Yeremia 8:7
Jeremiah 8:7 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Hata korongo aliyeko angani anayajua majira yake yaliyoamriwa, nao njiwa, mbayuwayu na koikoi hufuata majira yao ya kurudi. Lakini watu wangu hawajui Bwana anachotaka kwao.
Jeremiah 8:7 in English
Jeremiah 8:7 · Berean Standard Bible
Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush * keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
Context
5Kwa nini basi watu hawa walipotea?
Kwa nini Yerusalemu inapotea kila mara?
Wanangʼangʼania udanganyifu
na wanakataa kurudi. 6Nimewasikiliza kwa makini,
lakini hawataki kusema lililo sawa.
Hakuna anayetubia makosa yake
akisema, “Nimefanya nini?”
Kila mmoja hufuata njia yake mwenyewe
kama farasi anayekwenda vitani. 7Hata korongo aliyeko angani
anayajua majira yake yaliyoamriwa,
nao njiwa, mbayuwayu na koikoi
hufuata majira yao ya kurudi.
Lakini watu wangu hawajui
Bwana anachotaka kwao. 8“ ‘Mwawezaje kusema, “Sisi tuna busara
kwa sababu tunayo sheria ya Bwana,”
wakati ambapo kwa hakika kalamu ya uongo ya waandishi
imeandika kwa udanganyifu? 9Wenye hekima wataaibika,
watafadhaika na kunaswa.
Kwa kuwa wamelikataa neno la Bwana,
hiyo hekima waliyo nayo ni ya namna gani?
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