Malaki 4
1 “Hakika siku inakuja, itawaka kama tanuru. Wote wenye kiburi na kila mtenda mabaya watakuwa mabua makavu, na siku ile inayokuja itawawasha moto,” asema Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote. “Hakuna mzizi wala tawi litakalosalia kwao.
For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.
2 Bali kwenu ninyi mnaoliheshimu Jina langu, jua la haki litawazukia, lenye kuponya katika mabawa yake. Nanyi mtatoka nje na kurukaruka kama ndama aliyeachiwa kutoka zizini.
But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.
3 Kisha ninyi mtawakanyaga waovu, nao watakuwa majivu chini ya nyayo za miguu yenu siku ile nitakayofanya mambo haya,” asema Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote.
And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.
4 “Kumbukeni sheria ya mtumishi wangu Mose, amri na sheria nilizompa huko Horebu kwa ajili ya Israeli wote.
Keep in mind the law of Moses, my servant, which I gave him in Horeb for all Israel, even the rules and the decisions.
5 “Tazama, nitawapelekea nabii Eliya kabla ya kuja siku ile iliyo kuu na ya kutisha ya Bwana.
See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.
6 Ataigeuza mioyo ya baba iwaelekee watoto wao, na mioyo ya watoto iwaelekee baba zao, la sivyo nitakuja na kuipiga nchi kwa laana.”
And by him the hearts of fathers will be turned to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers; for fear that I may come and put the earth under a curse.
