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Malachi 2

Ukukhohlisa kukaIsrayeli

1 Khathesi-ke, bapristi ^a, umlayo lo ngowenu. 2 Uba ^b lingalaleli, njalo uba lingakubeki ^c enhliziyweni ukunika ibizo lami udumo, itsho iNkosi yamabandla ^d, ngizathumela isiqalekiso ^{e
,} ^f phakathi kwenu, ngiqalekise izibusiso ^g zenu. Yebo, sengiziqalekisile, ngoba kalikubeki ^h enhliziyweni. 3 Khangelani, ngizakona ⁱ inzalo yenu, ngithele ^j umswane ebusweni benu, umswane ^k wamadili ^l enu, lisuswe ^{m
,} ⁿ kanye lawo. 4 Njalo lizakwazi ukuthi ngithumele lumlayo ^o kini, ukuze ^p isivumelwano sami sibe loLevi, itsho iNkosi yamabandla. 5 Isivumelwano ^{q
,} ^r sami besilaye siyikuphila lokuthula ^s; ngamnika khona kube ^t yikwesaba angesaba ngakho; wathuthumela phambi kwebizo lami. 6 Umlayo ^u weqiniso wawusemlonyeni wakhe, lesiphambeko kasitholakalanga endebeni zakhe. Wahamba lami ngokuthula langobuqotho ^v, waphendula ^w abanengi ebubini. 7 Ngoba indebe ^x zompristi ^y ziyagcina ulwazi, njalo ^z bayadinga umlayo emlonyeni wakhe, ngoba uyisithunywa ^aa seNkosi yamabandla. 8 Kodwa lina liphambukile endleleni, lakhubekisa ^ab abanengi emlayweni; lona isivumelwano ^ac sikaLevi, itsho iNkosi yamabandla. 9 Ngakho lami ngilenzile ^ad laba ngabadelelekayo labehliselwe phansi phambi kwabantu bonke, njengokuba ^ae lingagcinanga izindlela zami, kodwa lamukele ^{af
,} ^ag ubuso emlayweni.

Ukukhohlisa kukaIsrayeli

10 Kasilababa ^ah munye yini thina sonke? UNkulunkulu munye kasidalanga yini ^ai? Kungani sisenza ^aj ngenkohliso, omunye emelene lomfowabo, ngokungcolisa ^ak isivumelwano sabobaba? 11 UJuda wenze ngenkohliso ^al, njalo kwenziwe amanyala koIsrayeli ^am leJerusalema; ngoba uJuda ungcolisile ubungcwele ^an bukaJehova abuthandayo, uthethe ^{ao
,} ^ap indodakazi ^aq kankulunkulu wezizweni. 12 INkosi izaquma umuntu owenza lokhu, ovusayo lophendulayo ^ar, asuke emathenteni kaJakobe, lalowo ^as oletha umnikelo eNkosini yamabandla. 13 Lalokhu likwenzile kabili; lisibekela ilathi leNkosi ngezinyembezi, ngokukhala, langokububula, okungangokuthi kayisawunanzi umnikelo, kumbe ukuwemukela ngokuthokoza esandleni senu.

14 Kanti ^at lithi: Kungani? Kungoba ^au iNkosi yayingumfakazi phakathi kwakho lomfazi ^av wobutsha bakho, wena omphethe ngenkohliso ^aw, kanti ^ax engumngane wakho, lomfazi ^ay wesivumelwano sakho. 15 Kenzanga ^az yini oyedwa? Njalo elomoya oseleyo ^ba. Njalo kungani oyedwa? Wadinga inzalo kaNkulunkulu ^bb. Ngakho ^bc qaphelisani ngomoya wenu, njalo kakungabi lophatha ^bd umfazi ^be wobutsha bakhe ngenkohliso ^bf. 16 Ngoba ^bg iNkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli ithi iyazonda ukwalana ^bh. Ngoba omunye usibekela udlakela ngesembatho ^bi sakhe, itsho ^bj iNkosi yamabandla. Ngakho qaphelisani ngomoya wenu, ukuze lingenzi ^bk ngenkohliso.

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17 Liyidinisile ^bl iNkosi ngamazwi ^bm enu. Kanti ^bn lithi: Siyidinise ngani? Ngokuthi ^bo kwenu: Wonke owenza okubi ulungile emehlweni eNkosi, njalo iyathokoza ^bp ngabo; kumbe: Ungaphi ^bq uNkulunkulu wesahlulelo?