Amosi 5:3
Amos 5:3 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: “Wakati mmoja wa miji yako utakapopeleka watu elfu moja vitani kwa ajili ya Israeli, mia moja tu watarudi; wakati mji utakapopeleka mia moja, kumi tu ndio watarudi hai.”
Amos 5:3 in English
Amos 5:3 · Berean Standard Bible
This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will only see a hundred return, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”
Context
1Sikia neno hili, ee nyumba ya Israeli, ombolezo hili ninalifanya kuwahusu ninyi: 2“Bikira Israeli ameanguka,
kamwe hatainuka tena,
ameachwa pweke katika nchi yake,
hakuna yeyote wa kumwinua.” 3Hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo:
“Wakati mmoja wa miji yako utakapopeleka watu elfu moja vitani kwa ajili ya Israeli,
mia moja tu watarudi;
wakati mji utakapopeleka mia moja,
kumi tu ndio watarudi hai.” 4Hili ndilo Bwana asemalo kwa nyumba ya Israeli:
“Nitafuteni mpate kuishi; 5msitafute Betheli,
msiende Gilgali,
msisafiri kwenda Beer-Sheba.
Kwa maana kwa hakika Gilgali itakwenda uhamishoni,
na Betheli itafanywa kuwa si kitu.”*
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