Mhubiri 5:10
Ecclesiastes 5:10 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Yeyote apendaye fedha kamwe hatosheki na fedha; yeyote apendaye utajiri kamwe hatosheki na kipato chake. Hili nalo pia ni ubatili.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 in English
Ecclesiastes 5:10 · Berean Standard Bible
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
Context
8Kama ukiona maskini wanaonewa katika nchi, hukumu na haki vikipotoshwa, usishangazwe na mambo hayo, kwa maana afisa mmoja anaangaliwa na aliye juu yake zaidi na juu ya hao wawili kuna wengine walio juu zaidi yao. 9Mafanikio ya nchi ni kwa ajili ya wote, hata mfalme mwenyewe hufaidi kutoka mashambani. 10Yeyote apendaye fedha kamwe
hatosheki na fedha;
yeyote apendaye utajiri kamwe
hatosheki na kipato chake.
Hili nalo pia ni ubatili. 11Mali ikiongezeka, ndivyo walaji
wanavyoongezeka.
Hii nayo inamfaidia nini mwenye mali
isipokuwa ni kushibisha macho yake? 12Usingizi wa kibarua ni mtamu,
awe amekula kidogo au kingi,
lakini wingi wa mali
humnyima tajiri usingizi.
Swahili text and audio: Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version™, made available under an open license by Biblica, Inc.