1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Kwa maana, angalieni, siku ile inakuja, inawaka kama tanuru; na watu wote wenye kiburi, nao wote watendao uovu, watakuwa makapi; na siku ile inayokuja itawateketeza, asema Bwana wa majeshi; hata haitawaachia shina wala tawi.
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Lakini kwenu ninyi mnaolicha jina langu, jua la haki litawazukia, lenye kuponya katika mbawa zake; nanyi mtatoka nje, na kucheza-cheza kama ndama wa mazizini.
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this , saith the LORD of hosts.
Nanyi mtawakanyaga waovu; maana watakuwa majivu chini ya nyayo za miguu yenu; katika siku ile niifanyayo, asema Bwana wa majeshi.
A Call to Remembrance
4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
Ikumbukeni torati ya Musa, mtumishi wangu, niliyomwamuru huko Horebu kwa ajili ya Israeli wote, naam, amri na hukumu.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
Angalieni, nitawapelekea Eliya nabii, kabla haijaja siku ile ya Bwana, iliyo kuu na kuogofya.
6 and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Naye ataigeuza mioyo ya baba iwaelekee watoto wao, na mioyo ya watoto iwaelekee baba zao, ili nisije nikaipiga dunia kwa laana.
