Yeremia 2:20
Jeremiah 2:20 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
“Zamani nilivunja nira yako na kukatilia mbali vifungo vyako; ukasema, ‘Sitakutumikia!’ Naam kweli, kwenye kila kilima kirefu na chini ya kila mti uliotanda matawi yake ulijilaza kama kahaba.
Jeremiah 2:20 in English
Jeremiah 2:20 · Berean Standard Bible
“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
Context
18Sasa kwa nini uende Misri
kunywa maji ya Shihori?*
Nawe kwa nini kwenda Ashuru
kunywa maji ya Mto Frati? 19Uovu wako utakuadhibu;
kurudi nyuma kwako kutakukemea.
Basi kumbuka, utambue
jinsi lilivyo ovu na chungu kwako
unapomwacha Bwana Mungu wako
na kutokuwa na hofu yangu,”
asema Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote. 20“Zamani nilivunja nira yako
na kukatilia mbali vifungo vyako;
ukasema, ‘Sitakutumikia!’
Naam kweli, kwenye kila kilima kirefu
na chini ya kila mti uliotanda matawi yake
ulijilaza kama kahaba. 21Nilikupanda ukiwa mzabibu ulio bora sana,
mkamilifu na wa mbegu nzuri.
Ilikuwaje basi ukawa kinyume nami,
ukaharibika na kuwa mzabibu mwitu? 22Hata ujisafishe kwa magadi
na kutumia sabuni nyingi,
bado doa la hatia yako liko mbele zangu,”
asema Bwana Mwenyezi.
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