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Exodus 5:11 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015

Nendeni mkatafute nyasi wenyewe popote mnapoweza kuzipata, lakini kazi yenu haitapunguzwa hata kidogo.’ ”

Exodus 5:11 in English

Exodus 5:11 · Berean Standard Bible

Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”

Context

9Fanyeni kazi kuwa ngumu zaidi kwa watu hao ili kwamba wakazane na kazi na kuacha kusikiliza uongo.” 10Basi viongozi wa watumwa na wasimamizi wakaenda kuwaambia watu, “Hivi ndivyo Farao asemavyo: ‘Sitawapa tena nyasi. 11Nendeni mkatafute nyasi wenyewe popote mnapoweza kuzipata, lakini kazi yenu haitapunguzwa hata kidogo.’ ” 12Basi watu wakatawanyika kote nchini Misri kukusanya mabua ya kutumia badala ya nyasi. 13Viongozi wa watumwa wakasisitiza, wakisema, “Timizeni kazi mnayotakiwa kwa kila siku, kama wakati ule mlipokuwa mkipewa nyasi.”

Swahili text and audio: Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version™, made available under an open license by Biblica, Inc.