Malakai 2

1“And now, O priests, this command is for you.

1“PEA ko eni, ʻakimoutolu ʻae kau taulaʻeiki, ko e fekau eni maʻamoutolu.

2If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.

2Kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou fanongo, pea kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou fakatokangaʻi homou loto, koeʻuhi ke fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻa hoku huafa,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, “Te u fekau atu moʻoni ha fakamalaʻia kiate kimoutolu, pea te u fakamalaʻia ʻa homou ngaahi tāpuaki: ʻio, kuo u fai ni ʻa hono fakamalaʻia, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke tokanga ki ai homou loto.

3Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it.

3Vakai, te u maumauʻi homou ʻinasi, pea teu lī ʻae kinohaʻa ʻi homou mata, ʻio, ʻae meʻa kovi mei hoʻomou ngaahi kātoanga mamalu; pea ʻe fetuku ʻakimoutolu fakataha mo ia.

4So shall you know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may stand, says the LORD of hosts.

4Pea te mou ʻilo kuo u ʻatu ʻae fekau ni kiate kimoutolu, koeʻuhi ke ʻia Livai ʻa ʻeku fuakava,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.

5My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name.

5“Naʻe fai ʻeku fuakava mo ia, ko e meʻa ki he moʻui mo e melino; pea naʻaku ʻatu ia ki ai, koeʻuhi ko ʻene manavahē, ʻaia naʻa ne manavahē ai kiate au, pea manavahē ki hoku huafa.

6True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.

6Naʻe ʻi hono ngutu ʻae fono ʻoe moʻoni, pea naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ha meʻa hala ʻi hono loungutu; naʻa ma ʻaʻeva mo au ʻi he melino mo e fai totonu, pea naʻa ne fakatafoki ʻae tokolahi mei he angahala.

7For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

7He ʻoku totonu ke ʻi he loungutu ʻoe taulaʻeiki ʻae poto, pea totonu ke nau kumi ʻae fono mei hono ngutu: he ko e talafekau ia meia Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.

8But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts,

8Ka kuo mou he mei he hala; kuo mou fakahumu ʻae tokolahi ʻi he fono; kuo mou fakalieliaʻi ʻae fuakava ʻa Livai,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.

9and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but show partiality in your instruction.”

9“Ko ia kuo u ngaohi ai ʻakimoutolu ke mou fakalielia mo fākatua ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai kotoa pē, ʻo tatau mo hoʻomou taʻefai ki hoku ngaahi hala, ka kuo mou fai filifilimānako ʻi he fono.”

10Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

10ʻIkai ʻoku tau tamai taha pe? ʻIkai ko e ʻOtua pe taha kuo ne ngaohi ʻakitautolu? Pea ko e hā ʻoku tau femalakiʻaki taki taha ʻae tangata ki hono tokoua, ʻi he maumauʻi ʻae fuakava ʻo ʻetau ngaahi tamai?

11Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the LORD, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

11Kuo fai kākā ʻa Siuta, pea ʻoku ʻai ʻae fakalielia ʻoku fai ʻi ʻIsileli, pea mo Selūsalema; he kuo fakalieliaʻi ʻe Siuta ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻa Sihova, ʻaia ʻoku totonu ʻene ʻofa ki ai, pea kuo ne mali mo e ʻofefine ʻoe ʻotua loi.

12May the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant of the man who does this, who brings an offering to the LORD of hosts!

12‌ʻE motuhi ʻe Sihova ʻae tangata ʻoku ne fai eni, ʻae akonaki, pea mo ia ʻoku akoʻi, mei he ngaahi fale fehikitaki ʻo Sēkope, pea mo ia ʻoku ʻatu ʻae feilaulau kia Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.

13And this second thing you do. You cover the LORD’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.

13Pea kuo mou toe fai eni, ʻo ʻufiʻufi ʻaki ʻae loʻimata ʻae feilaulauʻanga ʻo Sihova, ʻi he tangi mo e kalanga: ko ia ia ʻoku ʻikai te ne kei tokanga ki he feilaulau, pe te ne maʻu lelei ia mei homou nima.

14But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the LORD was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

14Ka naʻa mo ia, ʻoku mou pehē, ‘Ko e meʻa ʻi he hā?’ Koeʻuhi ko e fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova kiate koe, pea mo e ʻunoho ʻo hoʻo kei talavou, ʻaia kuo ke fai kākā ki ai: ka ko e moʻoni ko hoʻo kaumeʻa ia, pea ko e ʻunoho ne ke fuakava ki ai.

15Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth.

15Pea ʻikai naʻe ngaohi ia ʻe ia ke taha pe? Ka naʻe ʻiate ia pe hono toe ʻoe laumālie. Pea ko e hā ʻoku taha ai? Koeʻuhi ke ai ha hako māʻoniʻoni. Ko ia ke mou tokanga ki hoʻomou anga, pea ʻoua naʻa fai kākā ʻe ha taha ki he ʻunoho ʻo ʻene kei talavou.”

16“For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the LORD, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the LORD of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”

16He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, “ʻOku ne fehiʻa ki he tukuange: he ʻoku ai ha taha ʻoku ʻufiʻufi ʻaki hono kofu ʻa ʻene fakamālohi,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau: “ko ia, tokanga ki hoʻomou anga, ke ʻoua naʻa mou fai kākā.

17You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”

17Kuo mou fakafiuʻi ʻa Sihova ʻaki hoʻomou ngaahi lea. Ka ʻoku mou pehē, ‘Kuo mau fakafiuʻi ia ʻi he hā?’ ʻOka mou ka pehē, ‘Ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku fai kovi ʻoku lelei ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova,’ pea ‘ʻOku ne fiemālie kiate kinautolu: pe, ‘Ko e fē ʻae ʻOtua ʻoku fakamaau?’