Malachi 1
1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
Men mesaj Seyè a te bay Malachi pou fè pèp Izrayèl la konnen volonte li. Men desizyon Seyè a:
2 I have loved you, says the LORD. Yet all of you say, Wherein have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
Seyè a di: Mwen renmen nou! Men, pèp la reponn: Ki jan ou renmen nou an? Men sa Seyè a reponn yo: Ezaou ak Jakòb, apa de frè yo ye. Mwen renmen Jakòb ak tout pitit pitit li yo.
3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Men, mwen rayi Ezaou ak tout pitit pitit li yo. Mwen ravaje tout mòn peyi Ezaou a. Mwen fè peyi yo a tounen savann kote bèt nan bwa rete.
4 Whereas Edom says, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus says the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD has indignation for ever.
Si moun peyi Edon yo di: Yo detwi lavil nou yo, men n'ap rebati yo, Seyè a menm ap reponn yo: Nou mèt rebati yo, m'ap toujou kraze yo. Moun pral rele yo: Peyi mechan yo, nasyon ki fè Seyè a ankòlè tout tan an.
5 And your eyes shall see, and all of you shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.
Moun Izrayèl yo pral wè sa ak pwòp je yo. Epi y'a di: Seyè a gen pouvwa menm andeyò peyi Izrayèl la.
6 A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And all of you say, Wherein have we despised your name?
Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a ap pale ak nou koulye a, nou menm prèt yo ki pa respekte l'. Li di nou konsa: Yon pitit fèt pou l' respekte papa l'. Yon domestik fèt pou l' gen krentif pou mèt li. Mwen se papa nou. Poukisa nou pa respekte m'? Mwen se mèt nou. Poukisa nou pa gen krentif pou mwen? Epi nou gen kouraj pou nou di: Ki jan nou derespekte ou la?
7 All of you offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and all of you say, Wherein have we polluted you? In that all of you say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
Men ki jan: nou pran manje ki pa bon pou fè sèvis pou mwen, nou ofri l' sou lotèl la ban mwen. Epi n'ap di: nou pa wè ki jan nou derespekte ou la a? Mwen menm, mwen di nou se lè nou di lotèl Seyè a pa merite yo respekte l'.
8 And if all of you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if all of you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? says the LORD of hosts.
Lè nou mennen yon bèt je pete pou yo touye pou mwen, atò, sa se pa bagay ki mal? Lè nou mennen yon bèt k'ap mache bwete, yon bèt tou malad, sa se pa bagay ki mal? Seye pote yon bèt konsa bay yon gwo chèf non! Eske l'ap kontan? Eske la ba ou yon favè?
9 And now, I pray you, plead to God that he will be gracious unto us: this has been by your means: will he regard your persons? says the LORD of hosts.
Koulye a, nou menm prèt yo, lapriyè nan pye Bondye pou l' gen pitye pou nou non! Eske la ban nou favè l'? Se nou menm ki va lakòz li pa fè sa pou nou!
10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? neither do all of you kindle fire on mine altar for nothing. I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a pale, li di: Mwen ta swete yonn nan nou ta fèmen tout pòt tanp lan pou nou pa limen dife pou gremesi sou lotèl mwen an. Mwen pa kontan menm ak nou. Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a ki di sa. Mwen p'ap asepte ankenn ofrann nan men nou.
11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, says the LORD of hosts.
Toupatou sou latè, depi sou solèy leve jouk sou solèy kouche, moun lòt nasyon yo ap di jan mwen gen pouvwa. Toupatou y'ap boule lansan pou mwen, y'ap ofri m' bagay ki bon pou sèvis mwen. Paske moun toupatou respekte m'. Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a ki di sa.
12 But all of you have profaned it, in that all of you say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his food, is contemptible.
Men, nou menm, nou pa respekte lotèl mwen lè nou di: Lotèl Seyè a pa bon ankò. Se vye manje n'ap ofri sou li.
13 All of you said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and all of you have snuffed at it, says the LORD of hosts; and all of you brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus all of you brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? says the LORD.
Lèfini, n'ap plede di: Nou bouke ak tout bagay sa yo. Nou pa pran ka m' ankò. Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a ki di sa. Nou pran bèt nou vòlò, bèt enfim, osinon bèt malad, nou vin ofri ban mwen. Seyè a mande nou: Nou kwè mwen ka asepte bagay konsa nan men nou? Se Seyè a ki mande nou sa.
14 But cursed be the deceiver, which has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
Madichon pou moun k'ap twonpe m' yo. Yo vin ofri bèt ki pa bon pou yo touye pou mwen epi yo kite bon ti mal yo te pwomèt y'ap ban mwen an nan bann mouton yo. Paske, se yon wa ki gen anpil pouvwa mwen ye. Moun tout nasyon va respekte m'. Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a ki di sa.
