¹Mutoro weshoko raJehovha kuna Isiraeri chakatumwa naMaraki.

¹The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by 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, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob,

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

³and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his inheritance to the jackals of the 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.

⁴If Edom say, We are broken down, but we will build again the ruined places, -- thus saith Jehovah of hosts: They shall build, but I will throw down; and [men] shall call them the territory of wickedness, and the people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.

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

⁵And your eyes shall see [it], and ye shall say, Jehovah is magnified 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 [his] father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, priests, that despise my name. But ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

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

⁷Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.

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 if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Present it now unto thy governor: will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts.

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

⁹And now, I pray you, beseech ùGod that he will be gracious unto us. This hath been of your hand: will he accept any of your persons? saith 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 there among you that would even shut the doors? and ye would not kindle [fire] on mine altar for nothing. I have no delight in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an oblation at 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 even unto its setting my name shall be great among the nations; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure oblation: for my name shall be great among the nations, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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

¹²But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, his food, is contemptible.

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 say, Behold, what a weariness! And ye have puffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and ye bring [that which was] torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the oblation: should I accept this of your hand? saith 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.

¹⁴Yea, cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the nations.