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1. 1NMMNeno la unabii: Neno la Mwenyezi Mungu kwa Israeli kupitia kwa Malaki.BSBBSB: This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:
2. 2NMMMwenyezi Mungu asema, “Nimewapenda ninyi. “Lakini ninyi mnauliza, ‘Wewe umetupendaje?’ ” Mwenyezi Mungu asema, “Je, Esau hakuwa ndugu yake Yakobo? Hata hivyo nimempenda Yakobo,BSBBSB: “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
3. 3NMMlakini nikamchukia Esau, nami nimeifanya nchi yake ya vilima kuwa ukiwa, na urithi wake nimewapa mbweha wa jangwani.”BSBBSB: but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
4. 4NMMEdomu anaweza kusema, “Ingawa tumepondapondwa, tutajenga upya magofu.” Lakini hili ndilo asemalo Mwenyezi Mungu, Mungu wa majeshi ya mbinguni: “Wanaweza kujenga, lakini nitabomoa. Wataitwa Nchi Ovu, watu ambao siku zote wapo chini ya ghadhabu ya Mwenyezi Mungu.BSBBSB: Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.
5. 5NMMMtayaona kwa macho yenu wenyewe na kusema, ‘Mwenyezi Mungu ni mkuu, hata nje ya mipaka ya Israeli!’BSBBSB: You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”
6. 6NMM“Mwana humheshimu baba yake, naye mtumishi humheshimu bwana wake. Kama mimi ni baba, iko wapi heshima ninayostahili? Kama mimi ni bwana, iko wapi heshima ninayostahili?” asema Mwenyezi Mungu, Mungu wa majeshi ya mbinguni. “Ni ninyi, enyi makuhani, mnaolidharau Jina langu. “Lakini mnauliza, ‘Tumelidharau Jina lako kwa namna gani?’BSBBSB: “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’
7. 7NMM“Mnatoa sadaka chakula kilichotiwa unajisi juu ya madhabahu yangu. “Lakini ninyi mnauliza, ‘Tumekutia unajisi kwa namna gani?’ “Kwa kusema kuwa meza ya Mwenyezi Mungu ni ya kudharauliwa.BSBBSB: By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
8. 8NMMMnapoleta dhabihu za wanyama walio vipofu, je, hilo si kosa? Mnapoleta dhabihu zilizo vilema au wanyama wagonjwa, je, hilo si kosa? Jaribuni kuvitoa kwa mtawala wenu! Je, angefurahishwa nanyi? Je, atawakubalia?” asema Mwenyezi Mungu, Mungu wa majeshi ya mbinguni.BSBBSB: When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.
9. 9NMM“Basi mwombeni Mungu awe na neema kwetu. Je, kwa sadaka kama hizo kutoka mikononi mwenu, atawapokea?” asema Mwenyezi Mungu, Mungu wa majeshi ya mbinguni.BSBBSB: “But ask now for God’s favor. Will He be gracious? Since this has come from your hands, will He show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.
10. 10NMM“Laiti mmoja wenu angeifunga milango ya Hekalu, ili msije mkawasha moto usiokuwa na faida juu ya madhabahu yangu! Sina furaha nanyi,” asema Mwenyezi Mungu, Mungu wa majeshi ya mbinguni, “nami sitaikubali sadaka toka mikononi mwenu.BSBBSB: “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
11. 11NMMJina langu litakuwa kuu miongoni mwa mataifa, kuanzia mawio ya jua hata machweo yake. Kila mahali uvumba na sadaka safi zitaletwa kwa Jina langu, kwa sababu Jina langu litakuwa kuu miongoni mwa mataifa,” asema Mwenyezi Mungu, Mungu wa majeshi ya mbinguni.BSBBSB: For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
12. 12NMM“Lakini mnalinajisi Jina langu kwa kusema kuhusu meza ya Bwana, ‘Imetiwa unajisi pamoja na chakula chake. Ni ya kudharauliwa.’BSBBSB: “But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
13. 13NMMNanyi mnasema, ‘Mzigo gani huu!’ Nanyi mnaidharau kwa kiburi,” asema Mwenyezi Mungu, Mungu wa majeshi ya mbinguni. “Mnapowaleta wanyama mliopokonya kwa nguvu, walio vilema au walio wagonjwa na kuwatoa kama dhabihu, je, niwakubali kutoka mikononi mwenu?” asema Mwenyezi Mungu.BSBBSB: You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.
14. 14NMM“Amelaaniwa yeye adanganyaye, aliye na mnyama wa kiume anayekubalika katika kundi lake na kuweka nadhiri ya kumtoa, lakini akatoa dhabihu ya mnyama aliye na dosari kwa Mwenyezi Mungu. Kwa kuwa mimi ni Mfalme Mkuu, nalo Jina langu linapaswa kuogopwa miongoni mwa mataifa,” asema Mwenyezi Mungu, Mungu wa majeshi ya mbinguni.BSBBSB: “But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.