¹Mutoro weshoko raJehovha kuna Isiraeri chakatumwa naMaraki.

¹The burden of a word of Jehovah unto Israel by the hand of Malachi:

²Ndakakudai ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha. Kunyange zvakadaro imwi munoti, Makatida neiko? Ko Esau akanga asi mukoma waJakove here? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; kunyange zvakadaro ini ndakada Jakove;

²I have loved you, said Jehovah, And ye have said, `In what hast Thou loved us?`

³asi Esau ndakamuvenga, ndikaita makomo ake matongo, ndikapa makava amarenje nhaka yake.

³Is not Esau Jacob`s brother? — an affirmation of Jehovah, And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, And I make his mountains a desolation, And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness.

⁴Kunyange Edhomu vakati, Takaparadzwa hedu, asi tichadzoka tikavakazve matongo; zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Vachavaka, asi ini ndichakoromora; vanhu vachavatumidza, nyika yezvakaipa, uye vanhu vakatsamwirwa naJehovha nokusingaperi.

⁴Because Edom saith, `We have been made poor, And we turn back and we build the wastes,` Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: They do build, and I do destroy, And [men] have called to them, `O region of wickedness,` `O people whom Jehovah defied to the age.`

⁵Meso enyu achaona, mukati, Jehovha anokudzwa munyika yose yaIsiraeri.

⁵And your eyes do see, and ye say, `Magnified is Jehovah beyond the border of Israel,

⁶Mwanakomana anokudza baba vake, nomuranda anokudza tenzi wake; zvino kana ndiri baba venyu, kukudzwa kwangu kuripiko? Kana ndiri tenzi, kutyiwa kwangu kuripiko? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo kwamuri, imwi vapristi vanozvidza zita rangu. Zvino imwi moti, Tinozvidza zita renyu neiko?

⁶A son honoureth a father, and a servant his master. And if I [am] a father, where [is] Mine honour? And if I [am] a master, where [is] My fear? Said Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests, despising My name! And ye have said: `In what have we despised Thy name?`

⁷Munondivigira chingwa chine tsvina paaritari yangu. Zvino moti, Takakusvibisai neiko? Pakutaura kwenyu muchiti,Tafura yaJehovha ngaizvidzwe hayo.

⁷Ye are bringing nigh on Mine altar polluted bread, And ye have said: `In what have we polluted Thee?` In your saying: `The table of Jehovah — it [is] despicable,`

⁸Kana muchindivigira chakapofumara chive chibayiro, hazvina kuipa here? Kana muchindivigira chinokamhina nechinorwara hazvina kuipa here? Chizvivigirai mubati wenyu; ungakufarirai here? Kana ungakugamuchirai here? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo.

⁸And when ye bring nigh the blind for sacrifice, `There is no evil,` And when ye bring nigh the lame and sick, `There is no evil;` Bring it near, I pray thee, to thy governor — Doth he accept thee? or doth he lift up thy face? Said Jehovah of Hosts.

⁹Zvino chikumbirai henyu nyasha dzaMwari, kuti atinzwire tsitsi. Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo.

⁹And now, appease, I pray thee, the face of God, And He doth favour us; From your own hand hath this been, Doth He accept of you appearances? Said Jehovah of Hosts.

¹⁰Aiwa, dai kwaiva nomumwe wenyu waizarira hake mikova, kuti murege kubatidza moto paatari yangu pasina! Handikufaririyi imwi ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo handingagamuchiri chamunondivigira namaoko enyu.

¹⁰Who [is] even among you, And he shutteth the two-leaved doors? Yea, ye do not kindle Mine altar for nought, I have no pleasure in you, said Jehovah of Hosts, And a present I do not accept of your hand.

¹¹nekuti kubva pakubuda kwezuva kusvikira pakuvira kwaro zita rangu richakudzwa pakati pavahedheni; pose-pose zvinonhuhwira zvichavigirwa zita rangu, uye chipiriso chisina tsvina; nekuti zita rangu richakudzwa pakati pavahedheni ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo.

¹¹For, from the rising of the sun to its going in, Great [is] My name among nations, And in every place perfume is brought nigh to My name, and a pure present, For great [is] My name among nations, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

¹²Asi imwi munozvimhura, zvamunoti, Tafura yaJehovha yakasvibiswa, zvibereko zvayo, izvo zvokudya zvayo, ngazvizvidzwe hazvo.

¹²And ye are polluting it in your saying, `The table of Jehovah — it is polluted, As to its fruit — despicable is its food.`

¹³Munotiwo, Tarirai zvinonetsa sei! Mazvishora ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo; makandivigira zvakapambwa, nezvinokamhina, nezvinorwara; ndizvo zvamunondivigira chipiriso; zvino ndingazvigamuchira pamaoko enyu here? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹³And ye have said, `Lo, what a weariness,` And ye have puffed at it, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have brought in plunder, And the lame and the sick, And ye have brought in the present! Do I accept it from your hand? said Jehovah.

¹⁴Asi munyengeri ngaatukwe ane gondobwe pakati pamakwai ake, ndokupika nokubayira Ishe chinhu chakaremara; nekuti ndiri Mambo mukuru ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo zita rangu rinotyisa pakati pavahedheni.

¹⁴And cursed [is] a deceiver, who hath in his drove a male, And is vowing, and is sacrificing a marred thing to the Lord, For a great king [am] I, said Jehovah of Hosts, And My name [is] revered among nations!