aNah 1:1
bHez 7:2; Mal 2:11
cDute 7:8; Jer 31:3-4
dAmos 1:11
eRoma 9:13
fGen 29:31,33; Dute 21:15-17; Hlu 14:16; Zaga 13:24; Luka 14:26
gJer 49:10,18; Hez 25:13,14, 35:3,4,7,14,15
hJow 3:19; Hez 35:9
iJer 49:33; Isa 13:21,22, 34:13
jJer 5:17
kAmos 1:11
lMal 1:5
mZek 1:12; Isa 34:5
nHlab 91:8
oHlab 35:27
pMal 1:5
qEks 20:12; Efe 6:2
rEks 4:22; Hos 11:1
sLuka 6:46
tMal 2:1
uMal 1:7,14, 2:17, 3:7,8,13
vMal 1:8, 1:11:12, 3:3
wMal 1:12; Ezra 2:62; Neh 7:64
xLevi 3:11
yMal 1:12; Ezra 2:62; Neh 7:64
zMal 1:7,14, 2:17, 3:7,8,13
aaMal 1:12
abMal 1:8,11, 2:12, 3:3
acLevi 22:22; Dute 15:21; Mal 1:13,14; Hez 45:15
adLevi 22:22; Dute 15:21; Mal 1:13,14; Hez 45:15
aeNeh 5:14,18; Hag 1:1
afMal 1:9; Jobe 42:8
agHos 13:9
ahMal 1:9; Jobe 42:8
ai2 Sam 15:4; Hlab 4:6
ajIsa 1:11; Amos 5:21
akZek 8:7; Hlab 113:3; Isa 45:6
alIsa 24:15; Hlab 48:10; Isa 2:2, 56:7, 60:3,5, 66:19
amLuka 24:47
anZef 2:11; 1 Tim 2:8; Dute 12:13
aoIsam 8:3; Hlab 141:2
apIsam 8:3
aqIsa 19:21; Zef 3:10; Mal 3:4; 1 Pet 2:5
arIsa 66:20
asIsa 24:15; Hlab 48:10; Isa 2:2, 56:7, 60:3,5, 66:19
atLuka 24:47
auMal 1:7
avMal 1:7
awIsa 43:22; Mika 6:3; Mal 2:17
axJobe 31:39
ayIsa 61:8
azMal 1:8
baMal 1:8
bbLevi 22:20
bcEks 12:5; Levi 1:3, 4:23, 22:19
bdZaga 25:26; Levi 22:25
beHlab 47:2; 1 Tim 6:15; Zek 14:9
bfHlab 47:2; 1 Tim 6:15; Zek 14:9

Malachi 1

Uthando lweNkosi kuJakobe

1Umthwalo a welizwi leNkosi kuIsrayeli b ngesandla sikaMalaki. 2Ngilithandile c, itsho iNkosi. Kodwa lithi: Usithande ngani? UEsawu d kasuye yini umfowabo kaJakobe? itsho iNkosi. Kanti ngamthanda uJakobe, e 3loEsawu ngamzonda f; ngenza g izintaba zakhe incithakalo, lelifa h lakhe laba ngelamakhanka i enkangala. 4Lanxa uEdoma esithi: Senziwe abayanga j, kodwa sizabuyela siyekwakha amanxiwa; itsho njalo iNkosi yamabandla: Bona k bangakha, kodwa mina ngizadiliza, njalo bazababiza ngokuthi: Ngumngcele l wobubi, labantu m iNkosi ebathukutheleleyo kuze kube phakade. 5Lamehlo n enu azabona, lani lithi: INkosi o izakhuliswa kusukela ngaphetsheya komngcele p wakoIsrayeli.

INkosi ikhuza abapristi

6Indodana q iyamhlonipha uyise, lenceku inkosi yayo. Uba-ke r nginguyihlo, kungaphi ukuhlonitshwa kwami? Uba-ke s ngiyiNkosi, kungaphi ukwesatshwa kwami? itsho iNkosi yamabandla kini t, bapristi elidelela ibizo lami; kodwa u lithi v: Silidelele ngani ibizo lakho? 7Lisondeza w isinkwa x esingcolileyo y phezu kwelathi lami, lisithi z: Sikungcolise ngani? Ngokuthi kwenu: Itafula aa leNkosi liyadeleleka. 8Njalo nxa lisondeza ab okuyisiphofu ac kube ngumhlatshelo, kakukubi yini? Lalapho lisondeza okuqhulayo lokugulayo ad, kakukubi yini? Ake ukusondeze kumbusi wakho ae; angathokoza ngawe yini, kumbe angabemukela af yini ubuso bakho? itsho iNkosi yamabandla. 9Khathesi-ke ake lincenge ubuso bukaNkulunkulu ukuze abe lomusa kithi; lokhu ag kube ngesandla senu; uzabemukela ah ubuso benu yini? itsho iNkosi yamabandla. 10Ngubani ai okhona ngitsho phakathi kwenu ongavala izivalo? Njalo lingabaseli ize umlilo phezu kwelathi lami. Kangithokozi ngani, kutsho iNkosi yamabandla, njalo kangiyikwemukela aj umnikelo esandleni senu ngentokozo. 11Ngoba ak kusukela ekuphumeni kwelanga kuze kube sekutshoneni kwalo, ibizo al lami lizakuba likhulu phakathi am kwezizwe; lakuyo an yonke indawo impepha ao izatshiselwa ap ibizo lami, lomnikelo aq ohlambulukileyo ar; ngoba as ibizo lami lizakuba likhulu phakathi at kwezizwe, itsho iNkosi yamabandla.

12Kodwa liyalingcolisa ngokuthi kwenu: Itafula au leNkosi lingcolisiwe; lesithelo salo, ukudla kwalo, kudelelekile av. 13Njalo lithi: Khangela, ukudinisa aw okungakanani! Njalo ax likuchilela amakhala, itsho iNkosi yamabandla; njalo lilethe impango ay, lokuqhulayo az, lokugulayo ba; ngokunjalo lilethe umnikelo. Ngikwemukele bb lokhu yini ngokuthokoza esandleni senu? itsho iNkosi. 14Kaqalekiswe-ke umkhohlisi oleduna bc emhlanjini wakhe, ofunga ahlabele iNkosi okonakeleyo bd; ngoba ngiyiNkosi enkulu be, itsho iNkosi yamabandla, lebizo lami liyesabeka bf phakathi kwezizwe.

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