Yeremia 13:23
Jeremiah 13:23 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Je, Mkushi aweza kubadili ngozi yake au chui kubadili madoadoa yake? Vivyo hivyo nawe huwezi kufanya mema wewe uliyezoea kutenda mabaya.
Jeremiah 13:23 in English
Jeremiah 13:23 · Berean Standard Bible
Can the Ethiopian * change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.
Context
21Utasema nini Bwana atakapowaweka juu yako
wale ulioungana nao kama marafiki wako maalum?
Je, hutapatwa na utungu kama mwanamke
aliye katika utungu wa kuzaa? 22Nawe kama ukijiuliza,
“Kwa nini haya yamenitokea?”
Ni kwa sababu ya dhambi zako nyingi
ndipo marinda yako yameraruliwa
na mwili wako umetendewa vibaya. 23Je, Mkushi aweza kubadili ngozi yake
au chui kubadili madoadoa yake?
Vivyo hivyo nawe huwezi kufanya mema
wewe uliyezoea kutenda mabaya. 24“Nitawatawanya kama makapi
yapeperushwayo na upepo wa jangwani. 25Hii ndiyo kura yako,
fungu nililokuamuria,”
asema Bwana,
“kwa sababu umenisahau mimi
na kuamini miungu ya uongo.
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