4. Yintoni engqina ukuba incwadi kaMalaki iyinyaniso kwaye iphefumlelwe?

⁴ Incwadi kaMalaki ibisoloko isamkelwa ngamaYuda njengeyinyaniso. Ukucatshulwa kwayo kwiZibhalo zamaKristu zesiGrike, uninzi lwazo olubonisa ukuzaliseka kwesiprofeto sayo, kungqina ukuba incwadi kaMalaki yaphefumlelwa kwaye iyinxalenye yemibhalo engcwele yeZibhalo zesiHebhere ezazixatyiswa libandla lamaKristu.—Mal. 1:2, 3—Roma 9:13; Mal. 3:1—Mat. 11:10 noLuka 1:76 nese-7:27; Mal. 4:5, 6—Mat. 11:14 nese-17:10-13; Marko 9:11-13 noLuka 1:17.

14. (a) UMalaki walatha phambili enini ngokukhethekileyo? (b) Wazaliseka njani uMalaki 3:1 ngenkulungwane yokuqala yeXesha Eliqhelekileyo?

¹⁴ Njengencwadi yokugqibela yeZibhalo eziphefumlelweyo zesiHebhere, uMalaki walatha phambili kwiziganeko ezinento yokwenza nokuza kukaMesiya, obukho bakhe bathi kwiinkulungwane ezingaphezu kwezine kamva baba sisizathu sokubhalwa kweZibhalo zamaKristu zesiGrike. Njengoko kubhaliwe kuMalaki 3:1, uYehova wemikhosi wathi: “Yabona, ndiya kuthuma umthunywa wam, agece indlela phambi kwam.” Ethetha ephantsi kwempefumlelo, uZekariya osel’ ekhulile wabonisa ukuba oku kwazaliseka kunyana wakhe, uYohane uMbhaptizi. (Luka 1:76) UYesu Kristu wakuqinisekisa oku, kwangaxeshanye ebonisa oku: “Akuvelanga mkhulu kunoYohane umbhaptizi; kanti ke nomncinane kwabanye ebukumkanini bamazulu mkhulu kunaye.” Njengoko uMalaki waxela kwangaphambili, uYohane wayethunywe ukuba ‘ayilungise indlela,’ ukuze angabikho phakathi kwabo wathi kamva uYesu wenza umnqophiso woBukumkani kunye nabo.—Mat. 11:7-12; Luka 7:27, 28; 22:28-30.