¹An oracle: the word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. to Israel by Malachi.

¹Israel kianga TOUPA thu kilakna Malakiin a muh

²“I have loved you,” says Yahweh. Yet you say, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says Yahweh, “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 says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places”; thus says Yahweh of Armies, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them ‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom Yahweh shows wrath forever.”

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.

⁵Your eyes will see, and you will say, “Yahweh is great—even beyond the border of Israel!”

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

⁶“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your 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,

⁷You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table 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.

⁸When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn’t that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn’t that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?” says Yahweh of Armies.

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.

⁹“Now, please entreat the favor of God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?” says Yahweh of Armies.

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.

¹⁰“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “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 to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.

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.

¹²“But you profane it, in that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is polluted, and its fruit, 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.

¹³You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ and you have sniffed at it,” says Yahweh of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says Yahweh.

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.

¹⁴“But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” a blemished thing; for I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”

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.