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Habakkuk 2:7 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015

Je, wadai wako hawatainuka ghafula? Je, hawataamka na kukufanya utetemeke? Kisha utakuwa mhanga kwao.

Habakkuk 2:7 in English

Habakkuk 2:7 · Berean Standard Bible

Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.

Context

5hakika mvinyo humsaliti; ni mwenye kiburi na hana amani. Kwa sababu ni mlafi kama kuzimu na kama kifo kamwe hatosheki; anajikusanyia mataifa yote na kuchukua watu wote mateka. 6“Je, watu wote hawatamsuta kwa dhihaka na kumbeza, wakisema, “ ‘Ole wake yeye akusanyaye bidhaa zilizoibwa na kujifanyia utajiri kwa kutoza kwa nguvu! Ataendelea hivi kwa muda gani?’ 7Je, wadai wako hawatainuka ghafula? Je, hawataamka na kukufanya utetemeke? Kisha utakuwa mhanga kwao. 8Kwa kuwa umeteka nyara mataifa mengi, watu waliobaki watakuteka nyara wewe. Kwa kuwa umemwaga damu ya mtu; umeharibu nchi na miji, na kila mmoja ndani yake. 9“Ole wake yeye ajengaye milki yake kwa mapato ya udhalimu, awekaye kiota chake juu, ili kukimbia makucha ya uharibifu!

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