uMaleyakhi
uMaleyakhi Igama uMaleyakhi, okungelesiHebheru, lichaza ukuthi „isithunjwa sami“; ibizo lalo mphrofethi asilazi. Incwadi yakhe iqukethe izinkulumo eziyisithupha ezibekwe njengengxoxo yabaqwagayisanayo. Umuso obekwa ngumphrofethi uphendulwa ngabawuphikisayo, bese kulandela impendulo echazisisayo. Ukugcizelelisisa kwezokholo (uMaleykhi 1,6-14) nakwezesimilo nokuziphatha (uMaleyakhi 2,10-16) kuhambisana nenqubo endala yentshumayelo yabaphrofethi.
Kokulotshwé encwadini kaMaleyakhi kufana nezimo esizwa ngazo kwekaHagayi, lapha nalaphaya kufane nesikwazela ezincwadini zoEzra noNehemiya (izinsizi zokweswela, ukuganiselana nabezizwe). Ithempeli selivuselelwe; akuqondakali-ke nokho ukuthi umphrofethi waphila washumayela ngaphambi noma ngemuva kwezikhathi zoEzra noNehemiya.
Umtapo: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia 2. Auflage; Die Lexikon-Bibel. ISBN 3-438-01653-2 Seite 989; https://www.biblia-zuluensis.de/ezisematheni/284-uhezekhiya/
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