Malakia 2
1 Ie henane zao: ho anahareo o lily zao ry mpisoroñeo.
And now, O all of you priests, this commandment is for you.
2 Aa naho tsy haoñe’ areo, naho tsy tsakore’ areo añ’arofo ao, ty handrenge i añarakoy, hoe t’Iehovà, le hañitrifako fatse, vaho hozoñeko o fitahia’ areoo; eka, toe fa nozoñeko, amy te tsy ifahara’ ty tro’ areo.
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 Ingo, hendahako o tabiri’areoo, le ho hosorako hativàñe o lahara’ areoo, ty tai’ o takataka’ areoo; ie hisese añe mindre ama’e.
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 Fohino arè te nampihitrifeko ama’ areo ty lily toy, soa te ho amy Levý nainai’e i fañinakoy, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy.
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 Haveloñe naho filongoañe i fañinako ama’ey; natoloko aze ho fañeveñañe, toe nañeveña’e vaho niambane ami’ty añarako.
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 Tam-palie’e ao i Hake vantañey, vaho tsy nitendrek’ am-pamele’e ao ty hatsivokarañe; ie nindre nañavelo amako an-kanintsiñe naho an-kavañonañe vaho maro ty nampiambohoe’e ami’ty raty.
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 Toe fañajàn-kilala ty fivimbim-pisoroñe, vaho ho tsoeheñe am-palie’e ao ty Hake; ie ìra’ Iehovà’ i Màroy.
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 Fe nitsile amy lalañey nahareo, naho nampitsikapy ty maro amy Hake; nitivae’ areo ty fañina’ i Levý, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy.
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 Aa le nisirikaeko naho nimavoeko añatrefa’ ze kila ondaty amy te tsy nambena’ areo o lalakooy, vaho mirihy t’ie mañorike Hake.
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 Tsy raik’ avao hao t’i Raentika? Tsy Andrianañahare Raike hao ty namboatse an-tika? Aa vaho akore te songa mifampikatramo aman-drahalahy, hiteratera i fañinan-droaentikañey?
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 Fa nanao hatsivokarañe t’Iehodà, hativàñe ty nanoeñe e Israele ao naho e Ierosalaime ao; fa vineta’ Iehodà i toetse navahe’ Iehovày ie nikokoa’e, amy nañenga’e ty anak’ ampelan- drahare ambahiny ho vali’e.
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 Haitoa’ Iehovà amo kiboho’ Iakobeo t’indaty manao izay, ie mañenga soroñe amy Iehovà’ i maroiy. he t’ie mpiaolo ke te mpañorike.
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 Inao ka ty fanoe’areo: atsafe’ areo rano-maso ty kitreli’ Iehovà, am-pirovetañe, vaho am-pangololoihañe, amy te tsy haoñe’e i engay, tsy no’e ty handrambe an-taña’ areo.
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 Le anoa’areo ty hoe: Aa vaho akore? Amy te Iehovà ro valolombeloñe añivo’o naho i tañanjomban- katora’oy, i fañahie’oy, ndra te nirañe’o i valim-pañina’oy.
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 Aa tsy nanoe’e [nofotse] raike hao? Aa manao akore t’ie raike? naho tsy te ipaia’e tiry mpañori-Kake. Aa le itaò ty arofo’ areo, ehe te tsy eo ty hifotetse amy tañanjomban-katora’ey.
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 Hejeko ty tsei-valy, hoe t’Iehovà, Andrianañahare’ Israele, naho ty misaroñe tiñake hoe t’ie sikiñe, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy; aa le itaò o tro’ areoo, tsy mone hivalike.
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 Fa nimokore’ areo t’Iehovà amo enta’ areoo. le manao ty hoe: Aa vaho akore ty nampimokora’ay? Ami’ty atao’ areo ty hoe: Hene soa am-pivazohoa’ Iehovà eo ze manao raty, vaho no’e! ndra ty hoe; Aia i Andrianañaharen- kavantañañey?
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?
