tso wo ŋutie nye esi: “Woanye tɔnye le ŋkeke ma dzi ne mele ƒu ƒom nye nu xɔasiwo. Abe ale si ŋutsu léa be na ɖevi si ɖoa toe ene la, nenema ke malé be na woe.
18 And you shall be converted, and you will see the difference between the just and the impious, and between those who serve God and those who do not serve him.
Ekema miakpɔ vovototo si le ale si Mawu wɔna na ame dzɔdzɔe siwo ɖoa toe kple ame vɔ̃ɖi siwo meɖoa toe o la dome.”
