5, 6. (a) Why nao olketa priest garem bigfala blame? (b) Hao nao Jehovah talemaot hem heitim olketa priest?

⁵ Why nao olketa priest garem bigfala blame? Verse 7 talemaot klia wanfala reason: “Mouth bilong wanfala priest hem mas keepim savve, and law nao samting wea olketa pipol mas lukaotem from mouth bilong hem; from hem nao messenger bilong Jehovah bilong olketa army.” Winim wan thousand year bifor, law wea God givim long Israel thru long Moses sei hao olketa garem responsibility “for teachim olketa son bilong Israel evri law wea Jehovah talem.” (Leviticus 10:11) Sorre tumas, bihaen, man wea raetem 2 Chronicles 15:3 sei: “For planti day Israel no garem wanfala tru God and no eni priest teach and no eni Law.”

⁶ Long mek-faev century B.C.E. long taem bilong Malachi, problem long saed bilong priest hem still semsem. Olketa go ahed for fail for teachim Law bilong God long pipol. So olketa priest hia bae mas givim ansa. Lukim strongfala toktok wea Jehovah talem againstim olketa. Malachi 2:3 sei olsem: “Mi bae torowem siti long feis bilong iufala, siti bilong olketa festival bilong iufala.” Datwan barava strong toktok for hotem man! Olketa shud karem siti bilong olketa animal wea olketa savve sakrifaesim go aotsaed camp and bonem. (Leviticus 16:27) Bat taem Jehovah talem olketa hao hem bae torowem datfala siti long feis bilong olketa, hem showimaot klia hao hem heitim and rejectim olketa and olketa sakrifaes bilong olketa.

11. Hu nao barava need for careful?

¹¹ For olketa wea garem privilege for teachim Word bilong God long olketa kongregeson distaem, Malachi 2:7 shud olsem wanfala warning. Hem sei mouth bilong olketa “mas keepim savve, and law nao hem samting wea olketa pipol mas lukaotem” from mouth bilong olketa. Olketa teacher olsem garem bigfala responsibility, from olsem James 3:1 showimaot olketa “bae kasem judgment wea moa hevi.” Nomata olketa shud teach witim strong, teaching bilong olketa mas garem strong faondeson long Word bilong God and long olketa instruction wea kam thru organization bilong Jehovah. Long wei olsem bae olketa kamap “fit for teachim olketa narawan.” Dastawe, olketa kasem disfala kaonsel: “Duim best bilong iu for mekem God acceptim iu, wanfala wakman wea no shame long eni samting, wea iusim word bilong truth long stretfala wei.”—2 Timothy 2:2, 15.

12. Olketa wea teach need for careful long wanem?

¹² Sapos iumi no careful, maet iumi talem tingting or idea bilong iumi seleva taem iumi teach. Datwan bae wanfala danger for man wea barava feel sure long idea bilong hemseleva nomata taem diswan hem go againstim teaching bilong organization bilong Jehovah. Bat Malachi chapter 2 showimaot hao iumi fit for expectim olketa teacher insaed kongregeson for hol strong long savve from God and no olketa idea bilong olketa seleva, wea maet mekem olketa sheep stambol. Jesus sei: “Eniwan wea mekem wanfala long olketa smol wan hia wea putim faith long mi for stambol, hem moabeta for hem taemapem wanfala millstone raonem nek bilong hem, olsem diskaen wea donkey savve tanem raon, and torowem hem long deep sea.”—Matthew 18:6.