Brief Summary: Malachi wrote the words of the Lord to God’s chosen people who had gone astray, especially the priests who had turned from the Lord. Priests were not treating the sacrifices they were to make to God seriously. Animals with blemishes were being sacrificed even though the law demanded animals without defect (Deuteronomy 15:21).
Muhtasari kwa kifupi: Malaki aliandika maneno ya Bwana kwa watu wateule wa Mungu ambao walikuwa wamepotea, hasa makuhani waliokuwa wamegeuka kutoka kwa Bwana. Makuhani hawakuwa wanaichukulia maanani sadaka waliopaswa kumtolea Mungu. Wanyama waliokuwa na kasoro walikuwa wakitolewa sadaka ingawa sheria ilidai wanyama bila kasoro (Kumbukumbu 15:21).