Hosea 11:2
Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Lakini kadiri nilivyomwita Israeli, ndivyo walivyokwenda mbali nami. Walitoa dhabihu kwa Mabaali na kufukiza uvumba kwa vinyago.
Hosea 11:2 in English
Hosea 11:2 · Berean Standard Bible
But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me.* They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
Context
1“Wakati Israeli alipokuwa mtoto, nilimpenda,
nilimwita mwanangu kutoka Misri. 2Lakini kadiri nilivyomwita Israeli,
ndivyo walivyokwenda mbali nami.
Walitoa dhabihu kwa Mabaali
na kufukiza uvumba kwa vinyago. 3Mimi ndiye niliyemfundisha Efraimu kutembea,
nikiwashika mikono;
lakini hawakutambua
kuwa ni mimi niliyewaponya. 4Niliwaongoza kwa kamba za huruma ya kibinadamu,
kwa vifungo vya upendo;
niliondoa nira shingoni mwao
nami nikainama kuwalisha.
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