Kumbukumbu 25:7
Deuteronomy 25:7 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Hata hivyo, ikiwa ndugu huyo wa mume hataki kuoa huyo mke wa nduguye, mjane atawaendea wazee kwenye lango la mji na kusema, “Ndugu wa mume wangu anakataa kuendeleza jina la nduguye katika Israeli. Hataki kutimiza wajibu wa shemeji kwangu.”
Deuteronomy 25:7 in English
Deuteronomy 25:7 · Berean Standard Bible
But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
Context
5Ikiwa ndugu wanaishi pamoja na mmoja wao akafa bila kuacha mwana, kamwe mjane wake asiolewe nje ya jamaa hiyo. Ndugu wa mumewe atamchukua, amwoe na kutimiza wajibu wa shemeji kwake. 6Mwana wa kwanza atakayemzaa atapewa jina la ndugu aliyekufa ili jina lake lisifutike katika Israeli. 7Hata hivyo, ikiwa ndugu huyo wa mume hataki kuoa huyo mke wa nduguye, mjane atawaendea wazee kwenye lango la mji na kusema, “Ndugu wa mume wangu anakataa kuendeleza jina la nduguye katika Israeli. Hataki kutimiza wajibu wa shemeji kwangu.” 8Ndipo wazee wa mji wake watamwita na kuzungumza naye. Kama atashikilia kukataa akisema, “Sitaki kumwoa,” 9mjane wa nduguye atamwendea mbele ya wazee, atamvua kiatu kimoja na kumtemea mate usoni, na kusema, “Hivi ndivyo ambavyo hufanywa kwa mtu ambaye atakataa kuendeleza jamaa ya ndugu yake.”
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