Malaquias 2

1 "Nā ināianei, he whakahau tēnei mō koutou, e ngā tohunga. 2 Ki te kore koutou e rongo, ki te kore e takoto i ō koutou ngākau kia hōmai he korōria ki tōku ingoa, e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano, ina ka tukua atu e ahau he kanga ki a koutou, ka kangā anō e ahau ā koutou manaaki. Āe rā, kua oti anō i ahau te kanga, nō te mea kāhore i te ngoto ki ō koutou ngākau.

3 "Nanā, ka rīria e ahau te purapura, he mea mō koutou, ka ākiritia atu hoki he paru kararehe ki runga ki ō koutou mata, arā ko te paru o ā koutou whakahere, ā, ka riro tahi atu koutou me tēnā. 4 Ā, ka mōhio koutou nāku tēnei whakahau i tuku ki a koutou, kia mau ai tāku kawenata ki a Rīwai," e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano. 5 "I a ia tāku kawenata mō te ora, mō te rongo mau; he mea hoatu nāku ki a ia kia wehi ai ia, ā, i wehi ia ki ahau, ā, hopohopo ana ki tōku ingoa. 6 I roto i tōna māngai te ture o te pono, kīhai hoki te hē i kitea ki ōna ngutu. I haere tahi ia i ahau i runga i te rongo mau, i te tika, he tini hoki i tahuri mai i a ia i te kino.

7 "Ko te tikanga hoki mā ngā ngutu o te tohunga he tiaki mātauranga, ā, mā rātou e rapu te ture ki tōna māngai; nō te mea ko te karere ia a Ihowā o ngā mano. 8 Ko koutou ia kua peka kē i te ara, kua mea i te ture hei tūtukitanga waewae mō ētahi, he tokomaha; hē iho i a koutou te kawenata ki a Rīwai," e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano. 9 "Nā, kua meinga nā koutou e ahau kia whakahāweatia, kia iti, i te aroaro o ngā tāngata katoa, kua rite ki tā koutou kīhai nā i mau ki āku ara, ā, i ngā mea o te ture he whakapai tangata tā koutou."

Te Whakaponokore o te Iwi ki te Atua

10 He teka ianei kotahi anō te pāpā o tātou katoa? He teka ianei kotahi anō te Atua nāna tātou i hanga? He aha tātou i tinihanga ai, te tuakana ki te teina, i whakanoa ai i te kawenata ki ō tātou mātua?

11 Kua tinihanga a Hūrā, e mahia ana hoki te mea whakarihariha i roto i a Īharaira, i Hiruhārama; kua noa hoki i a Hūrā te tapu o Ihowā, tāna hoki i aroha ai, ā, mārenatia ana māna te tamāhine a te atua kē. 12 Ka hātepea atu e Ihowā ki te tangata nāna tēnei mahi te kaiwhakaoho rāua ko te tangata whakaō, i roto i ngā tēneti o Hākopa, rātou anō ko te kaitāpae i te whakahere ki a Ihowā o ngā mano.

13 Nā, kei te mahi anō koutou i tēnei. Kei te hīpoki koutou i te āta a Ihowā ki te roimata, ki te tangi, ki te auē, nāwai ā ka kore ia e aro ki te whakahere i muri atu, kāhore hoki e manako ki te tango mai i tā tō koutou ringa. 14 Heoi, e mea nā koutou, "Nā te aha?" Nō te mea he kaiwhakaatu a Ihowā mō tāu ki te wahine o tōu taitamarikitanga i tinihangatia rā e koe, ahakoa ko ia tōu hoa, ko te wahine o tāu kawenata.

15 He teka ianei kotahi tāna i hanga ai, ahakoa i a ia anō te toenga iho o te wairua? Ā, nā te aha i kotahi ai? I rapu ia i te uri atua. Nā, tiakina tō koutou wairua, kaua hoki tētahi e tinihanga ki te wahine o tōna taitamarikitanga.

16 "E kino ana hoki ahau ki te whakarere," e ai tā Ihowā, tā te Atua o Īharaira; "ki te hīpoki anō hoki i tōna kākahu ki te tutū," e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano.

Nō reira, tiakina tō koutou wairua, kia kaua koutou e tinihanga.

17 Kua hōhā a Ihowā i ā koutou kupu, ā, e mea nā koutou, "I whakahōhātia ia e mātou ki te aha?"

I a koutou e kī nā, "He pai ki te titiro a Ihowā ngā tāngata katoa e mahi ana i te kino e manako ana hoki ia ki a rātou. Kei hea oti te Atua o te whakawā?"

1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and ye shall be taken away with it. 4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant may be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts. 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name. 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity. 7 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts. 8 But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts. 9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.

10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god. 12 Jehovah will cut off, to the man that doeth this, him that waketh and him that answereth, out of the tents of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto Jehovah of hosts. 13 And this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand. 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. 15 And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16 For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

17 Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?