Yeremia 17:8
Jeremiah 17:8 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Atakuwa kama mti uliopandwa kando ya maji uenezao mizizi yake karibu na kijito cha maji. Hauogopi wakati wa joto ujapo; majani yake ni mabichi daima. Hauna hofu katika mwaka wa ukame na hautaacha kuzaa matunda.”
Jeremiah 17:8 in English
Jeremiah 17:8 · Berean Standard Bible
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
Context
6Atakuwa kama kichaka cha jangwani;
hataona mafanikio yatakapokuja.
Ataishi katika sehemu zisizo na maji,
katika nchi ya chumvi ambapo
hakuna yeyote aishiye humo. 7“Lakini amebarikiwa mtu ambaye tumaini lake ni katika Bwana,
ambaye matumaini yake ni katika Bwana. 8Atakuwa kama mti uliopandwa kando ya maji
uenezao mizizi yake karibu na kijito cha maji.
Hauogopi wakati wa joto ujapo;
majani yake ni mabichi daima.
Hauna hofu katika mwaka wa ukame
na hautaacha kuzaa matunda.” 9Moyo ni mdanganyifu kuliko vitu vyote,
ni mwovu kupita kiasi.
Ni nani awezaye kuujua? 10“Mimi Bwana huchunguza moyo
na kuzijaribu nia,
ili kumlipa mtu kwa kadiri ya mwenendo wake,
kwa kadiri ya matendo yake yanavyostahili.”
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