Yeremia 20:10
Jeremiah 20:10 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Ninasikia minongʼono mingi, “Hofu iko pande zote! Mshtakini! Twendeni tumshtaki!” Rafiki zangu wote wananisubiri niteleze, wakisema, “Labda atadanganyika; kisha tutamshinda na kulipiza kisasi juu yake.”
Jeremiah 20:10 in English
Jeremiah 20:10 · Berean Standard Bible
For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
Context
8Kila ninenapo, ninapiga kelele
nikitangaza ukatili na uharibifu.
Kwa hiyo neno la Bwana limeniletea matukano
na mashutumu mchana kutwa. 9Lakini kama nikisema, “Sitamtaja
wala kusema tena kwa jina lake,”
neno lake linawaka ndani ya moyo wangu kama moto,
moto uliofungwa ndani ya mifupa yangu.
Nimechoka sana kwa kulizuia ndani mwangu;
kweli, siwezi kujizuia. 10Ninasikia minongʼono mingi,
“Hofu iko pande zote!
Mshtakini! Twendeni tumshtaki!”
Rafiki zangu wote wananisubiri niteleze,
wakisema,
“Labda atadanganyika;
kisha tutamshinda
na kulipiza kisasi juu yake.” 11Lakini Bwana yu pamoja nami
kama shujaa mwenye nguvu;
hivyo washtaki wangu watajikwaa
na kamwe hawatashinda.
Watashindwa, nao wataaibika kabisa;
kukosa adabu kwao hakutasahauliwa. 12Ee Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote,
wewe umjaribuye mwenye haki
na kupima moyo na nia,
hebu nione ukilipiza kisasi juu yao,
kwa maana kwako
nimeliweka shauri langu.
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