Habakuki 1:13
Habakkuk 1:13 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Macho 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?
Habakkuk 1:13 in English
Habakkuk 1:13 · Berean Standard Bible
Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
Context
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. 15Adui mwovu anawavuta wote kwa ndoana,
anawakamata katika wavu wake,
anawakusanya katika juya lake;
kwa hiyo anashangilia na anafurahi.
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