Yeremia 51:31
Jeremiah 51:31 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Tarishi mmoja humfuata mwingine, na mjumbe humfuata mjumbe, kumtangazia mfalme wa Babeli kwamba mji wake wote umetekwa,
Jeremiah 51:31 in English
Jeremiah 51:31 · Berean Standard Bible
One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.
Context
29Nchi inatetemeka na kugaagaa,
kwa kuwa makusudi ya Bwana dhidi ya Babeli yanasimama:
yaani, kuangamiza nchi ya Babeli
ili pasiwe na yeyote atakayeishi humo. 30Mashujaa wa Babeli wameacha kupigana,
wamebaki katika ngome zao.
Nguvu zao zimekwisha,
wamekuwa kama wanawake.
Makazi yake yameteketezwa kwa moto,
makomeo ya malango yake yamevunjika. 31Tarishi mmoja humfuata mwingine,
na mjumbe humfuata mjumbe,
kumtangazia mfalme wa Babeli
kwamba mji wake wote umetekwa, 32Vivuko vya mito vimekamatwa,
mabwawa yenye mafunjo yametiwa moto,
nao askari wameingiwa na hofu kuu.” 33Hili ndilo Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, Mungu wa Israeli, asemalo:
“Binti Babeli ni kama sakafu ya kupuria
wakati inapokanyagwa;
wakati wa kumvuna utakuja upesi.”
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