4. Yini ebonisa ukuthi incwadi kaMalaki iyiqiniso futhi iphefumlelwe?

⁴ Ngaso sonke isikhathi incwadi kaMalaki ibilokhu yamukelwa amaJuda njengeyiqiniso. Izingcaphuno zayo emiBhalweni yamaKristu yesiGreki, eziningana zazo ezibonisa ukugcwaliseka kwesiprofetho sayo, zibonisa ukuthi incwadi kaMalaki iphefumlelwe futhi iyingxenye yohlu lwezincwadi zemiBhalo yesiHeberu eyayiqashelwa yibandla lobuKristu.​—⁠Mal. 1:​2, 3​—⁠Roma 9:​13; Mal. 3:1​—⁠Math. 11:​10 noLuka 1:​76 no-7:​27; Mal. 4:​5, 6​—⁠Math. 11:​14 no-17:​10-13, Marku 9:​11-13 noLuka 1:⁠17.

14. (a) Yini, ngokukhethekile, uMalaki akhomba phambili kuyo? (b) UMalaki 3:⁠1 wagcwaliseka kanjani ekhulwini lokuqala leminyaka C.E.?

¹⁴ Njengencwadi yokugcina yemiBhalo yesiHeberu ephefumlelwe, uMalaki ukhomba phambili ezenzakalweni ezizungeze ukufika kukaMesiya, okubonakala kwakhe eminyakeni engaphezu kwengamakhulu amane kamuva kwanikeza isizathu sokuloba imiBhalo YamaKristu YesiGreki. Njengoba kulotshwe kuMalaki 3:⁠1, uJehova-Sebawoti wathi: “Bhekani, ngiyathuma isithunywa sami; siyakulungisa indlela phambi kwami.” Ekhuluma ngaphansi kokuphefumlelwa, uZakariya osegugile wabonisa ukuthi lokhu kwagcwaliseka endodaneni yakhe, uJohane uMbhapathizi. (Luka 1:​76) UJesu Kristu wakuqinisekisa lokhu, ngesikhathi esifanayo ethi: “Akuvelanga omkhulu kunoJohane uMbhapathizi; kepha omncane embusweni wezulu mkhulu kunaye.” Njengoba uMalaki abikezela, uJohane wayethunyelwe ukuba ‘alungise indlela,’ ngalokho wayengekho phakathi kwalabo uJesu kamuva enza nabo isivumelwano soMbuso.​—⁠Math. 11:​7-12; Luka 7:​27, 28; 22:​28-⁠30.