Mhubiri 4:13
Ecclesiastes 4:13 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Afadhali kijana maskini mwenye hekima kuliko mfalme mzee mpumbavu ambaye hajui tena kupokea maonyo.
Ecclesiastes 4:13 in English
Ecclesiastes 4:13 · Berean Standard Bible
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
Context
11Pia, kama wawili wakilala pamoja
watapashana joto.
Lakini ni vipi mtu aweza
kujipasha joto mwenyewe? 12Ingawa mtu mmoja aweza kushindwa,
watu wawili wanaweza
kumkabili adui na kumshinda.
Kamba ya nyuzi tatu
haikatiki kwa urahisi. 13Afadhali kijana maskini mwenye hekima kuliko mfalme mzee mpumbavu ambaye hajui tena kupokea maonyo. 14Kijana huyo angeweza kutokea gerezani akapata ufalme, au angeweza kuwa amezaliwa katika umaskini kwenye huo ufalme. 15Nikaona kwamba wote walioishi na kutembea chini ya jua walimfuata kijana, aliyepokea ufalme.
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