Isaya 6:9
Isaiah 6:9 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Akasema, “Nenda ukawaambie watu hawa: “ ‘Mtaendelea daima kusikiliza, lakini kamwe hamtaelewa; mtaendelea daima kutazama, lakini kamwe hamtatambua.’
Isaiah 6:9 in English
Isaiah 6:9 · Berean Standard Bible
And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’*
Context
7Akanigusa nalo kinywa changu na kusema, “Tazama, hili limegusa midomo yako, uovu wako umeondolewa, nayo dhambi yako imesamehewa.” 8Kisha nikasikia sauti ya Bwana ikisema, “Nimtume nani? Ni nani atakayekwenda kwa ajili yetu?”
Nami nikasema, “Mimi hapa. Nitume mimi!” 9Akasema, “Nenda ukawaambie watu hawa:
“ ‘Mtaendelea daima kusikiliza,
lakini kamwe hamtaelewa;
mtaendelea daima kutazama,
lakini kamwe hamtatambua.’ 10Fanya mioyo ya watu hawa kuwa migumu,
fanya masikio yao yasisikie,
na upofushe macho yao.
Wasije wakaona kwa macho yao,
na wakasikiliza kwa masikio yao,
wakaelewa kwa mioyo yao,
nao wakageuka, nikawaponywa.” 11Ndipo nikasema, “Hadi lini, Ee Bwana?”
Naye akanijibu:
“Hadi miji iwe imeachwa magofu
na bila wakazi,
hadi nyumba zitakapobaki bila watu,
na mashamba yatakapoharibiwa na kuangamizwa,
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