Yeremia 20:17
Jeremiah 20:17 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Kwa sababu hakuniua nikiwa tumboni, hivyo mama yangu angekuwa kaburi langu, nalo tumbo lake la uzazi lingebaki kuwa kubwa daima.
Jeremiah 20:17 in English
Jeremiah 20:17 · Berean Standard Bible
because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.
Context
15Alaaniwe mtu yule aliyemletea baba yangu habari,
yule aliyemfanya afurahi sana, akisema,
“Mtoto amezaliwa kwako,
tena mtoto wa kiume!” 16Mtu huyo na awe kama miji ile
ambayo Bwana Mungu
aliiangamiza bila huruma.
Yeye na asikie maombolezo asubuhi
na kilio cha vita adhuhuri. 17Kwa sababu hakuniua nikiwa tumboni,
hivyo mama yangu angekuwa kaburi langu,
nalo tumbo lake la uzazi
lingebaki kuwa kubwa daima. 18Kwa nini basi nilitoka tumboni
ili kuona taabu na huzuni,
na kuzimaliza siku zangu katika aibu?
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