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Ezekiel 31:3 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015

Angalia Ashuru, wakati fulani ilikuwa mwerezi huko Lebanoni, ukiwa na matawi mazuri ukitia msitu kivuli; ulikuwa mrefu sana, kilele chake kilipita majani ya miti yote.

Ezekiel 31:3 in English

Ezekiel 31:3 · Berean Standard Bible

Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.

Context

1Katika mwaka wa kumi na moja, mwezi wa tatu, siku ya kwanza, neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema: 2“Mwanadamu, mwambie Farao mfalme wa Misri na makundi yake ya wajeuri: “ ‘Je, ni nani awezaye kulinganishwa na wewe katika fahari. 3Angalia Ashuru, wakati fulani ilikuwa mwerezi huko Lebanoni, ukiwa na matawi mazuri ukitia msitu kivuli; ulikuwa mrefu sana, kilele chake kilipita majani ya miti yote. 4Maji mengi yaliustawisha, chemchemi zenye maji mengi ziliufanya urefuke; vijito vyake vilitiririka pale ulipoota pande zote na kupeleka mifereji yake kwenye miti yote ya shambani. 5Hivyo ukarefuka kupita miti yote ya shambani; vitawi vyake viliongezeka na matawi yake yakawa marefu, yakitanda kwa sababu ya wingi wa maji.

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