1“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies.
1 Guna, ay g'ay diya donton, a ga fonda soola mo ay jine. Rabbi mo, kaŋ araŋ goono ga ceeci, sahãadin a ga kaa nga fuwo kaŋ i ga sududu a se ra. Nga kaŋ ti alkawli diya kaŋ araŋ ga maa a kaani gumo, guna a ga kaa. Yaadin no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci.
1Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.
2“But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderer’s soap;
2 Amma may no ga hin a kaayaŋ zaaro? May no ga hin ka kay mo waati kaŋ a ga bangay? Zama a ga hima zam danji cine, da nyunako saafun mo.
2But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap:
3and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
3 A ga goro mo ka hanandi sanda mate kaŋ wura zam ga nzarfu hanandi cine. A ga Lawi izey hanandi no. A g'i hanandi sanda wura nda nzarfu cine, hal i ma sargayyaŋ salle Rabbi se adilitaray ra.
3and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness.
4Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to Yahweh, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.
4 Waati din gaa no Yahuda sargayey da Urusalima* waney ga ciya hari kaano Rabbi se, sanda waato jirbey ra da za doŋ jiirey cine.
4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.
5I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.
5 Ay ga kaa araŋ gaa ciiti teeyaŋ sabbay se. Ay ga waasu ka ciya seeda ziimey, da zina-teerey, da ngey kaŋ yaŋ ga ze da tangari, da ngey kaŋ yaŋ ga goy-ize zamba i alhakko sanni do haray din boŋ. Ngey nda borey mo kaŋ yaŋ goono ga wayboro kaŋ kurnye bu, da alatuumey kankam, i goono ga ce-yaw ganji haŋ kaŋ a hima ka du, i mana humburu ay mo. Yaadin no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci.
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 the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
6“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
6 Zama ay wo, Rabbi, ay si barmay bo. Woodin se no, ya araŋ Yakuba izey, i mana araŋ halaci.
6For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
7From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of Armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
7 Za araŋ kaayey gaa no araŋ kamba k'ay hin sanney taŋ, araŋ man'i haggoy mo. Wa bare ka ye ka kaa ay do, ay mo ga ye araŋ do. Yaadin no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci. Amma araŋ go ga ne: «Mate no iri ga te ka ye ka kaa d'a?»
7From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?
8Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.
8 To, boro ga Irikoy kom, wala? Amma araŋ wo, araŋ goono g'ay kom. Amma araŋ go ga ne: «Man gaa no iri na ni kom, binde?» To, zakkey da sargayey do haray no.
8Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
9 Araŋ ya laali hariyaŋ no zama araŋ, dumo wo kulu, araŋ goono g'ay kom.
9Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
10Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.
10 Wa kande zakka kulu jisiyaŋ nango ra, zama i ma du ŋwaari ay windo ra. Araŋ m'ay si yaadin cine sohõ, ka di hal ay si beene daabirjey fiti araŋ se, ya albarka gusam araŋ se hal i ma jaŋ nangu kaŋ i g'a ta. Yaadin no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci.
10Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah 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].
11I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field,” says Yahweh of Armies.
11 Ay ga deeni mo aŋwaara gaa araŋ sabbay se, a ma s'araŋ laabo nafa halaci. Tuuri-nya mo si nga izey zama za a ninyaŋ waate mana to fari ra. Yaadin no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci.
11And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.
12“All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of Armies.
12 Dumi cindey kulu mo ga ne araŋ se bine-kaani-koyyaŋ, zama araŋ ga ciya laabu gaakurante. Yaadin no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci.
12And all nations shall call you happy; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.
13“Your words have been stout against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’
13 Rabbi Kundeykoyo ne: «Araŋ gaaba nd'ay da sanni yaamoyaŋ.» Amma araŋ go ga ne: «Man gaa no iri salaŋ ka gaaba nda nin?»
13Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?
14You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God;’ and ‘What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?
14 To, za kaŋ araŋ ne: «Yaamo no boro ma may Irikoy se. Ifo ga ti a nafa binde iri se iri m'a lordey gana, iri ma dira Rabbi Kundeykoyo jine da bu hẽeni hasaraw?
14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
15Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
15 Sohõ binde, iri ga ne boŋbeeraykoyey se bine-kaani-koyyaŋ no. Oho, ngey kaŋ yaŋ goono ga goy laalo te mo, ngey no ka tonton. Oho, i ga Irikoy si, i ga yana mo.»
15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.
16Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.
16 Waato din gaa ngey kaŋ yaŋ ga humburu Rabbi salaŋ care se, Rabbi mo na hanga jeeri ka maa, kal i na fonguyaŋ tira hantum a jine, borey kaŋ yaŋ ga humburu Rabbi, da ngey kaŋ yaŋ g'a maa beerandi din mo se.
16Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.
17They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
17 Rabbi Kundeykoyo ne: I ga ciya ay wane yaŋ, zaaro kaŋ ra ay g'i soola i ma ciya ay jisiri darzante. Ay g'i haggoy mo, sanda mate kaŋ cine boro ga nga ize kaŋ ga may a se haggoy.
17And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, [even] mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.
18 Waati din gaa araŋ ga ye ka bay fayanka kaŋ go adilante* da boro laalo game ra, danga boro kaŋ ga may Irikoy se da boro kaŋ si may a se game ra nooya.
18Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.