Mhubiri 5:12
Ecclesiastes 5:12 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Usingizi wa kibarua ni mtamu, awe amekula kidogo au kingi, lakini wingi wa mali humnyima tajiri usingizi.
Ecclesiastes 5:12 in English
Ecclesiastes 5:12 · Berean Standard Bible
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
Context
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. 13Nimeshaona uovu mzito chini ya jua:
Utajiri uliolimbikizwa kwa kujinyima
na kuleta madhara kwa mwenye mali, 14au utajiri uliopotea kwa bahati mbaya,
hivyo kwamba wakati akiwa na mwana
hakuna chochote kilichobaki kwa ajili yake.
Swahili text and audio: Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version™, made available under an open license by Biblica, Inc.