Malaki 1
1 Tamko la neno la Bwana kwa Israeki kwa mkono wa Malaki.
An oracle: the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi.
2 “Nilikupenda, “asema Bwana. Lakini unasema, “kwa jinsi gani ulitupenda?” Esau siyo ndugu yake Yakobo?” asema Bwana. “Na bado nampenda Yakobo,
"I have loved you," says Jehovah. Yet you say, "How have you loved us?" "Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says Jehovah, "Yet I loved Jacob;
3 lakini nimemchukia Esau. nimeifanya milima yake kuwa ukiwa, na nimepafanya urithi wake kuwa makao ya mbweha wa jangwani.”
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness."
4 Kama Edomu husema, “Tumepigwa, lakini tutarudi na kujenga palipoharibiwa; “Bwana wa Majeshi asama hivi, “Watajenga lakini nitaiangusha chini; na wanaume watawaita 'Nchi ya uovu', na 'Watu ambao ambao Mungu ana hasira nao milele.”'
Whereas Edom says, "We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places;" thus says Jehovah of hosts, "They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them 'The Wicked Land,' even the people against whom Jehovah shows wrath forever."
5 kwa macho yenu mtaona hili, na mtasema, “Bwana ni mkuu mbele ya mipaka ya Israel.”
Your eyes will see, and you will say, "Jehovah is great—even beyond the border of Israel."
6 mtoto amtiibaba yake, na mtumwa amtii bwana wake. ikiwa mimi, ni baba, iko wapi heshima yangu? na kama mimi ni bwana, iko wapi heshima yangu? Bwana wa majeshi asema hivi kwenu, makuhani, mnaodharau jina langu. lakini mnasema, 'tumeridharauje jina lako?
"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 Jehovah of hosts to you, cohanim, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'
7 kwa kutoa mikate iliyonajisi madhabahuni kwangu. Na mnasema kuwa, 'Tumekuradhau kwa namna gani?' Kwa kusema hivyomeza ya Bwana imedharauliwa.
You offer defiled bread on my altar. You say, 'How have we defiled you?' In that you say, 'Jehovah's table is despised, and its fruit, its food, is despised.'
8 Mkitoa sadaka ya wanyama vipofu, hiyo siyo dhambi? na kama mkitoa vilema na wagonjwa, hiyo siyo dhambi? pelekeni hili kwa liwali; atawakubali au atainua nyuso zetu?” asema Bwana wa Majeshi.
When 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 Jehovah of hosts.
9 Na sasa, mnajaribu kutafuta neema ya Mungu, ili kwamba awe mwema kwetu. “Na aina gani ya sadaka kwa sehemu yenu, ataziinua nyuso zenu? asema Bwana wa Majeshi.
"Now, please entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?" says Jehovah of hosts.
10 Kama kungekuwa na mtu ambaye angefunga lango la Hekalu, ili kwamba kusewe na mto madhabahuni bure! lakini sina radhi na ninyi, “asema Bwana wa majeshi, “na sitaikubali sadaka yeyote kutoka katika mikono yenu.
"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 Jehovah of hosts, "neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
11 Kutoka mawio ya jua mpaka machweo jina langu litakuwa kuu katikati ya mataifa; katika kila sehemu uvumba utatolewa katika jina langu, na pia sadaka safi. Kwa sababu jina langu likuwa kuu sana katikatik ya mataif,” asema Bwana wa majeshi.
For 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 Jehovah of hosts.
12 “lakini ninyi mnachafua mnaposema meza ya Bwana mnainajisi, na matunda yake, na chakula chake kudharauka.
"But you profane it, in that you say, 'Jehovah's table is defiled, and its fruit, its food, is despised.'
13 Na ninyi pia mwasema, 'jambo hili limetuchosha, nanyi mnalidharau, “asema Bwana wa majeshi. “Mmerudisha kilichokuwa kimechukuliwa na wanyama wa mwitu au vilema au walio wagonjwa; na ndicho mnaleta kuwa sadaka zenu! Je naweza kuikubali hii mikononi mwenu?” asema Bwana.
You say also, 'Look, what a weariness it is.' and you sniff scornfully at it," says Jehovah of hosts; "and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this from your hand?" says Jehovah of hosts.
14 Alaniwe alye mdanganyifu, ambaye anaye mnyama dume katika kundi lake ana akaahidi kunitolea, lakini bado anatoa kwangu, mimi Bwana, ambayo ni kiujanja ujanja; kwa kuwa mimi ni mfalme mkuu,” asema Bwana wa Majeshi, “na jina langu litaogopwa katika mataifa.”
"But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to Jehovah a blemished thing; for I am a great King," says Jehovah of hosts, "and my name is awesome among the nations."
