Athĩnjĩri-Ngai Gũtaarwo
1“Na rĩrĩ, rĩathani rĩrĩ nĩ rĩanyu, inyuĩ athĩnjĩri-Ngai.” 22:2 Jer 13:17; Math 15:7-9Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Mũngĩaga gũũthikĩrĩria na mwage gũtua itua na ngoro cianyu gũtĩĩa rĩĩtwa rĩakwa-rĩ, niĩ nĩngamũtũmĩra kĩrumi o na irathimo iria ndĩmũrathimaga nacio ndĩcirume. Ĩĩ, o na rĩu nĩndĩcirumĩte, tondũ mũtituĩte itua na ngoro cianyu kũndĩĩa.
32:3 Thaam 29:14; Ayub 9:31“Nĩngarũithia njiaro cianyu nĩ ũndũ wanyu; nĩngamũminjĩria taatha wa nyamũ cia magongona ma ciathĩ cianyu na mũgaatahwo mũrĩ o naguo. 4Na nĩmũkamenya atĩ nĩ niĩ ndĩmũtũmĩire rĩathani rĩrĩ, nĩgeetha kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa na Lawi gĩtũũre kĩrũmĩte,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga. 52:5 Ndar 25:12; Thab 119:161“Kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa kĩarĩ giitũ nake, nakĩo kĩarĩ kĩrĩkanĩro kĩa muoyo na gĩa thayũ, na niĩ ngĩmũhe cio; ũndũ ũcio warĩ wa gũtũma eĩndigĩre, nake akĩndĩĩa na agĩtũũra etigĩrĩte rĩĩtwa rĩakwa. 62:6 Gũcook 33:10; Joh 14:27Ũrutani wa ma warĩ kanua-inĩ gake, na gũtirĩ maheeni moonirwo mĩromo-inĩ yake. Aatwaranire na niĩ na thayũ na mĩthiĩre mĩrũngĩrĩru, na akĩgarũra andũ aingĩ moime mehia-inĩ.
72:7 Jer 18:18; 2Maũ 17:7“Tondũ mĩromo ya mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai yagĩrĩirwo nĩgũtũũria ũũgĩ, nao andũ magĩrĩirwo nĩgũcaria ũrutani kuuma kanua gake tondũ nĩwe mũtũmwo wa Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe. 82:8 Jer 18:15; Hos 6:4No inyuĩ nĩmũgarũrũkĩte mũgatiga njĩra, naguo ũrutani wanyu ũgatũma andũ aingĩ mahĩngwo; nĩmũthũkĩtie kĩrĩkanĩro giitũ na Lawi,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga. 9“Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, nĩndũmĩte mũmenwo na mũconorithio mbere ya andũ othe, tondũ mũtirũmagĩrĩra njĩra ciakwa no nĩmũthuuranagia andũ mũgĩtua ciira.”
Juda ti Mwĩhokeku
102:10 1Akor 8:6; Thaam 19:5Githĩ ithuothe tũtirĩ a ithe ũmwe? Githĩ ti Ngai ũmwe watũũmbire? Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma tũthaahie kĩrĩkanĩro kĩa maithe maitũ na ũndũ wa kwaga kwĩhokana mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ?
112:11 Isa 1:13; Thaam 34:16Andũ a Juda nĩmatigĩte gũtuĩka ehokeku. Ũndũ wa magigi nĩwĩkĩtwo Isiraeli na Jerusalemu: Andũ a Juda nĩmathaahĩtie handũ harĩa hatheru harĩa Jehova endete, nĩ ũndũ wa kũhikia airĩtu a andũ arĩa mahooyaga ngai ngʼeni. 122:12 Ezek 24:21; Mal 1:10Mũndũ o wothe wĩkaga ũguo-rĩ, arĩ ũ kana ũ, Jehova aromweheria hema-inĩ cia Jakubu, o na angĩkorwo nĩarehage maruta make kũrĩ Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.
13Kũrĩ ũndũ ũngĩ mwĩkaga. Mũiyũragia kĩgongona kĩa Jehova na maithori. Mũrĩraga na mũkagirĩka tondũ nĩatigire kũrũmbũiya maruta manyu, kana kũmaamũkĩra na gĩkeno kuuma harĩ inyuĩ. 142:14 Thim 5:18; Ahib 13:4Mũũragia atĩrĩ, “Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmi?” Nĩ tondũ Jehova nĩwe mũira gatagatĩ gaku na mũtumia wa ũnini waku, tondũ ndũrĩ mwĩhokeku harĩ we, o na gũtuĩka nĩwe mũrata waku, o we mũtumia wa kĩrĩkanĩro kĩa ũhiki waku.
152:15 Math 19:4-6; 1Akor 7:14Githĩ Jehova ndamatuĩte ũmwe? Matuĩkĩte ake mwĩrĩ na roho. Amatuĩte ũmwe nĩkĩ? Tondũ nĩacaragia rũciaro rwa etigĩri Ngai. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, gitagĩra roho waku, na ũtũũre ũrĩ mwĩhokeku kũrĩ mũtumia ũcio wa ũnini waku.
162:16 Gũcook 24:1; Kĩam 6:11Jehova Ngai wa Isiraeli ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩthũire ndigano ya mũthuuri na mũtumia wake, na nĩthũire mũndũ wĩhumbaga haaro ta nguo,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio gitĩra roho waku, na ndũkaage kwĩhokeka.
Mũthenya wa Ciira
17Inyuĩ nĩmũnogetie Jehova na ciugo cianyu.
No mũrooria atĩrĩ, “Tũmũnogetie atĩa?”
Mũmũnogetie na kuuga atĩrĩ, “Othe arĩa mekaga ũũru nĩmagĩrĩire maitho-inĩ ma Jehova, na nĩakenagio nĩo.” Ningĩ mũkooria atĩrĩ, “Ngai wa kĩhooto-rĩ, akĩrĩ ha?”
Additional warning to the priests
1‘And now, you priests, this warning is for you. 2If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honour my name,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honour me.
3‘Because of you I will rebuke your descendants2:3 Or will blight your corn; I will smear on your faces the dung from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it. 4And you will know that I have sent you this warning so that my covenant with Levi may continue,’ says the Lord Almighty. 5‘My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. 6True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin.
7‘For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth. 8But you have turned from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble; you have violated the covenant with Levi,’ says the Lord Almighty. 9‘So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.’
Breaking covenant through divorce
10Do we not all have one Father2:10 Or father? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our ancestors by being unfaithful to one another?
11Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god. 12As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may the Lord remove him from the tents of Jacob2:12 Or 12 May the Lord remove from the tents of Jacob anyone who gives testimony on behalf of the man who does this – even though he brings an offering to the Lord Almighty.
13Another thing you do: you flood the Lord’s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer looks with favour on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands. 14You ask, ‘Why?’ It is because the Lord is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.
15Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.2:15 The meaning of the Hebrew for the first part of this verse is uncertain. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
16‘The man who hates and divorces his wife,’ says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘does violence to the one he should protect,’2:16 Or ‘I hate divorce,’ says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘because the man who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,’ says the Lord Almighty.
So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.
Breaking covenant through injustice
17You have wearied the Lord with your words.
‘How have we wearied him?’ you ask.
By saying, ‘All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with them’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’
