Bring ye all the tithes [a ‘tithe’ is 10% of your gross income] into the storehouse, that there may be meat [Spiritual food] in MINE house [souls saved], and prove ME now herewith, saith the LORD of HOSTS, if I will not open you the win dows of Heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of HOSTS. And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delight some land, saith the LORD of HOSTS” (Malachi 3:8-12).
Leteni zaka [zaka ni asilimia 10 ya mapato yako yote] kamili ghalani, ili kiwemo chakula [chakula cha kiroho] katika nyumba yangu [roho zilizookolewa], mkanijaribu kwa njia hiyo, asema Bwana wa majeshi; mjue kama sitawafungulia madirisha ya mbinguni, na kuwamwagieni baraka, hata isiwepo nafasi ya kutosha, au la. Nami kwa ajili yenu nitamkemea yeye alaye, wala hataharibu mazao ya ardhi yenu; wala mzabibu wenu hautapukutisha matunda yake kabla ya wakati wake katika mashamba, asema Bwana wa majeshi.