Isaya 21:5
Isaiah 21:5 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Wanaandaa meza, wanatandaza mazulia, wanakula, wanakunywa! Amkeni, enyi maafisa, zitieni ngao mafuta!
Isaiah 21:5 in English
Isaiah 21:5 · Berean Standard Bible
They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
Context
3Katika hili mwili wangu umeteswa na maumivu,
maumivu makali ya ghafula yamenishika,
kama yale ya mwanamke mwenye utungu wa kuzaa.
Nimeduwazwa na lile ninalolisikia,
nimeshangazwa na lile ninaloliona. 4Moyo wangu unababaika,
woga unanifanya nitetemeke,
gizagiza la jioni nililolitamani sana,
limekuwa hofu kuu kwangu. 5Wanaandaa meza,
wanatandaza mazulia,
wanakula, wanakunywa!
Amkeni, enyi maafisa,
zitieni ngao mafuta! 6Hili ndilo Bwana analoniambia:
“Nenda, weka mlinzi,
na atoe taarifa ya kile anachokiona. 7Anapoona magari ya vita
pamoja na kundi la farasi,
wapanda punda au wapanda ngamia,
na awe macho, awe macho kikamilifu.”
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