Malaki 2
1 “Kale nno, mmwe bakabona, ekiragiro kino kyammwe.
And now, O all of you priests, this commandment is for you.
2 Bwe mutaakyuse ku mpisa zammwe n’engeri zammwe, bwe mutaafeeyo kuwa linnya lyange kitiibwa,” bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, “kale ndibasindikira ekikolimo era emikisa gyammwe girifuuka ekikolimo. Ate ddala mmaze okubakolimira kubanga ebikulu gye ndi temubitaddeeko mwoyo.
If all of you will not hear, and if all of you will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because all of you do not lay it to heart.
3 “Kale laba, ndibonereza ezzadde lyammwe, mbasiige n’obusa mu maaso, obusa bwa ssaddaaka zammwe, era mbagobewo mu maaso gange.
Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
4 Olwo lwe mulimanya nga mbawadde ekiragiro kino, endagaano yange ne Leevi eryoke etuukirire,” bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye.
And all of you shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, says the LORD of hosts.
5 “Endagaano eri mu mateeka ago yali egenderedde kuleeta bulamu na mirembe era n’embimuwa asobole okuntya, era n’antya n’ayimirira ng’atya erinnya lyange.
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
6 Amateeka ag’amazima gali mu kamwa ke era nga tewali bulimba busangibwa mu kamwa ke. Yatambula nange mu mirembe ne mu butuukirivu era n’aggya bangi mu kibi.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
7 “Kubanga emimwa gy’abasumba gisaana okukuuma eby’amagezi ebya Katonda era abantu basaana okunoonya okutegeera okuva mu bo, kubanga be babaka ba Mukama ow’Eggye.
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
8 Naye mwakyama ne muva mu kkubo; mwesittaza bangi olw’ebyo bye muyigiriza; mwayonoona endagaano ya Leevi,” bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye.
But all of you are departed out of the way; all of you have caused many to stumble at the law; all of you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts.
9 “Noolwekyo nabafuula ekinyoomebwa era ekisekererwa mu maaso g’abantu bonna olw’obutagoberera makubo gange era musala emisango nga musaliriza.”
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as all of you have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
10 Kale ffenna tetulina kitaffe omu? Si Katonda omu eyatutonda? Lwaki kale tetuli beesigwa eri bantu bannaffe, ne twonoona endagaano ya bakitaffe?
Have we not all one father? has not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
11 Yuda takuumye bwesigwa n’eby’omuzizo ne bikolebwa mu Isirayiri ne mu Yerusaalemi. Kubanga Yuda yayonoona ekifo kya Mukama ekitukuvu, ky’ayagala ennyo, bwe yawasa omuwala wa lubaale.
Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a strange god.
12 Buli muntu yenna akola kino, oba kabona oba muntu wa bulijjo, Mukama alimuggya mu kika kya Yakobo, newaakubadde ng’aleeta ebiweebwayo eri Mukama ow’Eggye!
The LORD will cut off the man that does this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offers an offering unto the LORD of hosts.
13 Ekirala kye mukola kye kino: Ekyoto kya Mukama mukijjuzza amaziga, nga mukaaba nga mukuba ebiwoobe kubanga ebiweebwayo byammwe takyabifaako.
And this have all of you done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regards not the offering any more, or receives it with good will at your hand.
14 Kale mubuuza nti, “Lwaki tabifaako?” Kubanga Mukama yali mujulirwa wakati wo ne mukazi wo ow’omu buvubuka bwo, naye ggwe tewali mwesigwa, ng’olimbalimba newaakubadde nga yali munno era mukazi wo gwe walagaana naye endagaano.
Yet all of you say, Wherefore? Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously: yet is she your companion, and the wife of your covenant.
15 Katonda teyabafuula omu mu mwoyo? Era lwaki yabafuula omu? Kubanga yali anoonya ezzadde eriritya Katonda. Kale mwekuume nnyo waleme kubaawo agoba mukazi we, era alimbalimba mukazi we ow’omu buvubuka bwe.
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 “Kubanga nkyawa abafumbo okwawukana,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri, “n’omusajja ajooga mukazi we,” bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye. Kale mwekuumenga mu mwoyo gwammwe mubeerenga beesigwa.
For the LORD, the God of Israel, says that he hates putting away: for one covers violence with his garment, says the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that all of you deal not treacherously.
17 Mukama mumukooyezza n’ebigambo byammwe. Naye mubuuza nti, “Tumukooyezza tutya?” Kubanga mwogera nti buli akola ekibi, mulungi mu maaso ga Mukama, era abasanyukira; oba nti, “Ali ludda wa Katonda ow’obwenkanya?”
All of you have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet all of you say, Wherein have we wearied him? When all of you say, Every one that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
