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Jeremiah 20:11 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015

Lakini Bwana yu pamoja nami kama shujaa mwenye nguvu; hivyo washtaki wangu watajikwaa na kamwe hawatashinda. Watashindwa, nao wataaibika kabisa; kukosa adabu kwao hakutasahauliwa.

Jeremiah 20:11 in English

Jeremiah 20:11 · Berean Standard Bible

But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.

Context

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. 13Mwimbieni Bwana! Mpeni Bwana sifa! Yeye huokoa uhai wa mhitaji kutoka mikononi mwa waovu.

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