¹Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

¹Li Dios quixye: —Lâin tintakla lin takl laj cßamol be chicuu. Aßan tâchßolobânk xyâlal chiruheb li tenamit re nak eb aßan yoßon cuânkeb chixcßulbal li Jun li tintakla. Chi sêb tâchâlk li Kâcuaß li yôquex chixsicßbal ut tâoc saß li templo. Li ani châlc re, aßan tâxakabânk re xcuanquil li contrato, li yôquex chiroybeninquil, chan li Dios.

²But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:

²¿Ani ta cuiß tixcuy rilbal lix cßulunic li Kâcuaß? Ut, ¿ani ta cuiß târûk tixxakab rib nak tâcßulûnk xban nak aßan joß jun li xam li na-isin xtzßajnil li oro, ut joß li xabôn li nasakobresin re li tßicr?

³And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

³Li Kâcuaß târisiheb lix mâusilaleb laj tij. Chanchan nak naxchunub rib laj yîbom plata ut oro. Naxqßue saß xam li plata ut li oro re risinquil lix tzßajnil. Joßcan ajcuiß tixbânu li Kâcuaß nak târisi lix mâusilaleb. Nak ac isinbilak chic lix mâusilal li ralal xcßajol laj Leví, târûk chic teßmayejak chiru li Kâcuaß saß tîquilal.

⁴Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

⁴Tâsahokß cuißchic saß xchßôl li Kâcuaß xcßulbal lix mayejeb laj Judá joß ajcuiß lix mayejeb laj Jerusalén joß nak quixcßul chak chi sa saß xchßôl lix mayejeb saß eb li chihab quilajeßnumeß najter kße cutan.

⁵And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

⁵Li Kâcuaß li nimajcual Dios quixye: —Lâin tinchâlk chi rakoc âtin saß êbên. Lâin tinyehok re nak cuan xmâqueb li nequeßtûlac, joßqueb ajcuiß li nequeßmuxuc caxâr, joßqueb ajcuiß li nequeßxpatzß lin cßabaß yal riqßuin ticßtiß. Ut lâin ajcuiß tinyehok re nak cuan ajcuiß xmâqueb li incßaß nequeßxtoj chi tzßakal laj cßanjel, joßqueb ajcuiß li nequeßrahobtesin reheb li xmâlcaßan ut eb li nequeßrahobtesin reheb li mâcßaß xnaß xyucuaß, joßqueb ajcuiß li nequeßxbânu raylal reheb li jalaneb xtenamit, chi moco nequeßxxucua cuu lâin, chan li Kâcuaß li kßaxal nim xcuanquil.

⁶For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

⁶—Lâin li Kâcuaß. Incßaß ninjala. Joßcan nak toj mâjiß ninsach êru, lâex li ralal xcßajol laj Jacob.

⁷Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

⁷Chalen nak toj cuânkeb chak lê naß êyucuaß, lâex quetzßektâna li chakßrab li quinqßue êre ut incßaß quebânu li cßaßru quinye. Sukßinkex cuiqßuin ut lâin texincßul cuißchic chokß cualal incßajol, chan li nimajcual Dios. Abanan lâex nequeye, “¿Cßaßru xopaltoß cuiß nak tosukßîk âcuiqßuin?” chanquex.

⁸Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

⁸Lâin li Kâcuaß Dios ninpatzß êre: ¿Ma târûk ta biß târelkßa li cßaßru cue junak li cuînk? Incßaß raj. Abanan lâex yôquex chi elkßac chicuu. Ut nequeye, “¿Cßaßru xkelkßa âcue?” chanquex. Lâex xex-elkßac chicuu xban nak incßaß nequeqßue li junjûnk saß xlajêtkil ut incßaß nequeqßue lê mayej.

⁹Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

⁹Tzßektânanbilex chêjunilex lâex, joß ajcuiß chixjunil li tenamit, xban nak yôquex chirelkßanquil li cßaßru cue.

¹⁰Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

¹⁰Joßcan ut nak cßamomak chak chêjunilex li junjûnk saß xlajêtkil saß xnaßaj li mayej re nak tâcuânk li cßaßru tâcßanjelak saß li cuochoch. Ut yalomakin anakcuan riqßuin aßin. ¿Ma incßaß tana tinte chak re li choxa ut tinqßue chak chi numtajenak lê rosobtesinquil? chan li nimajcual Dios.

¹¹And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

¹¹—Lâin incßaß tincanab chi sachecß lê racuîmk. Incßaß tincanabeb li xul chixsachbal ru lê racuîmk. Tâcuânk ban ru chi nabal lê uvas.

¹²And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

¹²Ut chixjunileb li xnînkal ru tenamit teßxye nak osobtesinbilex xban nak cßajoßak chic xchßinaßusal lê naßaj, chan li nimajcual Dios.

¹³Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

¹³—Kßaxal ra nanak cuiß lê râtin xeye cue, chan li Kâcuaß. Ut toj nequeye, “¿Cßaßru xkaye? ¿Cßaßru xatkahob cuiß?” chanquex.

¹⁴Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

¹⁴Lâex xeye, “Mâcßaß aj e nak yôco chi cßanjelac chiru li Kâcuaß. ¿Cßaßru takara nak yôko chixpâbanquil lix chakßrab? ¿Cßaßru takara nak yôko chi cßuluc raylal chixtâkenquil li Kâcuaß li nimajcual Dios?” chanquex.

¹⁵And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

¹⁵Ut nequeye ajcuiß, “Us xak reheb li incßaß useb xnaßleb. Eb li nequeßbânun mâusilal, us cuanqueb. Nequeßxbânu li mâusilal yal re xyalbal rix li Dios ut mâcßaß nequeßxcßul,” chanquex.—

¹⁶Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

¹⁶Abanan eb li nequeßxxucua ru li Kâcuaß queßxjultica chi ribileb rib li rusilal li Dios. Ut li Kâcuaß quirabi ut quixqßue retal li cßaßru queßxye. Ut chiru li Kâcuaß quitzßîbâc saß jun li hu lix cßabaßeb li nequeßxucuan ru ut nequeßqßuehoc xlokßal li Kâcuaß.

¹⁷And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

¹⁷Li nimajcual Dios quixye: —Saß li cutan nak tinchßutub ruheb lin tenamit, kßaxal lokßakeb chicuu. Joß jun yucuaßbej naril xtokßobâl ru li ralal li nacßanjelac chiru, joßcan ajcuiß nak tincuil xtokßobâl ruheb lin tenamit lâin.Toj aran têqßue retal li ani quixbânu li us ut li ani incßaß quixbânu li us. Têqßue retal lix jalanil riqßuineb li ani queßcßanjelac chicuu ut li ani incßaß queßcßanjelac chicuu, chan li Kâcuaß.

¹⁸Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

¹⁸Toj aran têqßue retal li ani quixbânu li us ut li ani incßaß quixbânu li us. Têqßue retal lix jalanil riqßuineb li ani queßcßanjelac chicuu ut li ani incßaß queßcßanjelac chicuu, chan li Kâcuaß.