Amosi 5:11
Amos 5:11 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Mnamgandamiza maskini na kumlazimisha awape nafaka. Kwa hiyo, ingawa mmejenga majumba ya mawe ya fahari, hamtaishi ndani yake; ingawa mmepanda mashamba mazuri ya mizabibu, hamtakunywa divai yake.
Amos 5:11 in English
Amos 5:11 · Berean Standard Bible
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
Context
9yeye hufanya maangamizo kwenye ngome
na kufanya mji uliozungushiwa ngome kuwa ukiwa), 10mnamchukia yule akemeaye mahakamani,
na kumdharau yule ambaye husema kweli. 11Mnamgandamiza maskini
na kumlazimisha awape nafaka.
Kwa hiyo, ingawa mmejenga majumba ya mawe ya fahari,
hamtaishi ndani yake;
ingawa mmepanda mashamba mazuri ya mizabibu,
hamtakunywa divai yake. 12Kwa kuwa ninajua hesabu ya makosa yenu
na ukubwa wa dhambi zenu.
Mmewaonea wenye haki na kupokea rushwa
na kuzuia haki ya maskini mahakamani. 13Kwa hiyo mtu mwenye busara hunyamaza kimya nyakati kama hizo,
kwa kuwa nyakati ni mbaya.
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