Habakuki 1:12
Habakkuk 1:12 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Ee Bwana, je, wewe sio wa tangu milele? Mungu wangu, Uliye Mtakatifu wangu, hatutakufa. Ee Bwana, umewachagua wao ili watekeleze hukumu; Ee Mwamba, umewaamuru watuadhibu.
Habakkuk 1:12 in English
Habakkuk 1:12 · Berean Standard Bible
Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
Context
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? 14Umewafanya watu kama samaki baharini,
kama viumbe wa bahari wasio na mtawala.
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