Yeremia 8:14
Jeremiah 8:14 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
“Kwa nini tunaketi hapa? Kusanyikeni pamoja! Tukimbilie kwenye miji yenye maboma, tukaangamie huko! Kwa kuwa Bwana, Mungu wetu ametuhukumu kuangamia, na kutupa maji yenye sumu tunywe, kwa sababu tumemtenda dhambi.
Jeremiah 8:14 in English
Jeremiah 8:14 · Berean Standard Bible
Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Context
12Je, wanaona aibu kwa ajili ya tabia yao inayochukiza mno?
Hapana, hawana aibu hata kidogo,
hawajui hata kuona haya.
Kwa hiyo wataanguka miongoni mwa hao walioanguka,
watashushwa chini watakapoadhibiwa,
asema Bwana. 13“ ‘Nitayaondoa mavuno yao,
asema Bwana.
Hapatakuwepo zabibu kwenye mzabibu.
Hapatakuwepo na tini kwenye mtini,
majani yake yatanyauka.
Kile nilichowapa
watanyangʼanywa.’ ” 14“Kwa nini tunaketi hapa?
Kusanyikeni pamoja!
Tukimbilie kwenye miji yenye maboma,
tukaangamie huko!
Kwa kuwa Bwana, Mungu wetu
ametuhukumu kuangamia,
na kutupa maji yenye sumu tunywe,
kwa sababu tumemtenda dhambi. 15Tulitegemea amani,
lakini hakuna jema lililokuja,
tulitegemea wakati wa kupona,
lakini kulikuwa hofu tu. 16Mkoromo wa farasi za adui
umesikika kuanzia Dani,
kwa mlio wa madume yao ya farasi,
nchi yote inatetemeka.
Wamekuja kuangamiza nchi na vyote vilivyomo,
mji na wote waishio ndani yake.”
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