Amosi 8:3
Amos 8:3 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Bwana Mwenyezi asema, “Katika siku ile, nyimbo katika Hekalu zitageuka kuwa maombolezo. Miili mingi, mingi sana: itatupwa kila mahali! Kimya!”
Amos 8:3 in English
Amos 8:3 · Berean Standard Bible
“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs * of the temple * will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”
Context
1Hili ndilo alilonionyesha Bwana Mwenyezi katika maono: kikapu cha matunda yaliyoiva. 2Akaniuliza, “Amosi, unaona nini?”
Nikajibu, “Kikapu chenye matunda yaliyoiva.”
Ndipo Bwana akaniambia, “Wakati umewadia kwa watu wangu Israeli; sitawahurumia zaidi.” 3Bwana Mwenyezi asema, “Katika siku ile, nyimbo katika Hekalu zitageuka kuwa maombolezo. Miili mingi, mingi sana: itatupwa kila mahali! Kimya!” 4Lisikieni hili, ninyi ambao mnawagandamiza wahitaji,
na kuwaonea maskini wa nchi, 5mkisema,
“Ni lini Mwezi Mwandamo utakapopita
ili tupate kuuza nafaka,
na Sabato itakwisha lini
ili tuweze kuuza ngano?”
Mkipunguza vipimo,
na kuongeza bei,
na kudanganya kwa mizani zisizo sawa,
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