Mhubiri 12:6
Ecclesiastes 12:6 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Mkumbuke Muumba wako: kabla haijakatika kamba ya fedha, au bakuli la dhahabu halijavunjika; kabla mtungi kuvunjika kwenye chemchemi, au gurudumu kuvunjika kisimani,
Ecclesiastes 12:6 in English
Ecclesiastes 12:6 · Berean Standard Bible
Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,
Context
4wakati milango ya kuingia barabarani itakapofungwa
na sauti ya kusaga kufifia;
wakati watu wataamshwa kwa sauti ya ndege,
lakini nyimbo zao zote zikififia; 5wakati watu watakapoogopa kilichoinuka juu
na hatari zitakazokuwepo barabarani;
wakati mlozi utakapochanua maua
na panzi kujikokota
nawe usiwe na shauku ya kitu chochote.
Ndipo mwanadamu aiendea nyumba yake ya milele
nao waombolezaji wakizunguka barabarani. 6Mkumbuke Muumba wako: kabla haijakatika kamba ya fedha,
au bakuli la dhahabu halijavunjika;
kabla mtungi kuvunjika kwenye chemchemi,
au gurudumu kuvunjika kisimani, 7nayo mavumbi kurudi ardhini yalikotoka,
na roho kurudi kwa Mungu aliyeitoa. 8Mhubiri asema, “Ubatili! Ubatili!
Kila kitu ni ubatili!”
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