1 Samweli 4:15
1 Samuel 4:15 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
wakati huu Eli alikuwa na miaka tisini na minane nayo macho yake yalikuwa yamepofuka na hakuweza kuona.
1 Samuel 4:15 in English
1 Samuel 4:15 · Berean Standard Bible
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.
Context
13Alipofika, Eli alikuwa ameketi juu ya kiti chake kando ya barabara akiangalia, kwa sababu moyo wake ulikuwa na hofu kwa ajili ya Sanduku la Mungu. Mtu yule alipoingia mjini na kueleza kilichokuwa kimetokea, mji wote ukalia. 14Eli akasikia kelele za kilio, naye akauliza, “Ni nini maana ya makelele haya?”
Yule mtu akafanya haraka kwenda kwa Eli, 15wakati huu Eli alikuwa na miaka tisini na minane nayo macho yake yalikuwa yamepofuka na hakuweza kuona. 16Akamwambia Eli, “Mimi nimetoka vitani sasa hivi, nimekimbia kutoka huko leo hii.”
Eli akamuuliza, “Je, mwanangu, ni nini kimetokea huko?” 17Yule mtu aliyeleta habari akajibu, “Israeli amekimbia mbele ya Wafilisti, nalo jeshi limepata hasara kubwa. Pia wana wako wawili, Hofni na Finehasi, wamekufa, na Sanduku la Mungu limetekwa.”
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