¹Tarirai, ndinotuma nhume yangu, iye achandigadzirira nzira yangu pamberi pangu; ipapo Ishe, wamunotsvaka, achasvika pakarepo patemberi yake, iye Mutumwa wesungano, wamunoshuva, tarirai, anouya ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo.

¹Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts.

²Asi ndiani ungatsunga nezuva rokuuya kwake? Ndiani angamira kana achionekwa? nekuti akafanana nomoto womunatsi, nesipo yomusuki.

²And who is bearing the day of his coming? And who is standing in his appearing? For he [is] as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller.

³Iye achagara pasi akafanana nomunatsi nomuchenesi wesirivha; achachenesa vanakomana vaRevhi, nokuvanatsa sendarama nesirivha; ipapo vachavigira Jehovha zvipiriso nokururama.

³And he hath sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And he hath purified the sons of Levi, And hath refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been to Jehovah bringing nigh a present in righteousness.

⁴Ipapo chipiriso chaJudha neJerusaremu zvichafadza Jehovha, sapamazuva akare, sapamakore apakutanga-tanga.

⁴And sweet to Jehovah hath been the present of Judah and Jerusalem, As in days of old, and as in former years.

⁵Ndichaswedera kwamuri kuti nditonge; ndichava chapupu chinokurumidza pamusoro pavaroyi, napamusoro pemhombwe, napamusoro pavanopika nhema, napamusoro pavanomanikidza mushandiri pamubayiro wake, nechirikadzi, nenherera, napamusoro pavanodzinga vatorwa, vasingandityi ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo.

⁵And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.

⁶nekuti ini Jehovha handishanduki, saka imi, vanakomana vaJakove, mugere kuparadzwa.

⁶For I [am] Jehovah, I have not changed, And ye, the sons of Jacob, Ye have not been consumed.

⁷Kubva pamazuva amadzibaba enyu makatsauka pane zvandakaraira, mukasazvichengeta. Dzokerai kwandiri, neni ndichadzokera kwamuri ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo. Asi imwi munoti, Tichadzoka pazvinhu zvipi?

⁷Even from the days of your fathers Ye have turned aside from My statutes, And ye have not taken heed. Turn back unto Me, and I turn back to you, Said Jehovah of Hosts. And ye have said, `In what do we turn back?`

⁸Ko munhu angabira Mwari here? Kunyange zvakadaro munondibira. Asi imwi munoti, Takakubirai pazvinhu zvipi? Pane zvegumi nezvipiriso zvinotsaurwa.

⁸Doth man deceive God? but ye are deceiving Me, And ye have said: `In what have we deceived Thee?` The tithe and the heave-offering!

⁹Makatukwa nokutuka; nekuti munondibira, urwo rudzi urwu rwose.

⁹With a curse ye are cursed! And Me ye are deceiving — this nation — all of it.

¹⁰Uyai nezvegumi zvose muimba yokuvigira, kuti zvokudya zvivepo mumba mangu, mundiidze naizvozvi zvino ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo muone kana ndisingakuzaruriyi mahwindo okudenga, ndikakudururirai mukomborero wamuchashaiwa pokuisa.

¹⁰Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.

¹¹Ndichatukawo udyi nokuda kwenyu, arege kuparadza zvibereko zveminda yenyu; nemizambiringa yenyu haingazuki zvibereko zvayo mumunda, nguva isati yasvika ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo.

¹¹And I have pushed for you against the consumer, And He doth not destroy to you the fruit of the ground, Nor miscarry to you doth the vine in the field, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

¹²Ndudzi dzose dzichati muri vanhu vakafara; nekuti muchava nyika inofadza ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo.

¹²And declared you happy have all the nations, For ye are a delightful land, said Jehovah of Hosts.

¹³Mashoko enyu akanga ari makukutu kwandiri ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha. Kunyange zvakadaro, munoti, Takataureiko pamusoro penyu?

¹³Hard against Me have been your words, Said Jehovah, and ye have said: `What have we spoken against Thee?`

¹⁴imwi makati, Hazvina maturo kushumira Mwari; takawaneiko zvatakachengeta zvaakaraira, zvatakafamba takapfeka nguvo dzokuchema pamberi paJehovha wehondo?

¹⁴Ye have said, `A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?

¹⁵Zvino tinoti vanozvikudza ndivo vakafara; zvirokwazvo, vanoita zvakaipa ndivo vanovakiswa; zvirokwazvo, vanoidza Mwari vachipukunyuka.

¹⁵And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.`

¹⁶Ipapo vaitya Jehovha vakataurirana, Jehovha akateerera, akanzwa, bhuku yokurangaridza ikanyorwa pamberi pake, nokuda kwavanotya Jehovha, vachirangarira zita rake.

¹⁶Then have those fearing Jehovah spoken one to another, And Jehovah doth attend and hear, And written is a book of memorial before Him Of those fearing Jehovah, And of those esteeming His name.

¹⁷Vachava vangu ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo ivo vangu chaivo, nezuva randichazviita; ndichavanzwira tsitsi, somunhu anonzwira tsitsi mwanakomana wake anomubatira.

¹⁷And they have been to Me, said Jehovah of Hosts, In the day that I am appointing — a peculiar treasure, And I have had pity on them, As one hath pity on his son who is serving him.

¹⁸Ipapo muchaonazve kusiyana kowakarurama nowakaipa, koanoshumira Mwari nowasingamushumiri.

¹⁸And ye have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.