¹³ Iumi savve lukim wei wea trabol bilong olketa grashopa long Joel and trabol wea Revelation chapter 9 profesi abaotem hem barava semsem. Tufala storyim sun wea kamap dark. Olketa grashopa luk olsem horse wea redy for war, mek-noise olsem olketa chariot, and olketa garem teeth olsem lion. (Joel 2:4, 5, 10; 1:6; Rev. 9:2, 7-9) Profesi bilong Joel long Joel 2:31, wea storyim wei wea sun kamap dark, hem sem samting wea happen long Isaiah 13:9, 10 and Revelation 6:12-17, and tu long Matthew 24:29, 30, wea Jesus talem hao hem bae fulfill long taem wea hem kam olsem Son bilong man witim paoa and bigfala glory. Malachi 4:5 talem tu toktok bilong Joel 2:11, “day bilong Jehovah hem big tumas and mekem man fraet.” Semkaen wei for storyim disfala “day bilong dark and nogud samting” stap tu long Joel 2:2 and Zephaniah 1:14, 15.

⁴ Olketa Jew olowe bin acceptim buk bilong Malachi olsem tru wan. Olketa Christian Greek Scripture talem samfala toktok from Malachi and planti toktok hia showim samfala wei wea disfala profesi fulfill and pruvim hao Malachi hem kam from God and hem part bilong olketa Hebrew Scripture wea Christian kongregeson acceptim.—Mal. 1:2, 3—Rom. 9:13; Mal. 3:1—Matt. 11:10 and Luke 1:76 and 7:27; Mal. 4:5, 6—Matt. 11:14 and 17:10-13, Mark 9:11-13 and Luke 1:17.

¹⁵ Then, long Malachi 4:5, 6, Jehovah hem promis: “Lukim! Mi sendem kam long iufala pipol Elijah datfala profet.” Hu nao disfala “Elijah”? Jesus and datfala angel wea story long Zechariah, tufala evriwan talem hao disfala toktok hem abaotem John Baptaesa, wea showim hao hem nao datwan wea bae “stretem bak evri samting” and “redyim for Jehovah wanfala pipol wea prepare finis” for acceptim Messiah. Bat, Malachi talem tu hao “Elijah” hem wan wea kam bifor long “bigfala day bilong Jehovah wea mekem man fraet,” wea showimaot hao diswan bae fulfill long future long wanfala day bilong judgment.—Matt. 17:11; Luke 1:17; Matt. 11:14; Mark 9:12.