Isaya 10:13
Isaiah 10:13 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Kwa kuwa anasema: “ ‘Kwa nguvu za mkono wangu nimefanya hili, kwa hekima yangu, kwa sababu nina ufahamu. Niliondoa mipaka ya mataifa, niliteka nyara hazina zao, kama yeye aliye shujaa niliwatiisha wafalme wao.
Isaiah 10:13 in English
Isaiah 10:13 · Berean Standard Bible
For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
Context
11je, nisiishughulikie Yerusalemu na sanamu zake
kama nilivyoshughulikia Samaria na vinyago vyake?’ ” 12Bwana atakapokuwa amemaliza kazi yake yote dhidi ya Mlima Sayuni na Yerusalemu, atasema, “Nitamwadhibu mfalme wa Ashuru kwa ajili ya majivuno ya ukaidi wa moyo wake na kutazama kwa macho yenye dharau.” 13Kwa kuwa anasema:
“ ‘Kwa nguvu za mkono wangu nimefanya hili,
kwa hekima yangu, kwa sababu nina ufahamu.
Niliondoa mipaka ya mataifa,
niliteka nyara hazina zao,
kama yeye aliye shujaa
niliwatiisha wafalme wao. 14Kama mtu atiavyo mkono kwenye kiota,
ndivyo mkono wangu ulivyochukua utajiri wa mataifa;
kama watu wakusanyavyo mayai yaliyoachwa,
ndivyo nilivyokusanya nchi zote;
wala hakuna hata mmoja aliyepiga bawa
au kufungua kinywa chake kutoa mlio.’ ” 15Je, shoka laweza kujigamba kuwa na nguvu zaidi
kuliko yule anayelitumia,
au msumeno kujisifu
dhidi ya yule anayeutumia?
Ni kana kwamba fimbo ingeweza kumwinua yeye aichukuaye,
au mkongojo ungemwinua mwenye kuutumia!
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