Habakuki 1:11
Habakkuk 1:11 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Kisha wanapita kasi kama upepo na kusonga mbele: watu wenye hatia, ambao nguvu zao ndio mungu wao.”
Habakkuk 1:11 in English
Habakkuk 1:11 · Berean Standard Bible
Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”
Context
9wote wanakuja tayari kwa fujo.
Makundi yao ya wajeuri yanasonga mbele
kama upepo wa jangwani,
na kukusanya wafungwa
kama mchanga. 10Wanawabeza wafalme,
na kuwadhihaki watawala.
Wanaicheka miji yote iliyozungushiwa maboma;
wanafanya malundo ya udongo na kuiteka hiyo miji. 11Kisha wanapita kasi kama upepo na kusonga mbele:
watu wenye hatia, ambao nguvu zao ndio mungu wao.” 12Ee Bwana, je, wewe sio wa tangu milele?
Mungu wangu, Uliye Mtakatifu wangu, hatutakufa.
Ee Bwana, umewachagua wao ili watekeleze hukumu;
Ee Mwamba, umewaamuru watuadhibu. 13Macho yako ni safi mno hata yasiweze kuutazama uovu,
wala huwezi kuvumilia makosa.
Kwa nini basi unawavumilia wadanganyifu?
Kwa nini unakuwa kimya wakati waovu
wanawameza wale wenye haki
kuliko wao wenyewe?
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