Yeremia 18:15
Jeremiah 18:15 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Lakini watu wangu wamenisahau mimi, wanafukizia uvumba sanamu zisizofaa kitu, zilizowafanya wajikwae katika njia zao na katika mapito ya zamani. Zimewafanya wapite kwenye vichochoro na kwenye barabara ambazo hazikujengwa.
Jeremiah 18:15 in English
Jeremiah 18:15 · Berean Standard Bible
Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
Context
13Kwa hiyo hili ndilo asemalo Bwana:
“Ulizia miongoni mwa mataifa:
Ni nani alishasikia jambo kama hili?
Jambo la kutisha sana limefanywa
na Bikira Israeli. 14Je, barafu ya Lebanoni iliwahi kutoweka
kwenye miteremko yake ya mawe wakati wowote?
Je, maji yake baridi yatokayo katika vyanzo vilivyo mbali
yaliwahi kukoma kutiririka wakati wowote? 15Lakini watu wangu wamenisahau mimi,
wanafukizia uvumba sanamu zisizofaa kitu,
zilizowafanya wajikwae katika njia zao
na katika mapito ya zamani.
Zimewafanya wapite kwenye vichochoro
na kwenye barabara ambazo hazikujengwa. 16Nchi yao itaharibiwa,
itakuwa kitu cha kudharauliwa daima;
wote wapitao karibu nayo watashangaa
na kutikisa vichwa vyao. 17Kama upepo utokao mashariki,
nitawatawanya mbele ya adui zao;
nitawapa kisogo wala sio uso,
katika siku ya maafa yao.”
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