Malachi

Ke eyo Malachi, nditɔ Israel ema efiak ebɔp temple ema ke Jerusalem, edi nte mme owo akana nte mmɔ efiak ebɔp ebuana mmɔ ye Ͻbɔŋ. Nte afo ekpepde Malachi, yom mme mbume emi Ͻbɔŋ okobupde nditɔ Israel mme emi mmɔ ekebupde Enye. Kere baŋa ndibup idem fo mme ukem bume oro (enɔ usuk uwut-ŋkpɔ ke idak emi) man anwam fi odomo ebuana fo ye Ͻbɔŋ ese onyuŋ esik ekpere Enye.

• Didie ke ami nkut ima emi Ͻbɔŋ enyenede ɔnɔ mi? (se Malachi 1:2)

• Ndi mme enɔ emi nnɔde Ͻbɔŋ ekpono Enye ke akpanikɔ (se Malachi 1:6–11)

• Ke mme nsutɔ usuŋ ke ana nte “nyɔŋ” ntiene Abasi? (se Malachi 3:7).

• Ndi ami mmotuk Abasi ke usuŋ ndomo kiet? (se Malachi 3:8–11).

• Didie ke ido mi ke ini nsɔŋɔ-ŋkpɔ esim mme ekikere mi kabaŋa Ͻbɔŋ? (se Malachi 3:13–15; se ŋko 2:17).

Nte afo okotde abaŋa mme enɔ emi etiŋde ebaŋa ke Malachi 1, nso ke afo okot abaŋa mme enɔ emi mme oku ekenɔde? Nso ke mme uwa emi enɔ ekikere ebaŋa mme ifiɔk mme oku kabaŋa Ͻbɔŋ? (se Malachi 1:13). Kere-banga ndinam udim ibat mme enɔ, mme uwa, emi afo anamde ɔnɔ Ͻbɔŋ. Ke abaŋa ibat kiet kiet ke udim oro, kere baŋa se ikemede ndinam enye edi “ndedehe” enɔ mme “edisana” enɔ (Malachi 1:7,11).

Kere ke emenyene ufan emi ɔfiɔkde idaha oro ete ke afo emekpe tithe. “Nso ke afo anam?” ufan fo obup. Kere baŋa emi nte afo okotde Malachi 3:8–12. Nso ke afo okut do emi ekemede ndinwam mbɔrɔ mbume ufan fo oro? Nso efen ke afo okpoyom ufan fo ɔfiɔk abaŋa tithe? Man enyene mme unwam efen yom etop Elder Neil L. Andersen “Tithing: Opening the Windows of Heaven” (Liahona, Nov. 2023, 32–35), looking for answers to questions like these:

• Ntak emi Ͻbɔŋ oyomde nnyin ikpe tithe?

• Nso ikeme ndikpan owo ndikpe tithe ndien didie ke nnyin ikeme ndikan mme ubiɔŋɔ oro?

• Didie ke ndikpe tithe ɔsɔŋɔ mbuɔtidem nnyin ke Ete ke Heaven ye ke Jesus Christ?

Afo emekeme ndibuana ye ufan fo ŋko nte Ͻbɔŋ ɔdiɔŋde fi ke ini afo ekpede tithe. Afo emekeme ndikut mme ekikere ke ikpehe emi ekotde “Lesson Number 1—Significant but Subtle Blessings” ke etop Elder David A. Bednar “The Windows of Heaven” (Liahona, Nov. 2013, 17–18). Nsutɔ mme owo ke nnyin ikabade idi ke ini nnyin ikpede tithe?

Nso ke afo ekere ke ibio ikɔ oro “ebere mme window heaven enɔ fi” (ufaŋ 10) ekeme ndiwɔrɔ? Afo emekeme ndisio iso ke window ndien ekere abaŋa mme ufɔn mme window. Ntak emi “mme window heaven” edide eti usuŋ nditiŋ mbaŋa nte Ͻbɔŋ ɔdiɔŋde nnyin ke ini nnyin ikpede tithe?

Ke ini Moroni okokotde oto Malachi 4:5–6 ɔnɔ Joseph Smith, enye akanam ntre ye “ye ekpri ukpuhɔde ye nte enye ewerede” ke Bible (se Joseph Smith—History 1:36–39). Nso ke ukpuhɔde Moroni adian ɔnɔ ifiɔk fo ke prophecy emi? Ke nte uwut-ŋkpɔ, kere baŋa mme mbume ntem:

• Mme anie edi mme ete”? (see Deuteronomy 29:13). Mme nso eŋwɔŋɔ ke enam enɔ mmɔ? (se Abraham 2:9–11). Didie ke afo anwam anam mme ediomi emi esu.

• Mme nso ifiɔk enwam fi ndiŋwɔŋɔde esit fo nnɔ mme ete ete fo? Ntak emi oro edide ata akpan ke uduak Ete ke Heaven?

Man ekpep mme ŋkpɔ efen abaŋa edidi Elijah ye nte prophecy emi osuse mfin, se Doctrine and Covenants 110:13–16 ye D. Todd Christofferson, “The Sealing Power” (Liahona, Nov. 2023, 19–22). Ntak emi afo enemde esit ete ke Eljah edi?

Se ŋko Gerrit W. Gong, “We Each Have a Story,” Liahona, May 2022, 43–46; “Turn Your Hearts,” Hymns, no. 291; “The Sealing Power” (video), ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

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• Didie ke afo ye nditɔ fo edibɔrɔ mbume emi ke Malachi 1:2—“Didie ke [Ͻbɔŋ ama nnyin?” Buana ye kiet eken mme ntak emi afo ɔfiɔkde ke Enye ama fi. Nditɔ fo ekeme ndimiŋ mme ndise emi etide mmɔ abaŋa ima Esie.

• Didie ke afo ekeme ndinwam nditɔ fo ekpep ebaŋa mme ŋkpɔ? Afo emekeme ndidɔhɔ mmɔ ete ebat mme ŋkpɔ 10, utɔ nte mme okuk ke ikpa ŋwed edinam udua emi. Ndien afo emekeme ndibahade ŋkpɔ kiet ke oyu oro—emi edi se nnyin inɔde Ͻbɔŋ nte tithe. Nte asaŋade ye Malachi 3:8–12, ntak emi Ͻbɔŋ oyomde nnyin ikpe tithe? (se ŋko “Malachi the Prophet” ke Old Testament Stories, 171–72; “First Things First!” [video], Gospel Library).

  

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• Nte afo okotde Malachi 3:10 kiet, afo emekeme ndikot nditɔ fo ete eda ke window ke ini afo okotde ibio ikɔ “mme window heaven.” Midighe afo emekeme ndisin mmɔŋ ke cup tutu enye ɔyɔhɔ ɔduɔhɔ ndinam nwut ibio ikɔ emi “ibet ididuhe ikem inɔ enye.” Tiŋ nnɔ nditɔ oro baŋa mme edidiɔŋ emi Abasi ɔnɔde fi nte afo ekpede tithe. Nditɔ fo ekeme ndimiŋ mme ndise emi edade enɔ mme edidiɔŋ emi enyuŋ ekɔŋ mmɔ ke mme mkpere window ke ufɔk fo.

• Ke Malachi 4:5–6, nditɔ fo ekeme ndiyom ibɔrɔ nnɔ mme mbume emi abaŋade prophecy Malachi: anie ke Ͻbɔŋ ɔŋwɔŋɔ ndinɔ edi? Ini ewe ke Enye ɔkɔdɔ ke owo emi edidi? Nso ke Ͻbɔŋ ɔkɔdɔ ke owo emi edinam? Ntak anade nte owo emi edi? Ebiet ewe ke prophecy emi okosu? (se Doctrine and Covenants 110:13–16).

• Man ɔfiɔk nte prophecy emi ke Malachi 4:5 okosude, afo ŋko emekeme ndifiak nse “Joseph and Oliver Receive Priesthood Keys” in Doctrine and Covenants Stories, 26–30. Ikwɔ nte “The Hearts of the Children” (Children’s Songbook, 92) ekeme ndinwam nditɔ fo ndikpep ntak emi akanade nte Elijah edi. Afo ŋko emekeme ndika FamilySearch.org/discovery, the FamilySearch Tree app, or the My Family booklet mbaŋa mme edinam emi ekemede ndiŋwam fi ye nditɔ fo eŋwɔŋɔde esit enɔ mme ete ete mbufo.