Isaya 1:23
Isaiah 1:23 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Watawala wenu ni waasi, rafiki wa wevi, wote wanapenda rushwa na kukimbilia hongo. Hawatetei yatima, shauri la mjane haliletwi mbele yao lisikilizwe.
Isaiah 1:23 in English
Isaiah 1:23 · Berean Standard Bible
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
Context
21Tazama jinsi mji uliokuwa mwaminifu
umekuwa kahaba!
Mwanzoni ulikuwa umejaa unyofu,
haki ilikuwa inakaa ndani yake,
lakini sasa ni wauaji! 22Fedha yenu imekuwa takataka,
divai yenu nzuri imechanganywa na maji. 23Watawala wenu ni waasi,
rafiki wa wevi,
wote wanapenda rushwa
na kukimbilia hongo.
Hawatetei yatima,
shauri la mjane haliletwi mbele yao lisikilizwe. 24Kwa hiyo Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote,
Mwenye Nguvu wa Israeli, asema hivi:
“Lo, nitapata faraja kutoka kwa adui zangu
na kujilipizia kisasi juu ya watesi wangu. 25Nitauelekeza mkono wangu dhidi yenu,
nitawasafisha takataka zenu zote
na kuwaondolea unajisi wenu wote.
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