¹The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi.

¹Israel kianga TOUPA thu kilakna Malakiin a muh

²I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother, saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;

²Ka honitta, TOUPAN a chi, Nou bel, koilaiah ahia nang kou non ittak? na chi ua, Esay Jakob unaupa ahi kei maw? TOUPAN a chi; hinapiin Jakob ka it:

³but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.

³Himahleh Esau ka huaa, a tangsangte ka hihgopa, a goutan gamdai sehalte kiangah ka peta hi.

⁴Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.

⁴Edomin, Sukjawngkhalin i om ua, himahleh i kik nawn ding ua mun segawpsate i lam ding uh, chi mahleh, hichibangin sepaihte TOUPAN a chi, a lam ding ua, himahleh ka chim sak ding; huan miten amaute gitlouhna gam leh, Mipi a tung ua khantawna TOUPA hehnate, a chi ding uh.

⁵And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, Jehovah be magnified beyond the border of Israel.

⁵Huchiin na mitte uh a mu dia, Israel gamgi khenah TOUPA letsakin om hen, na chi ding uhi.

⁶A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

⁶Tapain a pa a zahtaka, sikhain a pu; huchia pa ka hih leh, kei zahtakna kaw om ahia? huchia pu ka hih leh, kei kihtakna kaw om ahia? sepaite TOUPAN na kiang uah a chi, siampu ka min musitte aw. Huan nou, Koilaiah ahia na min ka muhsit uh? na chi ua,

⁷Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.

⁷Ka maitam tungah tanghou sesa na lan ua, huan nou Koilaiah ahia kon hihnit uh? na chi uh. TOUPA dohkan a simmohhuai, na chih na uah.

⁸And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts.

⁸Huan kithoihna dinga mittaw na lat un, gilou ahi kei maw? huan khebai leh damlou na lat un, gilou ahi kei maw? Tuin na ukpipa kiangah tawiin na tungah a lungdam diam? ahihkeileh nou hon deihsak diam? sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

⁹And now, I pray you, entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he accept any of your persons? saith Jehovah of hosts.

⁹Huchiin tuin, ka honngen hi, i tunga a chitna theihna dingin Pathian deihsakna ngen un. Hiai na khut ua kipan thilpiak toh nou hondeih sak diam? sepaiht TOUPAN a chi.

¹⁰Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle [fire on] mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

¹⁰A thawna ka maitam tunga mei na toh louhna ding un, na lak ua mi khat kongkhakte khak ding om le aw; Sepaihte TOUPAN, Nouah kipahna ka neikeia, na khut ua kipanin thillat leng ka sang sam kei ding, a chi.

¹¹For 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 Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts.

¹¹Ni suahna lama kipan ni tumna lam pha hialin leng Jentelte lak ah ka min a thupi ngala, huan mun chihah ka min adin gimlim a kilana, thillat siangthou; Jentelte laka ka min a let jiakin, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

¹²But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of Jehovah is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even its food, is contemptible.

¹²Himahleh nou na hihnin ua, TOUPA dohkan a nina, huaia a gah, a an nangawn, a zahpihhuai, na chih na uah.

¹³Ye say also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts; and ye have brought that which was taken by violence, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the offering: should I accept this at your hand? saith Jehovah.

¹³Ngai un, a chimtakhuai na e; na chi lai ua, huan na hahchhiau khum uh, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi, hiam maa lak van na tawi ua, khebaite, damloute, huchibangin thillat na hontawi uh; na khut ua kipanin hiai ka sang peuh mah ding hia? TOUPAN a chi hi.Himahleh a ganhon laka a pa neia, thuchiama TOUPA laka thil demkaia kithoih, mikhem pa hamsiatin om heh; kumpipa thupi ka hia, Jentelte lakah ka min a lauhuai ngala, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi hi.

¹⁴But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.

¹⁴Himahleh a ganhon laka a pa neia, thuchiama TOUPA laka thil demkaia kithoih, mikhem pa hamsiatin om heh; kumpipa thupi ka hia, Jentelte lakah ka min a lauhuai ngala, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi hi.