4. Chii chinobvumikisa bhuku raMaraki kuva rechokwadi nerakafuridzirwa?

⁴ Bhuku raMaraki nguva dzose rave richigamuchirwa navaJudha serechokwadi. Kunokorwa kwamashoko kubva mariri muMagwaro echiKristu echiGiriki, kwakawanda kwako kunoratidza kuzadzikwa kwouporofita hwaro, kunobvumikisa kuti bhuku raMaraki rakafuridzirwa uye rutivi rwendaza yamanyoro matsvene eMagwaro echiHebheru iyo yakagamuchirwa neungano yechiKristu.—Mar. 1:2, 3—VaR. 9:13; Mar. 3:1—Mat. 11:10 naRuka 1:76 uye Ru 7:27; Mar. 4:5, 6—Mat. 11:14 naMat 17:10-13, Marko 9:11-13 uye Ruka 1:17.

10. Ishe anouya kutembere yake nokuda kwebasai rorutongeso?

¹⁰ Ishe wechokwadi nenhume (3:1-18). Uporofita hwacho zvino hunosvika pamugumo namashoko a“Jehovha wehondo”; anoti: “Tarirai, ndinotuma nhume yangu, iye uchandigadzirira nzira yangu pamberi pangu; ipapo Ishe, wamunotsvaka, uchasvika pakarepo patembere yake, iye Mutumwa wesungano, wamunoshuva, tarirai, unouya.” (3:1) Somunatsi, Iye uchachenesa vanakomana vaRevhi uye achava chapupu chinokurumidza pamusoro pavakaipa avo vasina kutya Iye. Jehovha haachinji, uye nemhaka yokuti vanakomana vaJakobho, iye nenzira yengoni achadzokera kwavari kana vakadzokera kwaari.

14. (a) Maraki anonongedzera mberi, zvikurukuru, kuchii? (b) Maraki 3:1 yakazadzikwa sei muzana ramakore rokutanga C.E.?

¹⁴ Sebhuku rokupedzisira raMagwaro echiHebheru akafuridzirwa, bhuku raMaraki rinonongedzera mberi kuzviitiko zvakapoteredza kuuya kwaMesiya, ane kuoneka uko kwakagovera chikonzero chokunyorwa kwaMagwaro echiKristu echiGiriki anopfuura mazana mana amakore gare gare. Sezvakanyorwa pana Maraki 3:1, Jehovha wehondo akati: “Tarirai, ndinotuma nhume yangu, iye uchandigadzirira nzira yangu pamberi pangu.” Achitaura mufuridziro, mukweguru Zekaria akaratidza kuti ikoku kwakava nezadziko mumwanakomana wake, Johane Mubhapatidzi. (Ruka 1:76) Jesu Kristu akasimbisa ikoku, achitaura panguva imwe cheteyo, kuti: “Hakuna kumuka mukuru kuna Johane Mubhapatidzi; asi muduku muushe hwokudenga mukuru kwaari.” Johane akanga atumwa, sokufanotaura kwakaita Maraki, kuti ‘agadzire nzira,’ zvokuti akanga asiri pakati paavo Jesu akaita navo sungano gare gare nokuda kwoUmambo.—Mat. 11:7-12; Ruka 7:27, 28; 22:28-30.