Hosea 8:9
Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Kwa kuwa wamepanda kwenda Ashuru kama punda-mwitu anayetangatanga peke yake. Efraimu amejiuza mwenyewe kwa wapenzi.
Hosea 8:9 in English
Hosea 8:9 · Berean Standard Bible
For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim * has hired lovers.
Context
7“Wanapanda upepo
na kuvuna upepo wa kisulisuli.
Bua halina suke,
halitatoa unga.
Kama lingetoa nafaka,
wageni wangeila yote. 8Israeli amemezwa;
sasa yupo miongoni mwa mataifa
kama kitu kisicho na thamani. 9Kwa kuwa wamepanda kwenda Ashuru
kama punda-mwitu anayetangatanga peke yake.
Efraimu amejiuza mwenyewe
kwa wapenzi. 10Ingawa wamejiuza wenyewe miongoni mwa mataifa,
sasa nitawakusanya pamoja.
Wataanza kudhoofika chini ya uonevu
wa mfalme mwenye nguvu. 11“Ingawa Efraimu alijenga madhabahu nyingi
kwa ajili ya sadaka za dhambi,
hizi zimekuwa madhabahu
za kufanyia dhambi.
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