¹Mutoro weshoko raJehovha kuna Isiraeri chakatumwa naMaraki.

¹An oracle: the word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. 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;

²“I have loved you,” says Yahweh. Yet you say, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says Yahweh, “Yet I loved Jacob;

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

³but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage 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.

⁴Whereas Edom says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places”; thus says Yahweh of Armies, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them ‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom Yahweh shows wrath forever.”

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

⁵Your eyes will see, and you will say, “Yahweh is great—even 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?

⁶“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

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

⁷You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table 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.

⁸When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn’t that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn’t that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?” says Yahweh of Armies.

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

⁹“Now, please entreat the favor of God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?” says Yahweh of Armies.

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.

¹⁰“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “neither will I accept an offering 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 to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.

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

¹²“But you profane it, in that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its 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.

¹³You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ and you have sniffed at it,” says Yahweh of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says Yahweh.

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.

¹⁴“But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” a blemished thing; for I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”