Mhubiri 6:7
Ecclesiastes 6:7 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Juhudi zote za binadamu ni kwa ajili ya kinywa chake, hata hivyo hamu yake kamwe haitoshelezwi.
Ecclesiastes 6:7 in English
Ecclesiastes 6:7 · Berean Standard Bible
All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.*
Context
5Ingawa hakuwahi kuliona jua wala kujua kitu chochote, yeye ana pumziko zaidi kuliko mtu huyo, 6Hata kama huyo mtu ataishi miaka elfu mara mbili na zaidi, lakini akashindwa kufurahia mafanikio yake, je, wote hawaendi sehemu moja? 7Juhudi zote za binadamu ni kwa ajili ya kinywa chake,
hata hivyo hamu yake kamwe haitoshelezwi. 8Mtu mwenye hekima ana faida gani
zaidi ya mpumbavu?
Mtu maskini anapata faida gani
kwa kujua jinsi ya kujistahi
mbele ya watu wengine? 9Ni bora kile ambacho jicho linakiona
kuliko hamu isiyotoshelezwa.
Hili nalo ni ubatili,
ni kukimbiza upepo.
Swahili text and audio: Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version™, made available under an open license by Biblica, Inc.